"On a Warming Planet, Outdoor Concerts Need a New Safety Playbook"
"As climate change supercharges extreme weather around the world, many concert venues, organizers and fans are ill-prepared for rising risks."
Source: Bloomberg Green, 06/17/2024
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Cooler, Hurricane-Boosting La Niña To Replace El Niño
"The strong El Nino weather condition that added a bit of extra heat to already record warm global temperatures is gone. It’s cool flip side, La Nina, is likely to breeze in just in time for peak Atlantic hurricane season, federal meteorologists said."
Source: AP, 06/14/2024
"California Heat Protections At Risk From Push To Exclude Prisons"
"A proposal to exclude prisons from California's long-awaited rules to protect indoor workers from extreme heat threatens to delay implementation until well into the summer or kill off the safeguards altogether, labour rights advocates say."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 06/14/2024
Heat Waves Are Making Restaurant Kitchens Unsafe. Workers Are Fighting Back.
"As climate change makes summers hotter, restaurant employees are walking out and unionizing."
Source: Grist, 06/13/2024
Climate-Driven Summer Heat Is Already Impacting Outdoor Recreation
"It’s a 90-degree spring day in Moab, Utah, and dozens of people have the same idea: Escape the heat and blistering sunshine by hiking the Mill Creek waterfall trail. The short hike is decently shaded, with opportunities to dip hot feet in the creek—and swim in a small waterfall at the trail’s end. But even this oasis can be dangerous when it comes to extreme heat."
Source: Sierra, 06/13/2024
Trump Vows ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Despite Rally Goers Wilting In Extreme Heat
"Dozens of Donald Trump’s supporters have been requiring medical help at his rallies in the scorching US south-west but it seems lost on him that his plans to reverse climate policies and “drill, baby, drill” for fossil fuels will only worsen extreme weather, campaigners say."
Source: Guardian, 06/12/2024
"In Mega-Hot Arizona, Climate Is Not on the Ballot. But It Might as Well Be"
"When it comes to climate and the 2024 elections, Arizona just might represent the perfect storm of dramatic consequences: It’s one of the states most severely impacted by climate change, a strong majority of voters share climate concerns, climate issues dominate political debate in the state, it’s a battleground state that could help decide the presidential race, and its Legislature is so narrowly divided that it could easily flip from Republican to Democratic control."
Source: Capital & Main, 06/10/2024
Water Temps Soar In Florida Keys. Can Coral Reefs Stand More Extreme Heat?
"Florida’s coral reefs experienced the deadliest bleaching event in history last summer, a toll largely caused by record hot coastal waters. Now, water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already approaching the coral danger zone — earlier and hotter than last year."
Source: Miami Herald, 06/03/2024
"Indian Capital Swelters As Temperature Hits All-Time High Of 52.9 Celsius"
"Delhi recorded an all-time high temperature of 52.9 degrees Celsius (127.22 Fahrenheit) on Wednesday as extreme heat conditions gripped the north and western parts of India, causing students to faint in schools and drinking water taps to dry up."
Source: Reuters, 05/30/2024
"‘New Territory’ for Americans: Deadly Heat in the Workplace"
"In the coming months, this team of roughly 30 people at the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is expected to propose a new rule that would require employers to protect an estimated 50 million people exposed to high temperatures while they work."
Source: NYTimes, 05/28/2024
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