Battling Urban Heat: Inequities and Solutions

Last week saw dangerous weather in Europe, where a brutal heat wave swept across the continent. Now wildfires from that heatwave are scorching several Mediterranean countries.

Closer to home, hundreds of heat records were set across the U.S in the month of June, including Baltimore, which saw a record high of 105 degrees. Nearly 130 million people were under extreme heat warnings or heat advisories on last Thursday, according to NOAA's Weather Prediction Center.

Heat is a deadly threat that has been intensifying each summer. And while some of us turn to air conditioning, many don't have that option.

We discuss the power of shade to help cool us down as rising temperatures become the new normal.

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