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‘#EnergyPoverty’ hits US residents more in the South and Southwest, study finds

"Federal financial assistance is allocated based on rules written in the 1980s and disproportionately provides aid to Northern states, which historically have had high heating bills.

In the decades since, populations have shifted, temperatures have risen, and energy needs have evolved. Researchers propose a solution that recognizes the cost of #AirConditioning in a warming South."

https://mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-matter/energy-poverty-hits-us-residents-more-south-and-southwest-study-finds