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Trump moves to gut low-income energy assistance as summer heat descends and electricity prices rise

  • Written by Conor Harrison, Associate Professor of Economic Geography, University of South Carolina
imageCities like Houston get high humidity in addition to the heat, making summer almost unbearable without cooling.Brandon Bell/Getty Images

The U.S. is headed into what forecasters expect to be one of the hottest summers on record, and millions of people across the country will struggle to pay their power bills as temperatures and energy costs rise.

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