Heat Kills 1000s in U.S. Every Year. Why Are the Deaths So Hard to Track?
"As heat waves become more frequent and intense, researchers and activists say the lack of precise data is leading to needless fatalities."
Source: NYTimes, 08/26/2024
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"Heat, Fires, Floods — Extreme Weather Has Affected 99% Of Americans"
"Extreme weather alerts for dangerous heat, wildfires, storms, flooding and other hazards have affected nearly everyone in the United States over the past few months."
Source: LA Times, 08/22/2024
"Calif. Legislators Say New Laws Must Protect Farmworkers From Extreme Heat"
"State lawmakers, responding to a report that the agency charged with ensuring worker safety in California has sharply cut back on enforcement of outdoor heat protection laws, said new legislation is needed to protect employees amid escalating periods of extreme heat."
Source: LA Times, 08/22/2024
"New York City’s Trees Work Hard. Still, They Could Use a Little Help."
"A chemical reaction involving emissions from cars and buildings can negate their environmental benefits. New research shows what big cities can do about it."
Source: NYTimes, 08/21/2024
"How Extreme Heat Is Threatening Education Progress Worldwide"
"The continued burning of fossil fuels is closing schools around the world for days, sometimes weeks at a time, and threatening to undermine one of the greatest global gains of recent decades: children’s education."
Source: NYTimes, 08/19/2024
California Cuts Safety Enforcement As Farmworkers Toil In Extreme Heat
"California has sharply cut its enforcement of heat-protection laws for outdoor laborers while extreme heat has intensified in recent years — endangering farmworkers, construction workers and others who toil in scorching temperatures — an investigation by the Los Angeles Times and Capital & Main has found."
Source: LA Times, 08/16/2024
"Extreme Heat Poses New Challenge For Aid Agencies In Gaza"
"In Gaza, the sky is full of menace. As well as the missiles that rain down on schools and shelters, the brutal rays of the sun have made the summer unbearable for those struggling to survive in a ravaged landscape of ruins and rubble."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 08/14/2024
"Blue Crab Invasion Upends Italy’s Culinary Traditions And Ecology"
"The blue crabs crossed the Atlantic as stowaways, and with no natural predators they’re overtaking Italy’s marine ecosystem."
Source: Washington Post, 08/13/2024
"How Climate Change Could Make Pesticides Even Deadlier"
"As this year’s temperatures continue to break records, farmworkers who toil in the heat remain one of the groups most vulnerable to heat-related illnesses. But another element of their jobs is making extreme heat even more dangerous: pesticide drift."
Source: Mother Jones, 08/13/2024
Heat Contributed to 47,000 Deaths in Europe Last Year. Relief Programs Helped
"More than 47,000 Europeans died from heat-related causes during 2023, the world’s hottest year on record, a new report in Nature Medicine has found."
Source: NYTimes, 08/13/2024
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