Should I Feel Guilty About Using My AC?

Should I Feel Guilty About Using My AC?

Air conditioning is one of our great guilty pleasures. When your town is suffocating under a 100-degree heat dome, there’s nothing like the sweet relief that comes from returning home, cranking up the AC, and leaving behind the sweltering outdoor atmosphere for the cooler, crisper indoor one. As the first major heat wave of 2025 bakes the Northeast, South, and Midwest, nearly 150 million Americans are discovering that fact anew. [time-brightcove…

NYC bakes in first major heat wave of 2025, but not everyone feels the heat equally

New York City is steaming amidst the first major heat wave of the season, with temperatures expected to reach triple digits Tuesday.  While the entire city has been feeling the heat since Sunday, not everyone faces the same risks. For many low-income and Black New Yorkers, the extreme temperatures are dangerous or even deadly. The heat wave “will not just be uncomfortable and oppressive for New Yorkers, it will be brutal and dangerous,” said May…