Paris Goes Green, Park City Pollutes

Paris Goes Green, but Park City Pollutes 

Many architects and developers in Paris are now paying closer attention to Paris’s buildings’ rooftops.  A new law just passed that the roofs of newer buildings have to be partially covered by solar panels and/or plants.  Many restaurants are planting vegetables and herbs that they use in their dishes.

Courtesy of Scholastic News

Courtesy of Treasure Mountain Journalism Class

These new building-top gardens and solar panels are not only helping the environment but are soaking up rain water, and keeping Paris cool.  The building-top gardens stop run-off from rain that can cause flooding. The solar panels keep Paris cool because of the many dark buildings and streets that absorb lots of heat.  The solar panels absorb the heat before that can heat-up the streets and buildings

Solar panels are very beneficial because they may lower electric bills, and they don’t release pollution in to the air.  Paris has the population of 2.211 million people, and Park City has the population of 7,558 people.  I bring this up because Park City has more pollution than Paris, but Paris has much more people.  Paris is a more popular destination than Park City too.  

Most people were shocked when they heard that Park City has more pollution than Paris.  “I don’t believe it” says a Treasure Mountain Junior High student when I told her the populations of Paris and Park City.  A TMJH teacher said “I am not shocked, we have a very polluted city”.  Many Park City residents are very shocked that it is Park City instead of Salt Lake City.