RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is taking a look at equitable access to shade outdoors, or “tree equity,” and how this directly impacts health.

Trees are well known for filtering pollutants and thus improving air quality, which is linked to a range of health benefits. In hotter months, their shade significantly reduces ambient temperature ...

Tree equity is essential for health equity in every respect. These strategically placed trees aren’t just supporting the environmental, physical and mental health of the community.

Drone footage over Detroit, Michigan, shows disparities in tree cover. American Forests doesn’t have Tree Equity Scores for Michigan yet, but hopes to cover all urbanized areas by 2022.

The Tree Equity Score of the area is 50. By contrast nearby University Park has a tree score of 100, where 55% of the community is covered by trees, and only 2% of the population lives in poverty.

It prioritizes “projects that increase tree equity,” but details on how the money would be spent are otherwise scarce. There’s another $100 million in the bill for the Forest Service to ...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (TNSGra) -- American Forests issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2021: The Pawtucket and Central Falls Health Equity Zone in Rhode Island has been awarded a $100,000 ...

A Washington-based, nonprofit conservation organization Tuesday published Tree Equity scores for 150,000 neighborhoods in 486 urbanized areas. ... age and health factors.

The Detroit tree equity plan was announced in the Barton MacFarlane neighborhood, where planting has already begun. “Number one problem of climate change is heat. Entries are our number one ...