Nicole Greenfield

New York

Writer and Editor at Freelance

https://t.co/kiXBW09Gja Writer & editor. Environment, climate and health, and more. Past: senior writer @NRDC, 2022-23 @ReligionEnviro fellow

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Articles

A chance to thrive: How trees can support a future - American Forests

2 months ago | americanforests.org | Nicole Greenfield

Earth Month A chance to thrive: How trees can support a future By Nicole Greenfield Photo: Cokko Swain / American Forests What have been the defining moments in your life? What challenges have you faced? What opportunities to thrive have you been given? Do trees figure into any of your answers? Possibly not. Several years ago, trees had not played a role in Kris Cameron’s life story either. But they have since become a central, defining part of it.
A life-saving infrastructure: Why trees are critical to our health - American Forests

Mar 26, 2025 | americanforests.org | Nicole Greenfield

A life-saving infrastructure: Why trees are critical to our health By Nicole Greenfield What do you see? Maybe you see the season’s last snowflakes softly glistening on tree branches. Or perhaps you see trees reawakening after a long winter, flowers blossoming and leaf buds unfurling. Or, maybe you see buildings, houses or sidewalks reflecting a sun glare characteristic of concrete jungles.
Branching out: Growing careers and spreading equity through urban forestry

Feb 7, 2025 | americanforests.org | Nicole Greenfield

In fall 2023, Kris Cameron joined the Green Reentry Job Training program through Garden Time, a local nonprofit dedicated to preparing incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals for green industry jobs. Through the program, his life and future have been transformed. Photo Credit: Hannah Gregory / American Forests TURNING DOWN A JOB was the best decision Kris Cameron ever made. He’d finally gotten an offer from a restaurant supply wholesaler in April 2023 after a long, frustrating search.
Seizing the seed supply moment

Jan 9, 2025 | americanforests.org | Nicole Greenfield

ASPEN BARTELS LIKES TO MOVE. The North Carolina-based arborist and competitive tree climber just finished his second year traversing California’s mountains, helping to gather cones from the state’s trees. Bartels drives his van up to four hours to reach each day’s designated collection site. The 2024 collection season particularly kept him on his toes. “This year’s cone collection has been fast paced,” he said last fall. “You’re just kind of taking it as it comes.
Winter/Spring 2025 Archives - American Forests

Jan 9, 2025 | americanforests.org | Nicole Greenfield |Cameron Walker

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The need for Tree Equity is heating up

Oct 15, 2024 | americanforests.org | Nicole Greenfield

Feature · October 15, 2024 The need for Tree Equity is heating up How the life-saving power of trees can help combat extreme heat in our cities By Nicole Greenfield Photo: Rick D'Elia, D'Elia Photographic / American Forests The striking disparities in tree cover in cities across the United States affect how residents experience extreme heat, as seen in this two side-by-side comparison of two Phoenix neighborhoods.
Fall 2024 Archives - American Forests

Oct 15, 2024 | americanforests.org | Nicole Greenfield |Cameron Walker

The need for Tree Equity is heating upEquitable access to trees can help cities combat the increasing impacts of extreme heat.
Incarcerated People Are Drinking Unsafe Water in Illinois State Prisons

Aug 2, 2024 | sierraclub.org | Nicole Greenfield

Brian Harrington entered the Illinois Department of Corrections system in 2007 at age 14, sentenced to 25 years in prison. Three years later, he found himself at Menard Correctional Center, the largest maximum-security, state-run prison in Illinois, subjected to living conditions he now describes as unfair, degrading, and inhumane. He remembers the toilet water being brown-and sometimes the drinking water, too.
Five ways to keep the environment in mind when you shop for fish & shellfish

Feb 7, 2024 | greenabilitymagazine.com | Nicole Greenfield

By Nicole Greenfield, Natural Resources Defense Council The seafood industry is in trouble. While fish is a key part of the diet for billions of people—and while the industry itself remains integral to the economies of coastal nations across the globe—the stats are bleak. Inadequate fisheries laws, poor enforcement on the high seas, and complex, obscure supply chains for many seafood products have led an estimated one-third of the world’s annual catch to be illegally fished.
The Uinta Basin Railway Would Be a Bigger Carbon Bomb Than Willow

Dec 13, 2023 | nrdc.org | Nicole Greenfield

The oil lying beneath the Uinta Basin isn’t your typical black gold. It can be black, but also yellow and waxy, and to transport it from this remote corner of northeastern Utah, the oddball crude requires heated tankers—otherwise, it would solidify into the consistency of shoe polish.