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White roofs can cool down homes – but scaling up this simple solution is a challenge
In the last few years, Sahani Begum found that the desert cooler she owned was barely effective enough. Her small, two-storeyed home in RK Puram’s Hanuman Labour Basti in New Delhi would become unbearable in the summers, the temperature inside rising much higher than outside. Then, her son heard about a quick and simple solution…
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Spotted lanternflies are back in NYC. What to know and how to fight them
Spotted lanternflies (SLFs) are hatching again across New York City. Though the first adult sighting hasn’t been officially confirmed by the state, reports of nymphs are already surfacing in multiple […] The post Spotted lanternflies are back in NYC. What to know and how to fight them appeared first on Epicenter NYC.
Trump is giving 500+ plants a pass to pollute more. Is your home at risk?
See if any of the facilities near your home are receiving a free pass to pollute under a new White House program.
Is this move climate resilience or systemic neglect?
Is This Move Climate Resilience or Systemic Neglect? mina Tue, 05/13/2025 – 20:29 Alyssa Guzik Tags news
Ouanaminthe students lead Earth Day tree planting, highlighting Haiti’s deforestation crisis | Photos
FORT-LIBERTÉ—Wearing uniforms and fueled by determination, students gathered under the sun at the Ouanaminthe Botanical Garden on April 22—World Earth Day—each holding a sapling to plant in Haiti’s vulnerable northeast. This year’s reforestation effort, held under the theme “Plant today to breathe better tomorrow,” highlighted the direct link between tree planting and long-term public health.…
California counties top list of most polluted areas in U.S., American Lung Association says
The report noted that Southern California is America’s most ozone-impacted region.
Planting Change: How the Outdoor Equity Alliance is Greening Trenton, One Tree at a Time
Trenton, New Jersey, is a city known for its vibrant culture, but also a city deprived of accessible green spaces. The Outdoor Equity Alliance (OEA), based in Trenton, is changing that and gradually making the city greener and more sustainable, little by little. After becoming an independent nonprofit in September 2023, OEA launched into action…
Earthjustice president describes a “fundamentally different” Era of hostility toward environmentalists
Earthjustice President Describes a “Fundamentally Different” Era of Hostility Toward Environmentalists by Sharon Lerner ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. Environmentalists have long faced harassment, imprisonment and other forms of retribution in some parts of the world. The…
Inside Haiti’s biodiversity: Soil types reveal a vast treasure buried in plain sight
FORT-LIBERTÉ — Under a scorching midday sun, farmer Elie Louis presses a hoe into earth that feels both familiar and fickle. He’s known this soil for more than three decades. The feel of it in his palms, the resistance when dry, the scent it releases after a rare rain. “I plant by memory,” Elie says,…
Rural Alabamians lived with poop-filled water for decades. Trump just killed plans for relief
After a federal agreement is scrapped, Black residents are left exposed to raw waste.
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