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How the little-known ‘dark roof’ lobby may be making US cities hotter
(www.theguardian.com)
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From the article they make it sound like even if the companies have light roof options that since they would see a drop in the EPDM demand they'd lose money. It's always crazy to me that it's cheaper for companies to lobby like this instead of pivoting the business. Lobbying is poison.