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Green spaces in poorer parts of England more likely to be built on, study finds
More deprived areas have fewer parks and public places protected by official local green space designation.
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Report details how Biden can protect 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030 without Congress
The report focused on eight actions that the administration could take to conserve public and private lands while combating climate change, respecting tribal sovereignty, and expanding access to nature for underserved communities.
Baratunde Thurston wants you to be part of nature. Right now
The author of “How to Be Black” and host of the “How to Citizen with Baratunde” podcast wants you to experience the outdoors with a new PBS television series.
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Protecting the environment to reduce the risk of another pandemic
Important ways we can help minimize the risk of future disease by rethinking how we farm, eat, trade and interact with other species.
In Michigan, making the outdoors more accessible to people of color
Black and brown people from urban areas face many barriers to outdoor recreation. Here's how one group overcame them on Lake Superior.
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This new tree corps will hire people to plant trees in low-income neighborhoods
Trees improve a neighborhood’s health, temperature, and resiliency. But they’re not equally distributed. This new initiative wants to change that.
The environmental movement is very white. These leaders want to change that
People of color have long been excluded from environmental policy and conservation—creating blind spots that perpetuate inequality.
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