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6 months agoEnvironment
Los Angeles without palm trees? An aesthetic, economic and climate debate grips California
Los Angeles has abundant trees but underinvests in them; palms offer little shade, are costly and nonnative, prompting a shift toward planting large, shade-providing trees.
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3 months agoToronto looks to limit size of underground floors in 'iceberg homes' | CBC News
Toronto plans to limit iceberg homes by introducing minimum below-ground setbacks to protect soil, tree canopy, stormwater management, and reduce excavation and concrete-related impacts.
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months agoMost of California's public K-12 students go to school on campuses with virtually no shade
The vast majority of urban, public grade schools in California are paved-over "nature deserts" sorely lacking in trees or shade - leaving most of the state's 5.8 million school-age children to bake in the sun during breaks from the classroom as rising global temperatures usher in more dangerous heat waves. That's the conclusion of a team of California researchers from UCLA, UC Davis and UC Berkeley who studied changes in the tree cover at 7,262 urban public schools across the Golden State
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