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Richmond Tree Initiative to Combat Heat, Pollution, Inequity
Chesapeake Bay Magazine
A new project in Richmond will tackle three big issues—excessive heat, pollution, and redlining— with one simple solution: planting trees.
September 7, 2020, Chesapeake Bay Magazine
A new project in Richmond will tackle three big issues—excessive heat, pollution, and redlining— with one simple solution: planting trees.
Editorial: New tree project will add green spaces in hottest neighborhoods
Richmond Times-Dispatch
On Aug. 24, The New York Times published a report titled, “How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering.” The study outlined how in the 1930s, city planners and federal officials redlined lower-income and Black neighborhoods across the nation, marking them as likely investment risks.
September 3, 2020, Richmond Times-Dispatch
On Aug. 24, The New York Times published a report titled, “How Decades of Racist Housing Policy Left Neighborhoods Sweltering.” The study outlined how in the 1930s, city planners and federal officials redlined lower-income and Black neighborhoods across the nation, marking them as likely investment risks.
Nonprofits to plant 650 trees in formerly segregated neighborhoods impacted by extreme heat
Richmond Times-Dispatch
In the sea of asphalt and low-slung strip mall buildings along Jefferson Davis Highway, it’s nearly impossible for pedestrians to find a shady place to cool off on a hot day.
September 2, 2020, Richmond Times-Dispatch
In the sea of asphalt and low-slung strip mall buildings along Jefferson Davis Highway, it’s nearly impossible for pedestrians to find a shady place to cool off on a hot day.