Air Conditioning is heating the world

The World

Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer, and, boy, it’s been a hot one. That means we’ve been thinking of one thing for months: air conditioning. The World’s Sarah Birnbaum reports on the origins of air conditioning, its growth and how it’s threatening the planet. 

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