“The areas where urban canopy is the scarcest tend to coincide with neighborhoods that are low-income, minority neighborhoods, and historically red-lined areas,” says Deanna Moran of the Conservation Law Foundation. “And so, some of our most at-risk populations — populations that are going to be particularly burdened by climate change and other issues — are also the ones not benefiting as much from the canopy.”
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