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What you can do to prepare your home for extreme heat

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With the planet experiencing its hottest June ever and July heat records already popping like balloons, consider these strategies from professors at Northeastern to keep you and your loved ones cool—or at least cooler.  

Since climate change, summer conditions and El Nino effects are reported to keep temperatures high, the experts also describe collective and regulatory measures necessary to take stress off the energy grid and keep the air conditioning working.

Continue reading at Northeastern Global News.

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