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Heat News
- 08/15/2023 Axios: Grueling heat takes toll on outside workers’ physical and mental health
- 08/15/2023 In These Times: It’s too Hot to Keep Using Pesticides
- 08/13/2023 Idaho Statesman: When extreme heat hits Idaho, farmworkers struggle. What protections do they have?
- 08/10/2023 KVIA abc 7: Federal lawmakers looking to protect workers from extreme heat
- 08/09/2023 The Reckon Report: Say Their Names: These are all the farmworkers who have died from extreme heat in the last year
- 08/03/2023 Time: Extreme Heat Is Endangering America’s Workers—and Its Economy
- 08/02/2023 Environmental Defense Fund: The growing threat of heat for farmworkers
- 08/02/2023 Environmental Defense Fund: Heat stress threatens agricultural workers’ health as U.S. temperatures rise
- 08/02/2023 Hollister Free Lance: Congress members introduce disaster relief proposal for farmworkers
- 07/31/2023 The Guardian: Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils
- 07/28/2023 Democracy Now: Texas Rep. Greg Casar on Why He Undertook “Thirst Strike” to Demand Heat Protections for Workers
- 07/27/2023 The Guardian: Biden announces new measures to protect Americans from extreme heat
- 07/27/2023 Georgia Public Broadcasting: Biden rolled out some new measures to respond to extreme heat as temperatures soar
- 07/27/2023 WCVB TV: President Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record temperatures persist
- 07/27/2023 CNN: Biden unveils new measures aimed at addressing extreme heat as US swelters
- 07/27/2023 Capital Public Radio: As extreme heat threatens workers’ health, California legislators, activists push for nationwide protections
- 07/26/2023 Arizona’s Family: Death of Yuma farmworker sparks calls for extreme heat protections
- 07/26/2023 New bills expected today on federal heat protections for workers
- 07/26/2023 Fronteras Desk: Workers’ heat deaths spur bill from Grijalva, others to create federal protections
- 07/26/2023 Farm Workers Demand OSHA Issue Federal Heat Rule
- 07/25/2023 CAL Matters: The hidden cost of California’s hot workplaces: 20,000 job injuries a year
- 07/25/2023 The Messenger: Texas Congressman Goes on All-Day Thirst and Hunger Strike for Heat Protections
- 07/25/2023 Common Dreams: Rep. Greg Casar Leads Thirst Strike at US Capitol to Demand Workplace Heat Protections
- 07/25/2023 Roll Call: Rep. Greg Casar ends thirst strike on Capitol steps after nearly 9 hours
- 07/25/2023 CBS Austin: Austin Congressman Greg Casar on thirst strike over heat laws