"Much of the western United States baked for a third day on Wednesday under a punishing heat wave that has set temperature records, prompted health warnings and strained power grids."
"Two new reports draw attention to the scant laws safeguarding farmworkers’ health, including from worsening extreme heat."
"More than one-third of the world’s heat deaths each year are due directly to global warming, according to the latest study to calculate the human cost of climate change."
"In nearly every major city in the U.S., people of color are exposed to more extreme urban heat than white people, a new study found."
"Oregon is considering ways to protect workers required to labor in extreme weather conditions, which are becoming more common in this age of climate change."
"For years, President Donald Trump and his deputies played down the impact of greenhouse gas emissions from burning fossil fuels and delayed the release of an Environmental Protection Agency report detailing climate-related damage. But on Wednesday, the EPA released a detailed and disturbing account of the startling changes that Earth’s warming had on parts of the United States during Trump’s presidency."
"Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava (D) recently announced the county was creating a first-of-its-kind position — chief heat officer."
"The growing risk of overlapping heat waves and power failures poses a severe threat that major American cities are not prepared for, new research suggests."
"On any hot day in the Phoenix area, the heat builds up in some neighborhoods more than others."
"Power outages are just the start. Aging policies and infrastructure are making drinking water vulnerable to extreme weather."
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