Combating climate change heat, Phoenix, Arizona develops neighborhood shade plans

To Combat Phoenix’s Extreme Heat, a New Program Provides Sustainable Shade - Inside Climate News Arizona State University is leading an effort to create neighborhood shade plans for Phoenix communities and train the workforce needed to support green infrastructure across the metropolitan area. Derek Harrison Inside Climate News

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. Led by ASU in partnership with local municipalities, businesses and nonprofits, the $5 million effort aims to provide the shade needed to take the edge off the Phoenix metropolitan area’s increasingly hot summers while creating new jobs for residents of the Valley. One looming issue: The funding comes from the federal government, with reimbursement to begin once the money is spent, but that money could dry up after the change in presidential administrations in January.

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