Millions of Americans were asked to reduce electricity to prevent outages. Millions of Americans were under historic heat wave conditions this week -- driving up widespread use of air conditioning and ...

Summer only officially arrived last week, but after the weekend heat wave, some people might already be tired of it. That's probably because simply being outside could make someone flat-out tired. So ...

Colder weather is quickly approaching, which means it’s time for many folks to start cranking up the heat in their homes and ...

Climate change shapes where and how we live. That's why NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for building and living on a hotter planet. Our homes use a lot of energy. The huge amounts ...

Climate change has been exacerbating heat waves, and the problem isn’t going away anytime soon. An increasingly hot planet — due largely to burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas — ...

To cool your home, face box fans out on the hottest side of your home and in on the coolest side. Box fans are energy-efficient, consuming around 75 watts per hour, significantly less than most air ...

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