AdvertisementAmericans connect extreme heat and climate change to their health, a survey findsJune 22, 2022Molly PetersonfacebookEmailMinerva Contreras, 44, connects climate change to her health because she has a lung problem that makes it harder to breathe on hot days. Keeping her house near Bakersfield, Calif., cool costs as much as $800 a month in the summer. (KVPR)