A Massachusetts city keeps cool in a hotter climate

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May 25, 2022

Martha Bebinger

Five-year-old Julia Martinez shovels dirt as Jake Hennessey, of the DCR Massachusetts Urban and Community Forestry Program, assists Malikai DeTar-Kock, 2, and Sonorus Salem, 4, water the root ball of a tree they just set into the ground. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A single block in Chelsea, Mass., may offer a template for cities looking at what works — or doesn't — to cope with longer, hotter summers because of the warming climate.

WBUR's Martha Bebinger takes us to the Cool Block project in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

This segment aired on May 25, 2022.

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