Milwaukee church saw opportunity to plant trees on empty land. Trump team saw DEI effort

Madeline Heim   - USA Today - 22/04
A Trump administration review stalled funds from a Biden-era effort to plant trees across American cities in neighborhoods that lack tree cover.

Milwaukee church saw opportunity to plant trees on empty land. Trump team saw DEI effort

  • Solomon Community Temple United Methodist Church, in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood, was supposed to receive $28,000 in federal funds to plant 16 native trees on their property.
  • The neighborhood has few trees compared to other Milwaukee neighborhoods and lots of concrete surfaces, which absorb heat in the summertime and can make things feel hotter.
  • The nonprofit Faith in Place received $1.9 million from a Biden-era grant to the U.S. Forest Service to distribute to 59 groups across the upper Midwest to plant trees and create shade.
  • As the Trump administration reviews federal climate funds, these and others are stalled, leaving people who were set to start their projects in limbo.

This spring, Solomon Community Temple United Methodist Church in Milwaukee's Harambee neighborhood was going to get...
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