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Urban heat officers face rising temperatures - and expectations
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Urban heat officers face rising temperatures - and expectations

The “insidious” impact of extreme heat is challenging cities to find cross-disciplinary solutions.
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Podcast: The Climate Divide

Redlining and other forms of housing discrimination have led to a lack of green spaces in some D.C. neighborhoods, and these densely populated urban blocks can be as much as 20 degrees warmer than historically wealthier and more bucolic wards in the District.

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How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers
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How ‘heat officers’ plan to help cities survive ever-hotter summers

Heat-focused officials in these four cities are rolling out warning systems and drawing up green designs to create more heat-resistant metropolises.
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urban heat island effect
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Extreme heat is a disease for cities. Treat it that way

The “urban heat island effect” creates extra-hot temperatures that kill. But cities can prescribe powerful treatments, like green spaces and reflective roofs.
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Mapping the unequal distribution of trees
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Mapping the unequal distribution of trees

The poorest communities have 41% less tree cover than the wealthiest ones, a new mapping project finds. 
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Heat and smog exposure hit low-income and people of color hardest

Heat and smog exposure hit low-income and people of color hardest

Two new studies show that low-income communities and people of color experienced greater heat exposure in 97 percent of cities analyzed, as well as higher hospitalization rates when smog and heatwaves occurred at the same time.
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heat stress and climate racism
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Global heating: Study shows impact of 'climate racism' in US

Black people in the US are subject to double the level of heat stress in cities than whites.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Judge's sanctions against Michael Mann revive battle over climate defamation case

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Climate disasters are driving up housing costs and displacing low-income residents

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Utilities seek legal shield from wildfire lawsuits as climate risks grow

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A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

A controversial facility that would process plastic waste to be burned in steel mills has been cancelled

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NRC denies full hearing on Palisades nuclear restart challenge

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Young plaintiffs in Juliana v. United States lose Supreme Court bid but say they'll continue their pursuit of climate justice

CLIMATE
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Record ocean heat drives catastrophic coral bleaching across 84% of reefs worldwide

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EPA chief Lee Zeldin defends freezing $20B in climate grants, citing alleged conflicts