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Break up the concrete! ⚒️ 🌳

Dallas is way too hot. The city says less pavement could help cool it down

"[Impervious surfaces] absorb 95% of the solar energy that hits them, raising the temperature around them. The goal is to encourage developers to incorporate more green space and trees, which cools things down on the ground."

https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-09-09/dallas-heat-islands-smart-surfaces-pavement-buildings

#Dallas #ClimateChange #UrbanHeatIslands #DylanDuke #SmartSurfaces #ParkingMinimums #KERANews #KERA

Break up the concrete! ⚒️ 🌳

Dallas is way too hot. The city says less pavement could help cool it down

"[Impervious surfaces] absorb 95% of the solar energy that hits them, raising the temperature around them. The goal is to encourage developers to incorporate more green space and trees, which cools things down on the ground."

https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-09-09/dallas-heat-islands-smart-surfaces-pavement-buildings

#Dallas #ClimateChange #UrbanHeatIslands #DylanDuke #SmartSurfaces #ParkingMinimums #KERANews #KERA

5 Dallas libraries could shutter in next two years due to proposed budget cuts 📚

“My life would absolutely not be the same without that library,” Watson said. “It is so much of the culture, it feels like this foundation that the rest of the community is built over.”

https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-08-21/dallas-library-closures-skillman-budget

#Dallas #Library #Budget #DylanDuke #Bookstodon #DallasPublicLibrary #ManyaShorr #MaggieWatson #SkillmanSouthwestern

5 Dallas libraries could shutter in next two years due to proposed budget cuts 📚

“My life would absolutely not be the same without that library,” Watson said. “It is so much of the culture, it feels like this foundation that the rest of the community is built over.”

https://www.keranews.org/news/2025-08-21/dallas-library-closures-skillman-budget

#Dallas #Library #Budget #DylanDuke #Bookstodon #DallasPublicLibrary #ManyaShorr #MaggieWatson #SkillmanSouthwestern