Most of France has been sweltering under a heat wave this week, so naturally air conditioning has become the latest flash point in climate politics. The climate scolds want to prod the public into adopting what they call “energy sobriety,” and the French are discovering that in practice this means less AC. PREMIUM (FILES) The…
Among the many challenges facing those of us who have moved from Hong Kong to Britain is adapting to the country’s notoriously cold, wet and windy weather. But climate change is making us feel more at home. The UK is experiencing – or, more accurately, enduring – its third heatwave of the year, with temperatures…
A Lee’s Summit, Montana, IHOP restaurant is accused of making their staff wait weeks for their paychecks — and on top of that, the air conditioning isn’t working either. One staffer, identified only as Linda, told KMBC 9 Investigates that it’s going on six weeks with no paycheck. “People might say, ‘Well, why do you…
The Trump administration has abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the United States pay their heating and cooling bills. The firings threaten to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which was created by Congress in 1981 and helps to offset high utility bills…
Scientists from China and the United States say they have developed a directional radiative cooler that can be applied to walls, vehicle exteriors and textiles to fight the effects of climate change and urban heat islands. The team said the cooling material designed for vertical surfaces overcomes the limitations of conventional radiative coolers, which work…