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journalist, author of SHADE: THE PROMISE OF A FORGOTTEN NATURAL RESOURCE (@randomhouse 2025), samuel.bloch@gmail.com

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Working Folks, Not the Rich, Fight Density Near USC's Expo Line

Working Folks, Not the Rich, Fight Density Near USC's Expo Line

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The Do Lab Built a Massive SoCal EDM Community. Next Stop: Egypt

The Do Lab Built a Massive SoCal EDM Community. Next Stop: Egypt

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Jared Kushner Failed to Report Multimillion-Dollar Art Collection | artnet News

Jared Kushner Failed to Report Multimillion-Dollar Art Collection | artnet News

Since their wedding in 2009, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have amassed a formidable collection of contempor…

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Tree-Mendous: City Officials Must Do More To Create Shady Conditions As Temps Soar

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By Sam Bloch
| Streetsblog New York Verified
On May 19, I walked down to Pier 42, a former industrial pier on the Lower East Side that the city transformed into an eight-acre waterfront park. New York was entering a heat wave, and I wanted to measure the temperature’s effects on the park’s playground. I knew the playground would be hot. It is bereft of trees, unshaded and covered in rubber surfacing. The swings, slides and climbing structures are fully exposed to the sun.
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La obsesión de Singapur por la sombra que la convierte en un modelo en el mundo para combatir el calor

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By Sam Bloch
| Yahoo Noticias
Singapur podría contar ya con la mejor infraestructura de sombra de cualquier ciudad del planeta. [Getty Images] El calor es la amenaza climática más letal para la humanidad; cada año mueren más personas por el calor que por las inundaciones, los huracanes y los incendios forestales sumados. Y el riesgo es mayor en las ciudades, que se están calentando el doble de rápido que el resto del planeta debido al efecto isla de calor urbano.
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How Singapore became obsessed by shade

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By Sam Bloch
| Flipboard
In 2016, my then-wife and I took our one and three-year-old children from Los Angeles to Bali, Indonesia. It took 21 hours of flight time with one …
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