{
  "id": 5963161,
  "title": "Air conditioners are our best bet in the fight against extreme heat – whether we like it or not",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/air-conditioners-are-our-best-bet-in-the-fight-against-extreme-heat",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-06T11:00:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/06/climate-crisis-air-conditioning-access"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Global AC demand will inevitably accelerate as the world continues to warm amid the climate crisis The greenest campaigners against climate change have long suffered from a crippling shortcoming: they too often frame the challenge as a problem of excess consumption. This motivates calls to “degrow” the economy and to curb the population . The claim is that humans consume too many resources, which…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}