Southern Nevada at risk of losing tree shade to extreme heat
The loss would exacerbate how unevenly protective tree shade is distributed across communities in one of the fastest-warming metros in the nation.
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The loss would exacerbate how unevenly protective tree shade is distributed across communities in one of the fastest-warming metros in the nation.
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“Shoreline Access for All: Environmental Justice along the Coast,” a June 30 webinar, the second in a series hosted by the Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC) and Rhode Island Sea Grant, focused on shoreline access as an environmental-justice issue. The speakers were social scientist Kate Mulvaney of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Julia Twichell, geographic information system and watershed specialist at the Narragansett Bay Estuary Program; and CRMC policy analyst Leah Feldman. Mulvaney presented findings from a study that focused on distributional justice, the sharing...