DENVER — Bobbie Boyd is in a losing battle against near triple-digit temperatures in northwest Arkansas. Her window air conditioner runs nonstop and the ballooning electric bill carves about$ 240 out of her$ 882-a-month fixed income....
So the 57-year-old cuts other necessities. Advertisement Boyd eats one meal a day so her 15-year-old grandson, who she’s raising alone, can have two....
And, “ I have to eat.” The poorest Americans and minority communities already live in hotter neighborhoods a
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