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We can't air-condition our way out of America's heat crisis | CNN Business

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Climate, energy and urban researchers are urging policymakers to implement solutions to mitigate the danger of heat on vulnerable residents and design cooler cities and towns for a hotter future

. “There is no national plan to help lower-income families to transition to higher temperatures,” said Mark Wolfe, the executive director of the National Energy Assistance Directors’ Association, which represents state energy assistance programs for low-income Americans. “The solutions we have are based on shorter heat waves and more temperate summers. Public policy hasn’t caught up.” Wolfe is calling for congressional funding to retrofit low-income homes for cooling.

” Take, for example, the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program , which provides formula grants to states to help low-income families pay their heating and cooling bills. About 80% of the program’s funding is used by states to help families pay their heating bills, Mark Wolfe said, leaving little money left for families to pay for cooling bills in the summer. Additionally, fewer states have protections against power shutoffs during the summer than they do for heating in the winter.

 

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