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Even those who can get access to an air conditioner, Jessel explained, may not be able to afford the cost of operating it. That is why WE ACT is working to expand the funding for LIHEAP (Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program) to cover the cost of air conditioning as well. <a href=\"https:\/\/truthout.org\/articles\/summer-heat-will-worsen-the-pandemic-for-poor-communities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Read the Article<\/strong><\/a>","include_drop_cap":false}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sonal Jessel Talked to Truthout About the Impacts of Extreme Heat on Communities of Color During COVID-19 \u2013 April 21, 2020 - WE ACT for Environmental Justice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/weact.org\/es\/updates\/sonal-jessel-talked-to-truthout-about-the-impacts-of-extreme-heat-on-communities-of-color-during-covid-19-april-21-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sonal Jessel Talked to Truthout About the Impacts of Extreme Heat on Communities of Color During COVID-19 \u2013 April 21, 2020 - 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