Governor Healey in Chicopee to announce “cooling corridors,” a program to expand tree plantings

WWLP.com— Governor Healey was at the Stefanik School in Chicopee for a “cooling corridors” announcement on Friday.

DVIDS—Tree planters were abundant for Fort McCoy’s 2024 Arbor Day celebration; hundreds of trees planted. The 2024 Fort McCoy Arbor Day Celebration was delayed from April 26 to May 1 because of inclement weather but it didn’t stop dozens of people from arriving to the event to plant trees for the good of the future.

reasonstobecheerful.world—Planting Trees and Equity in the Arizona Desert. On a recent Sunday morning, the Barrio Centro neighborhood in Tucson, Arizona, was abuzz with activity. People from all walks of life were busy hauling dirt, planting saplings and building earthworks like berms and swales in the warm spring air. They were part of a community planting event organized by

WWLP.com—Governor Healey enforces shelter time limits. Governor Healey signed a spending bill Tuesday that will enforce a time limit on stays in the state's emergency shelter system, it reverses a 40-year-old "right to shelter" for families and pregnant women.