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  • The State We’re In: Hot temperatures, cooling trees

    The State We’re In: Hot temperatures, cooling trees

    By Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Like many New Jersey summers in recent years, this one has been a scorcher. For five consecutive days in Newark in late July, temperatures exceeded 100 degrees Fahrenheit, setting new heatwave records for the city. Other cities throughout this state we’re in sizzled as well. In…