A city agency is replacing palms with oaks along key downtown streets. “We didn’t realize how expensive planting trees could ...

LIVABILITY SCORE TO COMPILE THE LIST. AND NOW TO OUR IMPACT. WEATHER. AS OUR AREA HAS BEEN UNDER A HEAT ADVISORY TODAY AND THE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND. YOU GOT TO FIND SOME SHADE.

PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is taking action in its fight against relentless heat by updating an existing plan to cool the streets with trees and shade structures. The City Council voted Wednesday ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — All tree shade may not be equal. For Alex Kobald, associate director of the Design Across Scales Lab at Cornell University’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning, ...

If a child’s health and well-being can be improved with just a couple of trees, imagine what a whole school campus and a neighborhood with extra canopy coverage could do. Heather McMillen of the ...

Homeowners across America plant popular shade trees for beauty and longevity, unaware that hidden root systems often threaten ...

As an urban runner, V. Kelly Turner is always looking for some shade. She doesn’t want to overheat. Most weekday mornings, her usual route takes her down the shadiest stretch of Los Feliz Boulevard, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lights are hung from the tree canopy over the Chain of Parks in downtown Tallahassee as city employees prepare for the Winter ...

The city of Sanibel’s Natural Resources Department reported that when people think of Florida, they often think of palm trees ...