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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

GreenBiz

And the shade they provide isn’t just good for picnics; trees absorb heat and release water vapor that cools the surrounding air. Forest Service estimates that trees reduce the energy consumption needed to cool homes in the U.S. by more than 7 percent. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.".

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The UK Infrastructure Bank offers a once-in-a-generation chance to value natural capital in practice

Business Green

In the recent high profile report by esteemed economist Professor Partha Dasgupta that was commissioned by the government - The Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity - the key finding was clear: we must properly reflect the value of nature in our measures of economic success in order to counter the global decline in biodiversity.

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Using urban forestry to fight for environmental justice

AGreenLiving

And the shade they provide isn’t just good for picnics; trees absorb heat and release water vapor that cools the surrounding air. Forest Service estimates that trees reduce the energy consumption needed to cool homes in the U.S. by more than 7 percent. Heat is the biggest killer from [a] natural disaster perspective.”

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Climate Corps Alumni Advisory Board

EDF + Business

Areas of interest: Personalized medicine, Bioinformatics, Public health policy, Environmental sustainability, Sanitation, Water, Ecology, Biodiversity, and Science education and communication. Leisure activities: Biking, Board Games, Traveling, Hiking, Brewing(coffee and beers), and Books (science and philosophy). Alexandra (Aly) Criscuolo.

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How does climate change threaten where you live? A region-by-region guide.

Grist

In fact, there are so many crops getting irrigated , water is evaporating off them and cooling summer days in parts of the Midwest, like central Wisconsin, countering some of the warming from climate change. Northeast are especially at risk, and the region’s aging stormwater and sewage infrastructure only makes matters worse.