Peril and Promise
How Is America's Hottest City Coping With Rising Heat?
Season 2021 Episode 1 | 13m 45s
How are U.S. cities who already feel extreme heat managing during the climate crisis?
Phoenix, AZ experienced over a hundred days of 100 degree weather. The mayor of Phoenix describes new urban technologies that the city is implementing to battle the dangers of extreme heat. And at an even more local level, two researchers from the State University of Arizona are going into elementary schools to offer feasible, actionable heat-preparedness strategies for teachers and students.
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Peril and Promise is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.
Peril and Promise
How Is America's Hottest City Coping With Rising Heat?
Season 2021 Episode 1 | 13m 45s
Phoenix, AZ experienced over a hundred days of 100 degree weather. The mayor of Phoenix describes new urban technologies that the city is implementing to battle the dangers of extreme heat. And at an even more local level, two researchers from the State University of Arizona are going into elementary schools to offer feasible, actionable heat-preparedness strategies for teachers and students.
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Peril and Promise is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.