Unequal Access to Nature Fuels America’s Health Crisis

InsideClimate News
By By Katie SurmaFeb 23, 2026, 3:40 pm43 pts
Communities of color and low-income neighborhoods face the worst impacts as the U.S. loses forests, wetlands and other green spaces. By Katie Surma The United States’ vanishing forests, wetlands and green spaces are not just an ecological crisis but a profoundly unequal one, falling hardest on poor people and…

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