‘Must Love Dogs, Dancing and the Planet’: Climate Change Heats Up the Dating Scene

Valentine’s Day is a romantic time, a time to ask: Will you go out with me? Will you be mine? But a growing number of hopeful young singles are asking a different kind of question: How do you feel about… climate change?

Sitting in a booth by the bar at Mahoney’s on Main in Buzzards Bay, 26-year-old Matt White pulled out his phone and opened up his dating profile.

“So, there’s my beautiful face,” he joked.

The Wareham-based solar energy developer is looking to meet single women with the help of a few dating apps, and this one is called Hinge. It gives users the option to enter their religion, education level, alcohol use, and height, among other personal qualities.

White’s profile begins with a photo of him competing at an athletic event. Then, it’s White in Iceland; at a bonfire; at a Red Sox game.

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