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On another hot September day, Bereatha Howard, climate equity program manager at the CLEO Institute, sat sipping water in the dappled shade of a leafy tree. The high temperature over at Miami International Airport was 92 degrees Fahrenheit, but in this spot it likely was hotter.
In the historically Black neighborhood of Overtown, the temperature is typically a half-degree Celsius above the citywide average, according to one study.
A growing volume of evidence suggests the temperature differences are no coincidence. Nationwide the hottest urban areas tend to be the neighborhoods with low-income communities and communities of color. In nearly every instance, researchers can trace a link to a nearly century-old federal program aimed at helping homeowners during the Great Depression that was turned against those who needed it most, because of a practice known as redlining.
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