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In a Rural California Region, a Plan Takes Shape to Provide Shade from Dangerous Heat

Source
AP News
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Date
Mar 2, 2024
Summary
Highlights a rural California town introducing a shade equity master plan to address the dangers of extreme heat. Discusses rural specific issues such as limited infrastructure and unsafe homes that make heat burden unequally experienced. Notes the disparate impact felt by farmworkers in this agriculture-heavy region.
Tagged as
Agricultural health and safety · Environmental health · Farmers and farmworkers · Housing and homelessness · Infrastructure · California