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Forty Percent of Americans Live in Areas With Unhealthy Air Quality

Some 131.2 million Americans live in regions with high rates of particulate matter, an increase of nearly 12 million from the year prior.

Local Parks on the Chopping Block at Los Angeles City Hall

LA will consider a series of cuts this week as the city faces a $469 million deficit this year, jeopardizing the city's already ailing parks system.

Hey Vinod, Leave That Beach Alone

Billionaire green-tech venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has once again lost in court to keep the public off Martin's Beach.

Burmese residents are vulnerable to shade disparities in the Los Angeles area

Myanmar Gazette | Before arriving in the U.S., Esther envisioned a country filled with lush greenery. She was surprised that the reality differed from her expectations.

Language a Barrier for Indigenous Communities to Access Heat Resources

Indigenous Network | Indigenous communities are vulnerable to the effects of extreme heat that is affecting Los Angeles but have a harder time accessing public resources.

Inside a Historic Initiative to Green LA County Schoolyards

As Southern California grows ever-hotter, the movement to create living schoolyards is growing more than ever. 

Indigenous Land Defenders Jailed or Killed Throughout the World

A new UN report notes that indigenous land defenders throughout the world are being imprisoned or killed as they fight for their rights.

‘They’re Building a Chemical Factory on My Ancestors’ Graves’

Residents of St. James Parish, Louisiana, are fighting to keep a toxic plastic chemicals factory from being built on the site of ancestral burial grounds.

Parks and Tree Canopy Are a Matter of Life and Death in Los Angeles

Bringing parts of LA County with below-average tree canopy up to the average would mean close to 1 million years of added life expectancy for Angelinos.

Yurok Make History as First Native Nation to Co-Manage National Park

Tribal leaders signed a historic memorandum of agreement with the National Park Service to return a 125-acre stretch of land to the Yurok Tribe by 2026.

In Los Angeles, Shade Most Often Goes to the Privileged

After the hottest summer on record, officials in Los Angeles vow again to make the city’s tree cover more equitable.

Against Huge Deficits, $5 Billion Won for Bay Area Transit

Facing massive state deficits, advocates won $5.1 billion for Bay Area transit last year by framing transit as an issue of climate and housing.

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