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Mark Wolfe
Coverage of Mark Wolfe in the Nexus archive.
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- Surviving extreme heat increasingly boils down to this: access to air conditioning | Mark Wolfe
The article discusses how access to air conditioning is becoming critical for surviving extreme heat, highlighting a growing climate divide between resource-rich and resource-poor countries. Record temperatures in Europe and the United States this summer have led to public health advisories emphasizing the importance of air conditioning.
- Americans are spending $800 just to cool their homes. We are at a breaking point | Mark Wolfe
Americans are spending $800 to cool homes this summer, a 40% increase since 2020, while 60% live paycheck to paycheck and $1.2tn in credit card debt is outstanding. The stock market has doubled since 2020, benefiting asset holders, but utility bill struggles affect one in six households.