# ‘Your City Could Be Better’: How Las Vegas Is Handling Record-Breaking Heat

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Podcast: [City Cast Las Vegas](https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-las-vegas-5262773)
Published: 2026-09-13T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1217320255.mp3
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## Resource

It was another brutal summer in Las Vegas, but local government took recent record-breaking temps as a serious threat and is already rolling out protections for locals like you. Jesse Merrick joins “Your City Could Be Better” to talk about the bold moves of Nevada’s lawmakers, like mandating heat mitigation and giving away trees, and how some time-tested strategies still need to be tweaked as rising global temperatures present new problems every day. Mentioned on the show: Europe’s 10,000 recorded deaths during June 2026 heatwave Is there something your city is doing that we should be talking about? Email David now!  We’re also on Instagram: @yourcitycouldbebetter Looking to advertise on Your City Could Be Better? Check out our options.

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