V. Kelly Turner

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Amid climate change, shade is increasingly important — and so is the question of who can access and control it.

Shade removal in a heat wave is ‘climate violence,’ says UCLA professor

Amid climate change, shade is increasingly important — and so is the question of who can access and control it.

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