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We don’t really know what wildfire smoke does to your brain

Researchers are only just starting to ask how wildfire smoke affects cognition.

Podcast: The Climate Divide

Redlining and other forms of housing discrimination have led to a lack of green spaces in some D.C. neighborhoods, and these densely populated urban blocks can be as much as 20 degrees warmer than historically wealthier and more bucolic wards in the District.

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How heat waves are messing up your sleep

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Making yellow school buses a little more green

Some school districts are replacing diesel buses with electric models to benefit students and the environment. But the change is expensive so utilities like Dominion Energy are helping offset the cost.
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