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How can summer camps balance fun with safety as climate change impacts heat, air quality?

WBUR
Published August 3, 2026 at 12:03 PM EDT
Campers run through the shallow water in the swimming area at Hale Education's day camp in Westwood. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)
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Campers run through the shallow water in the swimming area at Hale Education's day camp in Westwood. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Summer camps are all about embracing the outdoors. But as climate change fuels dangerous heat and unhealthy air, the outdoors is becoming something camps must protect children from.

WBUR’s Emily Piper-Vallillo reports on the ways summer camps in Massachusetts are approaching balancing a fun time at camp with a safe time in the outdoors.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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