Feds spread $1 billion for tree plantings among US cities to reduce extreme heat and benefit health
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Hundreds of communities around the country will share more than $1 billion in federal money to help them plant and maintain trees under a federal program that is intended to reduce extreme heat, benefit health and improve access to nature.
  • GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    3 years ago

    In 2021, the QT gas stations around my city literally cut down every tree on the property so the transients wouldn’t have shade.

    I don’t know why I felt the need to mention this.

    • conditional_soup@lemm.eeEnglish
      12·
      3 years ago

      Because this is the vibe in the US. Only non-solutions are allowed. Don’t get down or you will be kicked. No get up, only kick.

    • Uranium3006@kbin.social
      6·
      3 years ago

      Because it shows how not solving one problem (high cost housing and the resulting homelessness) results in more problems (trees getting cut down to make it someone else’s problem)

  • weariedfae@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 years ago

    Please plant seed-bearing trees my allergies are already trying to kill me. The policy of planting only pollen-producing trees has made pollen so bad that it is now a part of the weather forecast!

    • CatoblepasEnglish
      15·
      3 years ago

      Absolutely, there can be a 20 degree C (35 degree F) difference in the same area on streets with trees vs streets without trees.

      • mars296@kbin.social
        11·
        3 years ago

        Its more than just shade! Trees create extra cooling effect by using the suns energy and from the water evaporating from their leaves. Thats why you won’t burn your feet on grass but an equally dark pavement burns your feet. Tree > umbrella in terms of heat mitigation.

    • Mobiuthuselah@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      3 years ago

      I don’t know about carbon sinks, but compound-leaved trees tend to grow faster and produce dense wood.