Air Conditioning

The Temperature Is Rising .. How Does It Affect Health?

The Huffington Post | Amanda L. Chan | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Health High Temperatures, Temperatures Health, Health Heat, Video, Temperature Health, Air Conditioning, Health Air Conditioning, Health Weather, Healthy Living News

It’s Memorial Day and June is right around the corner -- for many, this is the time to really crank up the air conditioning. But is there a healthy ...

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WATCH: Puppy Loves AC

Posted 11.01.2011

Read More: Video, Air Conditioning, Ac, Puppy Loves Ac, Puppies, The One, Urlesque, Cute Animals, Puppy Loves Air Conditioning, Dogs, Cute Animal Videos, Comedy News

Sure, we all love the feeling of air conditioning on a sweltering Summer afternoon, but not all of us are as cute as Moki the White Lab puppy. Eve...

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States Cut Programs Helping Families Pay Electric Bills

AP | By TOM COYNE | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Heat Wave 2011, Energy, Politics News, Air Conditioning, Electricity, Heat Wave, Poor Families, Green News, Business News, Electric Bills, Green News

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Many states hit hardest by this week's searing heat wave have drastically cut or entirely eliminated programs that help poor peopl...

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Blistering Heat Wave Stressing Nation's Power Grid

AP | By JONATHAN FAHEY | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Energy, Power Grid, Heat Wave 2011, Businesses, Air Conditioning, Heat Wave, Green News, Homeowners, Weather, Power, Green News

NEW YORK -- A lengthy, blistering heat wave that is blanketing the eastern half of the United States is putting significant stress on the nation's pow...

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America's Latest Crime Trend: Air Conditioner Thieves

The Huffington Post | James Sunshine | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Air Conditioning, A/C Units, Athens, Third World America, Great Recession, Dallas Fort Worth, Illinois, Florida, Georgia, Chatham, Cbs, Air Conditioning Theft, Business News

If a recent trend is any indication, thieves across the country aren't only interested in your money. They're after your air conditioners too. Acr...

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Animal Shelter's AC Units Stolen, Pets In Peril

Posted 08.31.2011

Read More: Cats, Pets, Air Conditioning, Pet Adoption, Air Conditioning Vandalism, Vandalism, Animal Shelters, Theft, Furry Friends, Dogs, Animal Adoption Centers, Chicago News

Some 100 orphaned cats and dogs living in a Chicago animal welfare center are in danger heading into the expected-to-be-hot weekend after vandals eith...

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Iraq-Afghanistan War Debt Includes Steep Price Tag For Air Conditioning

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Cost of War, Deficit, Afghanistan Air Conditioning, Air Conditioning, War in Afghanistan, Cost of War in Afghanistan, War Deficit, Afghanistan War, Politics News

Forget the debt ceiling. Perhaps we should relocate our debt to Iraq or Afghanistan, where a lot of it is going anyway and where we are at least spending a king's ransom on air conditioning.

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A Cost Of War:$20 Billion On Air Conditioning

npr.org | Posted 08.26.2011

Read More: Government Spending, Npr, Air Conditioning, U.S. Military, Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, War, World News

The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion....

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The Missing Energy Piece

National Journal | RONALD BROWNSTEIN | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Energy, Energy Consumption, Energy Information Administration, Energy Efficiency, Jeff Bingaman, Air Conditioning, Appliances, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Carbon Dioxide, Energy Efficient Appliances, Climate Change, Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, Fluorescent-Lights, Homestar, Green News

Peering into the future, the federal Energy Information Administration recently released a kaleidoscopic collection of 57 computer-generated scenarios...

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9 Steps To Greening Your Small Biz

Massimo LoBuglio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy Star, Energy Efficiency, Small Business, Air Conditioning, Appliances, Slidepollajax, Green, Light Bulbs, Energy Star Appliances, Green Energy, New York, Small Business America, Business News

Consumers are justifiably skeptical about green claims, but once your results start to pile up, you'll have a solid basis from which to tell a great story and excite others toward your cause.

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Eco-Schmeco: A More Sane Way to Rate Eco-Resorts

Ron Dembo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Building, Green, Zerofootprint, Green Living, Carbon Emissions, Carbon Footprint, Ngo, Leed, Air Conditioning, Rating System, Green Friendly, Enivornmental Tips, Ecoresort, Green News

Almost any resort that uses recycled toilet paper and serves shade grown, organic, fair trade coffee can call itself an eco-resort. Why is there no reasonable rating system for them?

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Getting Cars and Trucks Ready for Winter

Steve Parker | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Southern California, Air Conditioning, Tune-Up, Anti-Lock-Brakes, Hvac, All-Wheel Drive, Winterizing Cars, Spark Plugs, Anti-Freeze Water, Windshield Wiper Fluid, Healthy Living News

"Winterizing" your bad ride has taken on new meaning. Here are some ways to help guarantee your driving safety this winter.

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Ode to Open Windows

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Quality, Windows, Air Conditioning, Green News

People are often surprised when they find out I don't have air-conditioning at home. But I couldn't bear to live without open windows. And it turns ou...

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National Insecurity and the Dress Code

Lise Van Susteren | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Dress Code, Heat Wave, Climate Change, Climate Legislation, Psychology, Climate Crisis, Gulf Oil Spill, Energy Policy, Air Conditioning, Green News

It's been nearly 100 degrees in Washington DC for the last several weeks. Yet on every sidewalk and in offices all over the city people can be seen dressed up in suits.

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

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Air Conditioning, Louisiana, Pace, Public News Service, Addiction, Clean Energy, Care2, Carbon Cap, Energy Efficiency, Summer, Drilling Ban, Fans, Mother Jones, Washington, San Francisco, Boulder, BP Oil Spill, Climate Bill, DEVap, Grist, Gulf Coast, A/C, Home News

Weekly Mulch: Kicking Our Addiction to AC--Why DC Needs to Step Upby Sarah Laskow, Media Consortium blogger This summer, Americans are cranking up the...

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Green News Report: July 8, 2010 (Audio)

Brad Friedman and Desi Doyen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bp, Air Conditioning, Fracking, Oil Spill Response, Carbon Emissions, Nevada, Clean Energy, Subsidies, Green News Report, Obesity, Climategate, Exxon Valdez, Arsenic, Energy Efficiency, Pennsylvania, Nuclear Weapons, BRAD BLOG, Fossil Fuels, Green News, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Hydraulic Fracturing, BP Oil Spill, Extreme Weather, Global Warming Deniers, Solar Power, Global Warming, Green News

TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport The 'GNR' is also now available on your cell phone via Stitcher Radio's mobile app! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Record summe...

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How Did New Yorkers Deal With Heat Waves in Centuries Past? (SLIDESHOW)

Megan Doherty | Posted 05.25.2011

In New York, where concrete ratchets temperatures from hot to hellish, refuge can only be found inside air-conditioned interiors. But how did New Yorkers deal with the heat in the days before A/C?

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The 10 Neatest New York Inventions Ever

Alex Santoso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inventors, Yale Lock, Air Conditioning, New York State, Toilet Paper, Tuxedo, Christmas, Saratoga Springs, Chop Suey, Kodak, Potato Chips, Club Sandwich, New York City, Peter Cooper, Jell-O, New York News

New York, as my friends and family who live there like to say, is the center of the universe and the source of everything important in life. Like Christmas.

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Hot in the City

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fifth Avenue, Nyc, Heat Wave, Greenhouse Gases, Air Conditioning, New York Heat Wave, New York Weather, New York Heat, New York News

What is it about a heat wave in New York that brings out the least green behaviors of some our retailers?

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New York Neighbors Are Wonderful! (or Never Install An Air Conditioner in the Middle of the Night)

Pamela Newton | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Air Conditioners, Bruce Willis, Park Slope, Air Conditioning, New-York-Temperature, Helping Others, New York Apartments, Neighbors, New Yorkers, Healthy Living News

This little tale is a warning about improperly installed air conditioners, midnight flights of fancy, and heat-induced imbecility but most of all, it's about kind and helpful New Yorkers.

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What I Love And Hate About New York

Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Food, Los Angeles, Chinese Food, Air Conditioning, Pizza, New York, Public Transportation, New York News

Your pizza is too damn good. I'm lucky I don't live in New York, because if I did I'd eat about three loaves of bread a day and start looking like some sort of Mario Batali-John Madden hybrid.

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A/C Setting Can Push Couples To Boiling Point

washingtonpost.com | Steve Hendrix | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: A/C Setting, Air Conditioning, Air Conditioning and Marriage, A/C Setting Marriage, Healthy Living News

It was the middle of a steamy summer night, and the frame house in Cleveland Park was quiet, dark and, for Bill Adler, way too hot. ...

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Cool Off Without The AC This Summer

Chelsea Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Co2 Emissions, Electricity Costs, Air Conditioning, Air Conditioner, Car, Electrcity Bill, Summer, Ac, Environment, Green, Heat, Summer Heat, Hot, Green Living, Green News

You may want to reconsider blasting your AC in the cars, in your house, and in your workplace (unless you're working outside, 'cause that breeze is fr...

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Eco-Celeb Jon Hamm Tries Not To Use Air Conditioning

Mother Nature Network | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Conditioning, Jon Hamm, Green Living, Saving Money, Giy, Saving Energy, Green News

Mad Men star Jon Hamm agreed, saying, "I hope the trend continues in the next four, hopefully eight years." As an NRDC supporter, "it's nice to be abl...

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