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ap: As Denver warms, communities will swelter without AC

There is growing public health crisis around the fact that our summer temperatures are steadily rising

DENVER, CO - JUNE 17 : Anthony Yelenick, 43, is working in his hot little home that his grandfather built in 1937 in Denver, Colorado on Friday, June 17, 2022. Yelenick doesn’t have air conditioning, and he said every summer seems to get hotter. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO – JUNE 17 : Anthony Yelenick, 43, is working in his hot little home that his grandfather built in 1937 in Denver, Colorado on Friday, June 17, 2022. Yelenick doesn’t have air conditioning, and he said every summer seems to get hotter. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
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It won’t surprise you to learn that we found people with lower incomes, people who are renters and people of color are all significantly more likely to swelter in their homes in the summer without any cooling than their white, home-owning, higher-income neighbors.
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