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Episode: Heat, pollution highlight economic disparities
Description: As climate change fans hotter and longer heat waves, breaking record temperatures and leaving dozens dead, the poorest Americans often suffer the hottest days with the fewest defenses. Centralized air, once a luxury, is now more a matter of survival.
Especially in cities like Denver, Portland and Seattle, which are accustomed to cooler summers, the barrage of heat has highlighted that low-income households, renters and people of color are far more likely to face grueling temperatures without central cooling. Many have window units that can offer respite, but running them nonstop balloons energy bills.
While billions in federal funding have...