{"id":107,"date":"2023-07-01T00:31:13","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T00:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/?p=107"},"modified":"2023-07-01T01:07:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T01:07:10","slug":"local-group-grows-tree-population-in-east-boston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/2023\/07\/01\/local-group-grows-tree-population-in-east-boston\/","title":{"rendered":"Local group grows tree population in East Boston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>By Grace Tucceri<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Bill Masterson moved to East Boston in 2019, he instantly noticed a problem: the severely lacking greenery. \u201cLook around,\u201d Masterson, formerly of North Andover, said. \u201cHow many trees do I see? Not a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That spurred Masterson to found Tree Eastie, a nonprofit dedicated to planting trees in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>A 2021 report by independent research group Climate Central shows Boston is the sixth hottest urban heat island in the country. The group defines an urban heat island as a metropolitan area with temperatures higher than its surroundings due to excess pavement and a lack of shade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full story below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script id=\"asp-embed-script\" data-zindex=\"1000000\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page-embed.js\"><\/script><a class=\"asp-embed-link\" href=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page\/erXjppmP0uPv5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/express.adobe.com\/page\/erXjppmP0uPv5\/embed.jpg?buster=1688171380817\" alt=\"LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUP GROWS TREE POPULATION IN EAST BOSTON\" style=\"width:100%\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tree Eastie volunteers have planted nearly 250 trees since the group&#8217;s inception in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nehsjc.org\/theeclipse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}