Nearly every state in the country does not have universal air conditioning in their prisons, a USA TODAY analysis found, illustrating a deadly problem for inmates and staff as climate change threatens ...

Air conditioners protect people from heatwaves, but rising global use could increase emissions and add to climate warming by ...

Over this scorching hot Fourth of July, millions of Americans from California to Louisiana will put their air conditioning into overdrive. Who could blame them? AC can be a matter of life and death.

While air conditioning protects people from dangerous heat, it also significantly worsens global warming—by 2050, potentially ...