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Efforts Are Underway to Help Beautify and Protect New Jersey’s Urban Areas with Trees
December 20, 2023
DAVID MATTHAU / WHYY
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Newark Is One of Worst Heat Islands in the Country. One Community Has Nearly No Trees
July 28, 2022
RICARDO KAULESSAR / NORTHJERSEY.COM
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Officials Vow to Protect ‘Vulnerable’ South Toms River from Environmental Inequity
May 15, 2022
AMANDA OGLESBY / ASBURY PARK PRESS
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Climate Policy Must Focus on Black and Brown Communities, Advocates Say
February 4, 2022
TAYLOR JUNG / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS
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Ida’s Damage Shows Climate-Change Disparity
September 9, 2021
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT NEWS
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