Phoenix's Chief Heat Officer

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Dave Hondola is the chief heat officer of Phoenix, Arizona. He says it's an inspired and important position that a lot of cities are creating now. A hot city is a miserable city and people don't want to live in hot cities, he says. Dave Hondola: "This is a heat equity story"

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This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Miles Bryan, Hady Mawajdeh, and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Michael Raphael, and hosted by Noel King.

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