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To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes, weatherize their homes

  • Written by Nicholas Rajkovich, Assistant Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes, weatherize their homesAir conditioning cools city residents during heat waves, but also strains the power grid and fuels climate change.Joanna Poe/Flickr, CC BY-SA

This story is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.

To protect people in the Great Lakes region from climate extremes, weatherize their homes

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