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For or against air conditioning? EU won't pick sides
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Hot Air
· Jun 29, 2026
It's Now Right-Wing to Be Pro-Air Conditioning in Europe
It's Now Right-Wing to Be Pro-Air Conditioning in Europe
Liberty Nation
· Jul 1, 2026
Europe's Heated Arguments Against Air Conditioners
Bureaucrats shunned the world's greatest invention.
DutchNews.nl
· Jun 22, 2026
One in five homes have air conditioning as heatwaves increase
Around one-fifth of households in the Netherlands has air conditioning installed as people deal with the prospect of warmer summers...
Legal Insurrection
· Jun 27, 2026
From ‘Luxury’ to Lifeline: Europe Reconsiders Air Conditioning
Europe is beginning to embrace air conditioning, both practically and politically. The post From ‘Luxury’ to Lifeline: Europe Reconsiders Air Conditioning first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
AllSides
· Jun 27, 2026
Europe's Come-to-AC Moment
In stifling apartments and sweaty row houses in England, Germany, and even Scandinavia, some Europeans are considering a very American idea: They really need an air conditioner. One of their most accessible options, though, might feel unfamiliar to anyone accustomed to central air. Among Europe's commonly used types of air conditioning is a clunky, inefficient unit that stands a few feet high and has a wide exhaust tube meant to go out a window. Such units are typically a panic-buy on a hot weekend, Brian Motherway, the head of energy efficiency at the International Energy Agency, told me. People grab the first machine they see and end up living with it for a decade, he said...
The Tribune
· Jul 4, 2026
Cooling divide emerging as air conditioning deepens climate inequality in the UK, study finds
For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their own homes. But as summers become warmer and heatwaves more frequent, that picture is beginning to change. Colleagues and I analysed data from the English Housing []
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Related coverage for "For or against air conditioning? EU won't pick sides ": Hot Air — It's Now Right-Wing to Be Pro-Air Conditioning in Europe. Liberty Nation — Europe's Heated Arguments Against Air Conditioners. DutchNews.nl — One in five homes have air conditioning as heatwaves increase. Legal Insurrection — From ‘Luxury’ to Lifeline: Europe Reconsiders Air Conditioning. AllSides — Europe's Come-to-AC Moment. The Tribune — Cooling divide emerging as air conditioning deepens climate inequality in the UK, study finds