New York City and Boston get gold stars for topping this year’s City Clean Energy Scorecard . But even their high marks show great room for improvement. Plus, fires in California are devastating the state, and officials say there’s also a risk for fires here in New England. And, a Boston neighborhood fights for its trees: how a boulevard redesign threatens to intensify the damaging environmental impact.

Guests:

Beth Daley - Editor and general manager at The Conversation, U.S.

Dr. Aaron Bernstein - Interim director of The Center for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, a pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital, and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School

Cabell Eames - Legislative manager at the Better Future Project, a Massachusetts-based grassroots climate-action organization