PBS: REPORT AIR DATE: Oct. 9, 2012 From Rooftop to Alleyway, Chicago Fights Extreme Urban Heat With Greener Ideas
SUMMARY One of Chicago’s most beautiful and hidden gardens is located on top of City Hall, part of an effort to ‘green’ roofs in order fight rising temperatures. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the actions the city of Chicago is taking to mitigate climate change in an urban landscape.
GWEN IFILL: Next, our series on Coping With Climate Change looks at how the city of Chicago is dealing…