The weather in Phoenix is so hot that cameras stop working, cellphones glitch and no amount of water or Gatorade can keep you going. It accelerated green domestic manufacturing and made it more affordable for consumers to make climate-friendly purchases, such as installing solar panels on their roofs.
transition to renewable energy, Isabella O’Malley and Michael Phillis report. A year after the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, America’s most significant response to climate change, it has boosted the U.S. See the photos by AP photographer Gregory Bull, who spent time documenting life at the border as people found little relief from the scorching sun. A volunteer with the Brown Bag Coalition met up with people who are homeless and particularly vulnerable to the heat in the city of Calexico, where it got up to 113 degrees Fahrenheit (45 degrees Celsius). Temperatures on both sides of U.S.-Mexico border reached blistering highs this week.