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
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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
‘Heat Dome’ Leads To Sweltering In Mexico, Central America And US South
"Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the U.S. South has left millions of people in sweltering temperatures, strained energy grids and resulted in iconic Howler monkeys in Mexico dropping dead from trees."
Source: AP, 05/24/2024
Radioactive Sites Vulnerable As Climate Change Raises Wildfire, Flood Risks
"As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation’s primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas."
Source: AP, 05/23/2024
"In A Boiling World, Chief Heat Officers Battle 'Silent Killer'"
"As the era of "global boiling" spawns ever deadlier heatwaves, a handful of heat tsars are working with officials in cities from Miami to Melbourne in a race against time to cool urban heat traps and prevent tens of thousands of deaths."
Source: Thomson Reuters Fdn., 05/22/2024
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