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A future with fewer people offers increased opportunity and a healthier environment

Huge scale of human-driven loss of species demands urgent action, say world’s leading scientists

In the cities where the most refugees per capita were settled since 2005, newcomers helped stem or reverse population loss. Donald Trump lowered the maximum number of refugees it takes in for the third year in a row—to 30,000, lowest in three decade

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