Philadelphia Needs More Shade Trees

To combat the effects of excessive heat in urban areas, shade trees are an environmentally friendly, incredibily beautiful, inexpensive solution. "Cities are heat sinks. Urban temperatures are often five degrees above surrounding suburbs and rural areas. It's the thousands of rooftops, jam-packed along miles and miles of black asphalt streets, interspersed with acres of parking lots, all absorbing the heat of the sun.There's a solution to this problem - inexpensive, environmentally friendly, and incredibly beautiful. It's called the shade tree."

Thanks to Julian Francis