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ASU engineers study Valley’s heat island
[Source: William Hermann, Arizona Republic] — By helicopter, by automobile, even by Pedi cab, Professor Harindra Fernando’s researchers covered the Valley Friday in an intense investigation of an...
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City of Phoenix updates its sustainability summary report
[Source: Cynthia Weaver, City of Phoenix] — The city of Phoenix has updated its Sustainability Summary increasing the total number of sustainability programs from 70 to more than 80. The summary...
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Cities are key culprits in weather shifts
[Source: Shaun McKinnon, Arizona Republic] — In the old comic books, the vilest super-villains brandished an exotic weather-control device to threaten the world’s cities. Turns out all the villains...
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Hope for a desert delinquent (What Phoenix, the poster child for...
[Source, Lisa Selin Davis, Grist Magazine, May 13, 2008] – In order for Phoenix to truly be a green city, it would have to be brown. Or not brown, exactly, but the sandy shade of the mountains that...
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Viewpoint: Phoenix will rise from the ashes
[Source: Kit Stolz, Guest Contributor, Grist Magazine] – During a session called “Sustainability and Growth: How Can a City Develop Sustainably When its Identity is Built on Growth?” at the American...
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Talton offers alternative view on downtown Phoenix Civic Space
[Source: John Talton, Rogue Columnist] — Former Arizona Republic columnist Jon Talton still thinks and writes about his old hometown, Phoenix. Upon returning to his current home from a recent visit...
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ASU study: Wealth buys rescue from metro Phoenix’s urban heat island
[Source: Shaun McKinnon, Arizona Republic] – Heat discriminates. Phoenix’s sweltering summer inflicts the most misery and illness in poor neighborhoods, a new study shows, and among people least able...
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Phoenix seeks residents’ input on General Plan revision
[Michael Clancy, Arizona Republic] — Meetings are taking place citywide to ask citizens what they like about Phoenix, and what they want to change. The gatherings are the first step in a three-year...
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ASU researcher outlines strategies to curb urban heat island (downtown...
[Source: EurekaAlert] – Protect yourself from the summer sun is good advice to children who want to play outside on a hot summer day and it is good advice to cities as a way to mitigate the phenomenon...
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