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The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), signed by President Biden in August, is the single largest investment the country has ever made to protect our environment, lower our greenhouse gas emissions, and tackle the climate crisis. While much of this is accomplished by way of tax credits for businesses and homeowners, there is also good news for renters, as well as important measures for communities who have for too long paid the steepest price for poor environmental policies.

As climate change reveals the importance of urban trees, residents in a Tacoma neighborhood with sparse canopy coverage are breaking ground themselves

Massachusetts communities urged to plant more trees as a way to mitigate climate change, reduce temperatures, clean the air and beautify neighborhoods

Delaware’s Urban & Community Forestry Program is still accepting applications for up to $5,000 in matching grants for tree planting and management projects on public land and community open space.

DOVER, Del. - Delawares Urban and Community Forestry Program is accepting applications for up to $5,000 in matching grants for tree planting and management projects on public land and open

Sacramento— The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s (Cal Fire) Urban and Community Forestry Program announced today $117 million will be available for Green Schoolyard grants in 2023. The Green Schoolyard grant guidelines are now…

Trees are an important component of controlling city flooding. According to researchers, removing a single tree can increase stormwater runoff by 1,585 gallons.

The public is invited to help Urban Corps of San Diego and Tree San Diego plant 20 trees at the park Wednesday morning

Rake 'em? Bag 'em? Mulch 'em? We've got the answer.

Do the 'rot' thing. That's the advice from Matthew Perkins, Urban & Community Forestry Program manager at the Idaho Department of Lands.