Extreme heat can have serious health consequences, but until recently, public health researchers only had imprecise tools to study it. Brown University Professor Allan Just is working to change that.
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Federal funding freeze halts key infrastructure projects in tribal communities
Riverbank stabilization, lead and asbestos contamination are just some of the projects tribes planned to address before the Trump administration froze funds.
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Is planting trees ‘DEI’? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort
The Trump administration’s efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.
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EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
