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37 projects · 37 organizations
TreePeople plants and distributes shade trees across Los Angeles' hottest, least-canopied neighborhoods to fight extreme heat and clean the city's air.
Residents choking on port-truck diesel exhaust turned themselves into scientists, building the community air-monitoring model that reshaped California clean-air law.
Founded by Harlem residents in 1988, WE ACT puts air-quality sensors and policy power directly into the hands of the Black and Brown New Yorkers who breathe the city's worst air.