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Topic: Air conditioning

A person shields themself from the sun with an umbrella as people visit Domino Park in Brooklyn, New York, as a heat wave hits the northeast US on June 18, 2024. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)

How to survive a heat wave on low income

Gautama Mehta - Grist
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Engineers on how to conserve A/C energy

Aisling Pigott, Jennifer Scheib, Kyri Baker - The Conversation
The sun sets behind the Statue of Liberty as it is partially obscured by heat waves from the exhaust of a passing ferry on May 31, 2020, in New York City. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

The US is too hot to handle — literally

Jon Skolnik, Eric Schank
An empty classroom (Getty/ martinedoucet)

Classrooms face an overheating crisis

Paul Chinowsky - The Conversation
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Stay cool this summer for less than $200

Salon Marketplace
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Essential reads: Coping with heat waves

Jennifer Weeks - The Conversation

An energy-efficient way to stay cool

Salon Marketplace

global impact of AC

Lucas Davis - The Conversation
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How A/C remade modern America

Henry Grabar
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Lindsay Abrams
(<a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/gallery-658339p1.html'>Vadim Georgiev</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>/<a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/user_view.php?id=2196459'>adventtr</a> via <a href='http://www.istockphoto.com/'>iStock</a>/Salon)

Amazing new air conditioning!

Henry Grabar
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