weatherize
Americanverb (used with object)
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That includes mandating that natural gas well operators and power plants weatherize their equipment.
From Barron's ● Jan. 22, 2026
"You’ll get paid to fight climate change, learning how to install those solar panels, fight wildfires, rebuild wetlands, weatherize homes and so much more."
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2024
Among the report’s recommendations are interventions to help lower energy bills, such as leveraging funds from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act to help install heat pumps and weatherize buildings to be more energy efficient.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2023
Significant changes included mandates for plants to weatherize for the cold.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023
The money is meant to reduce climate-warming emissions by helping Americans ditch gas-powered cars, electrify appliances and weatherize homes.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
Older buildings in particular will need to be insulated and weatherized to prevent cool air from escaping.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2024
This time around, the Texas power grid is expected to withstand Elliott—ERCOT says it’s weatherized its equipment and facilities to better hold up in extreme weather.
From Slate ● Dec. 21, 2022
The move would allow the president to ratchet up clean energy manufacturing and roll out more weatherized infrastructure.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022
Curly — or Nomad — mats are much more common for weatherized floor mats outside front doors, but you can use them in your car, too.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
States expect to weatherize 82,000 homes this summer — 27 times the number of homes that were weatherized last summer, when the program got off to a slow start.
From New York Times ● Jun. 19, 2010
That could mean focusing on distributing filters, weatherizing homes and alerting people when they should stay and avoid exercising outdoors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2025
Biden is also enlisting more than 20,000 young people in a national “Climate Corps,” a Peace Corps-like program to promote conservation through tasks such as weatherizing homes and repairing wetlands.
From Seattle Times ● May 3, 2024
This involves strengthening the electrical grid by, for example, weatherizing electrical transmission lines to better deal with extreme weather and prioritizing vulnerable communities in the process.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 26, 2023
In the northern United States, weatherizing programs have historically focused on the colder months of the year, and the word itself likely conjures thoughts of long and frigid winters.
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2022
There are other proven technologies, ranging from weatherizing buildings to electric cars, and we should create incentives for them all.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2022
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