Weekly Mulch: Kicking Our Addiction to AC—Why DC Needs to Step Up
By: Friday July 16, 2010 6:58 pm

Weekly Mulch: Kicking Our Addiction to AC—Why DC Needs to Step Up

by Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger

This summer, Americans are cranking up their air conditioning. At the same time, Senators are letting climate legislation cool its heels in Washington. Ultimately, both of these summer trends are contributing to climate change. Air conditioning dumps greenhouse gases into the environment, and without climate legislation that caps the country’s carbon emissions, America’s share of global carbon levels will only continue to grow.

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Watercooler – The Great A/C Debate
By: Monday July 12, 2010 7:00 pm

As temperatures have climbed into triple digits in many parts of the United States, the debate about air conditioning and climate change has also heated up. Here is an argument from Kathy Kattenburg of “The Moderate Voice” against the call to reduce our use of AC.

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