Sacramento residents can get up to 10 free trees from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. It's given away about 375,000 shade trees in the past 16 years, with plans to plant at least 4 million more. Perhaps the most arresting feature of Sacramento's shade crusade is its rarity, despite federal research showing that carefully planted trees can lower summertime temperatures in cities, significantly reduce air-conditioning bills and trap greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. » original newsSep 5, 2006
Tree-Planting Drive Seeks To Bring a New Urban Cool
Sacramento residents can get up to 10 free trees from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District. It's given away about 375,000 shade trees in the past 16 years, with plans to plant at least 4 million more. Perhaps the most arresting feature of Sacramento's shade crusade is its rarity, despite federal research showing that carefully planted trees can lower summertime temperatures in cities, significantly reduce air-conditioning bills and trap greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. » original news