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By Alexa Spencer | Word In Black - When cities overheat due to a lack of tree coverage, Black and low-income residents get burned. Now activists nationwide are doing something about it.
To combat flooding and extreme heat, a new master plan for rebuilding New Orleans’ urban forest calls for 100,000 new trees to be planted by 2040. Released Friday, the Reforestation Plan calls for the city to craft its first comprehensive tree policy to start protecting the trees New Orleans already has and ramp up efforts to maintain the tree canopy as more are planted.