Category: Baltimore
Scott says he will take concerted action to address police misconduct if elected mayor
Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott said if he is elected mayor of Baltimore he will take concerted action to address police misconduct.
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Baltimore shows the nation how to peacefully protest 5 years after Freddie Gray’s death
@BryanRenbaum Baltimore is showing the nation how to peacefully protest the police killing of...
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Code Red Part 4: Rising heat requires action from individuals, neighborhoods
To blunt the impact of rising temperatures, officials have proposed dozens of changes, from creating more pedestrian-friendly neighborhoods to banning foam containers. But some neighborhoods, known as heat islands, will need added help because they already feel more of the harmful impact of global warming.
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Code Red Part 3: No trees, no shade, no relief as temperatures rise
In a city marked by startling inequity, leaf cover is just one more thing that has been historically distributed in unequal measure. Baltimore’s poorest areas tend to have less tree canopy than wealthier areas, a pattern that is especially pronounced on the concrete-dense east side, in neighborhoods like Broadway East.
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Code Red Part 2: Health risks rise with temperature
Heat waves are especially perilous because consecutive days with the heat index at 103 degrees or above greatly increase risks for older people, children, pregnant women and anyone with heat-affected chronic disease.
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Code Red Part 1: Urban poor hit hardest as temperatures rise
Researchers have mapped neighborhoods called urban heat islands, and data shows that temperatures here and in surrounding neighborhoods can run 8 degrees hotter than in communities that have more trees and less pavement. McElderry Park in Baltimore is one of these.
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