In 2010, Phoenix City Council approved an ambitious goal to plant enough trees to shade 25% of the city by 2030. Thirteen years later, city officials don't know how much progress they've made, if any.

PHOENIX — More shade cover is coming to Phoenix after a unanimous City Council vote to pass the Shade Phoenix Plan on Wednesday. It is an update to the to the city’s 2010 plan to provide protections ...

More shade is coming to Phoenix, city leaders hope — and they're putting up the money to make it happen. Phoenix's heat office presented an updated plan for how the city could provide more shade after ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In November, the city approved a new plan, Shade Phoenix, to ...

PHOENIX — The Office of Heat Response and Mitigation is accepting applications from public schools and neighborhoods to receive grant funds for tree and shade structure installation in qualified ...

The days of triple digit temperatures mean looking for shady spots anywhere you can find them, whether you’re making a phone call or parking your car. The city of Phoenix is looking to give its ...

The Office of Heat Response and Mitigation has requested $60 million over the next five years to plant 27,000 new trees and build 550 new shade structures. The measure passed unanimously with an 8-0 ...

According to the Los Angeles Times and the Phoenix Business Journal, the city of Phoenix is looking into planting more trees in order to create a canopy over the city. The LA Times spoke to Richard ...

A pedestrian takes a bottle of water at a Salvation Army hydration station during a heatwave as temperatures hit 115-degrees, Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) PHOENIX ...

July 2023 will go down as the hottest month on record, especially in America’s Sun Belt states. In Phoenix, with a record 17 consecutive days of temperatures at or above 115 degrees Fahrenheit, ...