Helping trees — and Louisville — outrace climate change

By: James Bruggers, Inside Climate News

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 1,709

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here.

LOUISVILLE — Nearly a foot of snow has melted. The deep freeze that sent temperatures across the region plummeting to below zero has warmed to a balmy 55 degrees on a sunny February day.

As Matt Thomas augers a three-foot-wide hole …

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