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California to become third state to mandate heat protections for indoor workers
NBC News via Yahoo News· 3 days agoCalifornia is poised to pass the state’s first regulations to protect indoor workers from extreme ...
Heat waves are deadlier than hurricanes. Make them ‘disasters’
San Antonio Express-News· 11 hours agoThis discussion is particularly relevant as a “heat blob” that has punished Mexico and the...
Oregon Congresswoman introduces bill to provide disaster relief to farmworkers
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoU.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas of Oregon wants farmworkers to be eligible for disaster relief money when...
Summer in the City: Climate Science Reveals the Impacts of Heat
Newswise· 24 hours agoPeople without air conditioning must find refuge in schools and community centers. While extreme ...
Hajj heat wave deaths underscore climate threat for most vulnerable
Washington Post· 2 days agoThe effects of a deadly heat wave during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia this month were made...
Millions are sweating it out as a heat wave nears its peak from Midwest to Maine
The Bismarck Tribune· 4 days agoA heat wave from the Midwest to New England moved closer to a breaking point Thursday as millions of...
‘You feel death at your doorstep but have no choice’: Extreme heat takes toll on outdoor workers
CNN Business via AOL· 4 days ago... 7 union drinks a bottle of water while installing steel beams on a high-rise building under...
Is it too hot to be outside? Plug in your ZIP code to check your city's 'heat risk'
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe duration of this heat wave is notable and potentially the longest experienced in decades for...
Heat, wildfire and now the monsoon: What to know about this triple threat
AZCentral | The Arizona Republic via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe study used the 2020 Bush Fire and 2021 Telegraph Fire, both of which started in desert lowlands with the help of invasive plants, expanding to forested environments...
Free air con? US cities look at new ways to prevent heat deaths
BBC via AOL· 5 days agoSprings and Death Valley in California. In some cities, temperature records were broken weeks...