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To Reduce Mortality From High Heat in Cities, a New Study Recommends Trees

The paper’s senior author says it stands at the “nexus of the climate crisis, urban forestry, health and urban planning.”

By Danish Bajwa

Pakistani men rest in the shade of trees during a heatwave in Karachi on June 23, 2015. Credit: Rizwan Tabassum/AFP via Getty Images
Motorists navigate surface streets during a heavy rainfall on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Chicago Institutions Just Got $25 Million to Study Local Effects of Climate Change. Here’s How They Plan to Use It

By Aydali Campa

An aerial view of Lower Manhattan at dusk, September 8, 2016 in New York City. Credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Cities Are a Big Part of the Climate Problem. They Can Also Be a Big Part of the Solution

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A teacher speaks to students in a second grade class at Weaverville Elementary School on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020 in Weaverville, California. Credit: Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Warming Trends: Climate Divide in the Classroom, an All-Electric City and Rising Global Temperatures’ Effects on Mental Health

By Katelyn Weisbrod

A view of a building flooded due to a week long rainfall in San Francisco, California, on Jan. 11, 2017. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Reimagining Coastal Cities as Sponges to Help Protect Them From the Ravages of Climate Change

By Elena Shao

A person lays on the street near Times Square during a heatwave in New York, on Wednesday, June 30, 2021. Credit: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Triple Whammy Has Left Many Inner-City Neighborhoods Highly Vulnerable to Soaring Temperatures

By James Bruggers

Before mayoral candidates debate at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center supporters gather outside to show support for their candidates. Credit: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

New York City Has Ambitious Climate Goals. The Next Mayor Will Determine Whether the City Follows Through

By Delger Erdenesanaa

A man kneels on the top step of his porch as he looks out over the flooded streets of the San Marco historic district of Jacksonville, Florida, on September 11, 2017, after storm surge from Hurricane Irma left the area flooded. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

In the Sunbelt, Young Climate Activists Push Cities to Cut Emissions, Whether Their Mayors Listen or Not

By James Bruggers, Sydney Boles, Brendan Rivers

Jordan Avenue, north of Hart Street is getting a new surface coating similar to slurry seal on May 20, 2017 in Canoga Park, California. Instead of traditional black asphalt, this coat is a concrete color designed to reflect heat. Credit: John McCoy/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images

Warming Trends: School Lunches that Help the Earth, a Coral Refuge and a Quest for Cooler Roads

By Katelyn Weisbrod

The San Fransisco Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Tuesday to ban natural gas in new buildings, meaning that stoves, furnaces and water heaters will no longer burn gas. Credit: Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

San Francisco Becomes the Latest City to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings, Citing Climate Effects

By Kristoffer Tigue

High rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles, California are seen on on a hazy morning on September 21, 2018. Credit: Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Big City Mayors Around the World Want Green Stimulus Spending in the Aftermath of Covid-19

By ANDREW MCCORMICK, THE NATION

Boston City Councilor Michelle Wu thanks her supporters at her Election Night watch party on Nov. 5, 2019. Credit: Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Boston Progressives Expand the Green New Deal to Include Justice Concerns and Pandemic Recovery

By Katelyn Weisbrod

Cities Maintain Green Momentum, Despite Shrinking Budgets, Shifting Priorities

By Amy Westervelt

New ICLEI Director to Washington: Cities Need Freedom to Innovate

By Stacy Morford

City Smarts: Tech Giants Tinker in Giant Systems of Systems

By Amy Westervelt

Going Carbon Neutral: Austin Rocks

By Patricia Kirk

City Smarts: Tech Giants Cut Through Those Frustrating Municipal Inefficiencies

By Amy Westervelt

Leaving Suburbia: An American Shift to Urban Living Could Cut Emissions 11%

By Johanna Peace

Green Tax

America's Secret Anti-Environment Tax: The AMT

By Daniel Greenwood

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