Poor Neighborhoods Bear the Brunt of Extreme Heat, “Legacies of Racist...
TONY BARBOZA, RUBEN VIVES | It was a typical summer day in Los Angeles, but a satellite orbiting hundreds of miles above Earth could detect that it was getting much hotter in some neighborhoods than...
View ArticleShould California Make Solar More Expensive? Inside the Climate Justice...
SAMMY ROTH | Parakeets and lovebirds were chirping in Marta Patricia Martinez’s front yard as a crew of solar installers climbed onto her roof. It was a warm summer afternoon in Watts, a predominantly...
View ArticleThe Future of Rooftop Solar is Up for Grabs in California- Highlighting GRID...
SAMMY ROTH | For most of this year, people have been asking me: When are you going to write about rooftop solar? Specifically, when are you going to write about monopoly utilities trying to slash...
View ArticleRegenerative Communities- Highlighting Watts Rising
BUILD IT GREEN STAFF | The places featured in our regenerative communities series demonstrate an intentional and holistic approach to shaping the places where we live. It’s not just about project...
View ArticleWatts Rising Striving to Improve the Lives of Residents- Highlighting Watts...
LYDIA PANTAZES | WATTS, Calif. — Moses Massenburg can be found every day on the farm where he grows produce and teaches people how to farm. “Typically, farmers like to beat the heat so I get here at 4...
View ArticleLA needs 90,000 Trees to Battle Extreme Heat. Will Residents Step Up to Plant...
JAIMIE DING | In 2019, Mayor Eric Garcetti unveiled an ambitious plan to plant 90,000 trees in Los Angeles by 2021 as part of L.A.’s Green New Deal. To accomplish this, he appointed the city’s first...
View ArticleBuilding Green Spaces in the Name of Environmental Justice- Highlight North...
HARVARD PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF | For more than 30 years, North East Trees has been designing and building restoration projects in Los Angeles. The nonprofit has employed hundreds of teens and young...
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Habitat for Humanity- Improving Homes One Resident at a Time
Interview conducted by Valery Holguin Blog written by Jannet Cordova | Home improvements can be extremely costly causing some homeowners to put off these repairs and improvements for some time. This...
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Community-Driven Climate Action Spurs Economic Benefits
UCLA researchers have tracked progress in five communities that have each received tens of millions of dollars from the TCC program: Fresno, Ontario, Stockton, and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of...
View ArticleCommunity-Driven Climate Action Spurs Economic Benefits
UCLA researchers have tracked progress in five communities that have each received tens of millions of dollars from the TCC program: Fresno, Ontario, Stockton, and the Los Angeles neighborhoods of...
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