US EditionFrance Is Melting, but an Air-Conditioning Ban Is Imminent
Marine Le Pen urges mandatory cooling in schools and care homes to protect vulnerable populations amid record heatwaves, citing thousands of heat-related deaths in past events.
- During France’s third week-long heatwave, Ms Marine Le Pen introduced a bill for mandatory cool rooms in care homes, schools, and hospitals.
- Climate data show Europe is heating up faster than much of the world, with heat waves longer and hotter than 40 years ago.
- Only an estimated 20 per cent to 25 per cent of French households are equipped with air-conditioning, while Greens promote urban greening and energy efficiency in the 'culture war'.
- Green leaders, in response, Ms Marine Tondelier scoffed at Le Pen's plan and suggested 'greening' cities and boosting energy efficiency, while Pannier-Runacher emphasized the need for targeted air-conditioning.
- Vulnerable populations face health risks without cooling, and broad agreement exists that air-conditioning is necessary in retirement homes, hospitals, and schools.
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Paris, France.- The cultural war has arrived for air conditioning, at least in France. In July, while a heat wave ravaged much of Europe, feelings toward air conditioning suddenly became a test of political fire. Marine Le Pen, the leader of the extreme French right, declared that she would deploy a “great plan of air conditioning equipment” all over the country if her nationalist party finally came to power. Marine Tondelier, leader of the Euro…
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France is melting, but an air-conditioning ban is imminent
As France swelters under its third week-long heatwave in two months – with temperatures of up to 39C in the centre of Paris yesterday – Marine Le Pen can congratulate herself on her newest culture war. In a country where longstanding prejudice means only one fifth of French housing is outfitted with some sort of air-conditioning system, the National Rally leader has taken on the Left and the Greens and introduced an emergency bill to provide mand
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