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Loss of power looms for some families as climate changes

A study of low-income households in California suggests that many more could be cut off from the grid by the end of this century.
A mother holds her baby daughter by a window with fan balanced on the windowsill

A woman and baby endure a heat wave in a Los Angeles, California, home without air conditioning. Credit: Jason Armond/Los Angeles Times/Getty

As summers become hotter and humans crank up the air conditioning, low-income households will use more electricity and face a rising risk of having their power cut off in the autumn because of missed bill payments1.

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Nature 611, 13 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03385-1

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  1. Barreca, A., Park, R. J. & Stainier, P. Nature Energy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01134-2 (2022).

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