New PSU Study Underscores Need for Trees to Combat Climate Inequities

A new study just published by Portland State University links heat islands to Portland's century-old racist housing policies. The result of those policies is that, today, areas of the city suffering from the most extreme heat island effects disproportionately comprise low-income minority communities. "If Portland is going to find its way to a cooler future, the path to get there will need to be lined with trees," writes Kale Williams in The Oregonian.