April 21, 2022
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Proposal would create a $30 million fund to plant trees in areas suffering from heat
Two rows of new shade trees along Phoenix’s Baseline Road offer the kind of life-changing and life-saving infrastructure that the nation should emulate, U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego said while visiting the site in the city's Laveen Village on Wednesday.
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On Monday, Gallego and Democratic New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman introduced a bill that would create a $30 million annual grant fund for mitigating urban heat through 2030. It could help communities and nonprofits plant and water trees, create shade structures, install reflective cool roofs and pavements, cover bus stops and open public cooling centers.
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Brandon Loomis, Arizona Republic