How Extreme Temperatures Could Melt The U.S. Economy

Extreme heat is costing the United States economy billions of dollars each year. As weather patterns change around the world, heat waves are getting more frequent, more intense, and longer in duration. But many of the buildings and factories that the U.S. workforce spends its days in were not built with extreme heat in mind, and many lack air conditioning entirely, especially in the industrial sector.

The result is a massive dip in productivity that is costing the United States billions of dollars on a yearly basis, and that price tage is only…