How Air-Conditioning Conquered America

Air-conditioning has become both our answer to a warming planet
and a major obstacle to actually confronting it.


Emily Badger, who covers cities and urban policy for The Times,
explains the increasingly dangerous paradox of trying to control
the temperature.


Guest: Emily Badger, who covers cities and urban policy for The
New York Times.


Background reading: 


From 2017: How air-conditioning conquered America.

Air-conditioning use will surge in a warming world, the U.N.
has warned.



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