Biden may be the first president to take the risks of extreme heat seriously
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden may be the first president to take the risks of extreme heat seriously

Salon  

After a historically hot summer with extreme heat events that killed hundreds of people in the Pacific Northwest, New Orleans, and elsewhere, the Biden administration is taking action to protect Americans from extreme heat at work and at home. That rule has done little to protect workers from heat in the past — there have been 384 documented heat-related on-the-job deaths since 2010, according to an NPR analysis of federal data. The agency will now ramp up investigations of complaints and workplace inspections on days when the heat index goes above 80 degrees F. The announcement on Monday also highlights recently-issued guidelines for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps people pay their utility bills and has traditionally focused on subsidizing winter heating. In addition, the administration will provide funding and technical assistance to turn public schools into community cooling centers during extreme heat events and is launching a series of prize competitions for innovations aimed at protecting those most at risk of heat-related illness and death during heat waves.

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Biden administration blasted for 'deeply concerning and irresponsible' move day after Christmas that could force tens of millions of Americans to freeze during winter
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration blasted for 'deeply concerning and irresponsible' move day after Christmas that could force tens of millions of Americans to freeze during winter

Daily Mail  

The Biden administration quietly dropped a regulatory bombshell one day after Christmas that could leave millions out in the cold. In a controversial move, the Department of Energy finalized sweeping new climate regulations that would drastically raise prices on gas-powered water heaters. The Department of Energy finalized sweeping new climate regulations targeting natural gas-powered instantaneous water heaters, a move that …

UN declares ‘decade of deadly heat’, calls for action against climate breakdown
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

UN declares ‘decade of deadly heat’, calls for action against climate breakdown

Hindustan Times  

The world has endured a “decade of deadly heat”, with 2024 capping 10 years of unprecedented temperatures, the UN has said. 'I can officially report that we have just endured a decade of deadly heat,' says UN chief In his new year message, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said the 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last decade, …

Human impact exposed: 41 days of ‘dangerous’ heat linked to climate change in 2024, says report
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Human impact exposed: 41 days of ‘dangerous’ heat linked to climate change in 2024, says report

Live Mint  

Human-caused climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat in 2024, harming human health and ecosystems, an analysis for a year-in-review has found. Among other key findings, the report revealed that climate change intensified 26 of the 29 weather events studied by World Weather Attribution that killed at least 3700 people and displaced millions. The result highlights …

United Nations urges nations to adopt several proposals aimed at reducing heat deaths; asks to care for vulnerable people
8 months ago

United Nations urges nations to adopt several proposals aimed at reducing heat deaths; asks to care for vulnerable people

The Hindu  

After three of Earth's hottest days ever measured, the United Nations called for a flurry of efforts to try to reduce the human toll from soaring and searing temperatures, calling it “an extreme heat epidemic.” “If there is one thing that unites our divided world, it's that we're all increasingly feeling the heat,” United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said …

‘Oppressively hot’: Record-breaking heatwave engulfs western US
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Oppressively hot’: Record-breaking heatwave engulfs western US

Al Jazeera  

More than 161 million people are under heat alerts as extreme weather prompts warnings and health fears. The western United States continues to grapple with an oppressive heatwave that is believed to have killed at least seven people, authorities say, and has spurred safety warnings across large swaths of the country. “This is the most extreme heatwave in the history …

Editorial: This record-breaking heat is an emergency. It’s time to treat it like one
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Editorial: This record-breaking heat is an emergency. It’s time to treat it like one

LA Times  

An orange glow fills the sky as the sun sets behind windmills on June 5, a triple digit temperature day, in Palm Springs. It’s alarming that only a few weeks into the summer we’ve already experienced a prolonged heat wave that has put about 36 million Americans under excessive heat warnings and shattered temperature records across the West. Heat waves …

Biden Announces New Rule To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden Announces New Rule To Protect Workers From Extreme Heat

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Biden administration unveiled a sweeping rule on Tuesday to protect American workers from extreme heat — an already deadly threat that is becoming worse as climate change drives up temperatures around the globe. An average of 33 heat-related workplace deaths and 3,389 injuries and illnesses occurred each year from 1992 to 2020, although the U.S. Bureau …

Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from extreme heat

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday proposed a new rule to address excessive heat in the workplace, warning — as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories — that high temperatures are the country’s leading weather-related killer. If finalized, the measure would protect an estimated 36 million U.S. workers from injuries related to heat …

Biden administration proposes rule for workplaces to address excessive heat
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden administration proposes rule for workplaces to address excessive heat

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration proposed a …

US homeless suffer disproportionate impact of heat wave
9 months ago

US homeless suffer disproportionate impact of heat wave

China Daily  

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-06-26 15:35 A person takes a break in the shade of a sidewalk as temperatures are expected to soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer's first heat, in Sacramento, California, US, June 4, 2024. Despite the relief in the northeastern part of the United States, people from the Plains to the Southeast continue to suffer from …

US homeless suffer disproportionate impact of heat wave
9 months ago

US homeless suffer disproportionate impact of heat wave

China Daily  

A person takes a break in the shade of a sidewalk as temperatures are expected to soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit during the summer's first heat, in Sacramento, California, US, June 4, 2024. Despite the relief in the northeastern part of the United States, people from the Plains to the Southeast continue to suffer from heat waves, with temperatures reaching …

US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding
9 months ago

US reels under scorching temperatures, heavy flooding

Al Jazeera  

More than 50 million people in the US under heat warnings while hundreds are evacuated from flooding in the Midwest. Soaring temperatures have placed more than 50 million people in the United States under extreme heat advisories, while flooding has spurred rescue operations and evacuations throughout the Midwest. The National Integrated Heat Health Information System said on Monday that about …

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering as Northern Hemisphere summer begins
9 months ago

Extreme heat kills hundreds, millions more sweltering as Northern Hemisphere summer begins

ABC  

In short: Record heatwaves are scorching cities across Europe, Asia and North America. Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years. An official at the Indian health …

Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change
9 months, 1 week ago

Deadly heatwaves in US, Mexico made more likely by climate change

Al Jazeera  

Deadly heat that recently blanketed the United States, Mexico and Central America was made 35 times more likely due to global warming, an international network of climate scientists has said. The World Weather Attribution group also said the extreme highs experienced across the region in May and June were four times as likely to occur today as a quarter of …

FEMA urged to treat heat as a disaster; Biden's protections for undocumented spouses
9 months, 1 week ago

FEMA urged to treat heat as a disaster; Biden's protections for undocumented spouses

NPR  

FEMA urged to treat heat as a disaster; Biden's protections for undocumented spouses Good morning. Today's top stories President Biden is expected to announce an executive order today that would protect an estimated half a million undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens from deportation. In an extreme heat disaster, FEMA could set up cooling centers, send extra medical personnel and help …

How much worse will extreme heat get by 2050? New report outlines worrisome future
10 months ago

How much worse will extreme heat get by 2050? New report outlines worrisome future

LA Times  

The next quarter of a century will bring considerable climate danger to millions of Americans living in disadvantaged communities, who will not only experience increased exposure to life-threatening extreme heat but also greater hardships from reduced energy reliability, a new nationwide report has found. Under a moderate-emissions scenario — one in which current fossil fuel consumption peaks in the coming …

New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up
1 year, 1 month ago

New UN weather agency chief says rate of global warming is speeding up

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — The new chief of the World Meteorological Organization said it looks to her that the rate of human-caused climate change is accelerating and that warming has triggered more Arctic cold outbreaks in North America and Europe, weighing in on two issues that divide climate scientists. In her first sit-down interview since taking office last month, WMO Secretary-General Celeste …

Climate change could unravel decades of progress in human health, says WMO
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change could unravel decades of progress in human health, says WMO

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Climate change threatens to unravel decades of progress on improving human health through extreme heat, …

Workers pay the price while congress and employers debate need for heat regulations
1 year, 6 months ago

Workers pay the price while congress and employers debate need for heat regulations

Salon  

Sometimes the heat makes you vomit, said Carmen Garcia, a farmworker in the San Joaquin Valley of California. The Forest Resources Association, representing forest landowners, the timber industry, and mills, added that "heat-related illnesses and deaths are not among the most serious occupational hazards facing workers." Ideally, business owners would move to protect workers from heat regardless of the rules, …

Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US
1 year, 7 months ago

Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US

Associated Press  

RENO, Nev. — Santos Brizuela spent more than two decades laboring outdoors, persisting despite a bout of heatstroke while cutting sugarcane in Mexico and chronic laryngitis from repeated exposure to the hot sun while on various other jobs. But extreme heat protections have generally lagged with “no owner” in state and federal governments, said Ladd Keith, an assistant professor of …

How Joe Biden could really burn Donald Trump
1 year, 7 months ago

How Joe Biden could really burn Donald Trump

Raw Story  

If you weren’t sure of it yet, climate change is quite clearly here. Matters will only get worse as we continue to burn massive amounts of toxic fossil fuels day after day, and since President Joe Biden has stated fighting climate change is one of his top priorities, it’s time for him to go further — and formally declare it …

Editorial: Biden says he’s ‘practically’ declared a climate emergency. Why won’t he do it for real?
1 year, 7 months ago

Editorial: Biden says he’s ‘practically’ declared a climate emergency. Why won’t he do it for real?

LA Times  

President Biden can do more to respond to the climate crisis by declaring an emergency and unlocking new tools and resources. President Biden’s recent claim that he has “practically” declared a climate emergency has renewed calls for him to actually do so. But pressure eased with the deal to pass the renewable energy-boosting Inflation Reduction Act, and after Biden signed …

Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record high temperatures persist across the US
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record high temperatures persist across the US

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — With heat waves spreading across the United States, President Joe Biden on Thursday announced new steps to protect workers — including a hazard alert notifying employers and employees about ways to stay safe from extreme heat — as well as measures to improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible. Noting that ocean temperatures near Miami topped …

Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record temperatures persist
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record temperatures persist

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, described the heat wave as “a difficult …

As extreme heat bakes California and the West, Biden unveils new plan to respond
1 year, 8 months ago

As extreme heat bakes California and the West, Biden unveils new plan to respond

LA Times  

President Biden announces measures including protections for construction workers, farmers and other laborers who are exposed to sweltering heat. “I don’t think anybody can deny the impact of climate change anymore,” Biden said as he sheltered from Washington’s high-90s temperatures in an air-conditioned soundstage near the White House. “Even those who deny we’re in the midst of a climate crisis …

Biden offers assistance as US reels under extreme heat
1 year, 8 months ago

Biden offers assistance as US reels under extreme heat

Al Jazeera  

US president pledges to ramp up heat-related worker protections as more than 100 million Americans affected by heatwave. US President Joe Biden has announced a series of measures to help protect workers from the effects of extreme heat as people across the United States struggle to cope with blazing temperatures. “I don’t think anyone can ignore the impact of climate …

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say
1 year, 8 months ago

Human-induced climate crisis responsible for killer heatwaves sweeping planet, scientists say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The researchers evaluated the role of climate crisis in these extreme heat events using peer-reviewed methods, weather station data …

Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,600 people last summer, a study estimates
1 year, 8 months ago

Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,600 people last summer, a study estimates

NPR  

Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,600 people last summer, a study estimates Enlarge this image toggle caption Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images Heat waves in Europe killed more than 61,000 people — most of them women — last summer, according to an estimate published in the journal Nature on Monday. "The fact that …

More than 61,000 heat-related deaths last summer in Europe, study suggests
1 year, 8 months ago

More than 61,000 heat-related deaths last summer in Europe, study suggests

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There could have been more than 61,000 heat-related deaths across Europe last year during the …

Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?
1 year, 8 months ago

Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I don’t know a single city that is truly prepared for the …

Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?
1 year, 8 months ago

Cities have long made plans for extreme heat. Are they enough in a warming world?

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Natural disasters can be dramatic — barreling hurricanes, building-toppling tornadoes — but heat is more deadly. “I don’t know a single city that is truly prepared for the worst-case scenario that some climate scientists fear,” said Eric Klinenberg, a professor of social sciences at New York University who wrote a book about the Chicago heat wave. “We just …

Editorial: Earth is breaking heat records. Now can world leaders get serious about climate change?
1 year, 8 months ago

Editorial: Earth is breaking heat records. Now can world leaders get serious about climate change?

LA Times  

The last three days have probably been the Earth’s hottest on record. The global average daily temperature hit 62.6 degrees on Monday, which was the highest since modern record-keeping began more than four decades ago, according to the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer project, which uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world’s weather conditions. There have always …

Extreme heat is a health crisis, Columbia experts say
2 years ago

Extreme heat is a health crisis, Columbia experts say

Associated Press  

The record-breaking heat Earth endured during the summer of 2022 will be repeated without a robust international effort to address climate change, a panel of scientists warned Monday. Radley Horton, a research professor at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, stated that human-induced climate change has caused the global average atmospheric temperature to warm by about 2 degrees in the last several …

Biden Visits Storm-Ravaged California, Says It's Climate Change In Action
2 years, 2 months ago

Biden Visits Storm-Ravaged California, Says It's Climate Change In Action

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President Joe Biden arrived in California’s Central Coast on Thursday to meet with some of the communities hammered by weeks of torrential rainfall, some of the most intense in the state’s history. “If anybody doubts the climate is changing, they must have been asleep for the last couple of years,” the president said Thursday from Aptos’ Seacliff …

Biden warns Americans to take ‘dangerous’ winter storm seriously
2 years, 3 months ago

Biden warns Americans to take ‘dangerous’ winter storm seriously

Al Jazeera  

The president urges people to heed warnings of local authorities as snow and frigid temperatures move across the US ahead of Christmas. Speaking from the White House on Thursday, Biden said that anyone planning to travel for the Christmas holiday should do so immediately because the massive winter storm could complicate travel and make it riskier. We are doing everything …

Deadly heat waves engulfed the planet this year: Climate change is a national security crisis
2 years, 3 months ago

Deadly heat waves engulfed the planet this year: Climate change is a national security crisis

Salon  

This calendar year brought the United States its third hottest summer on record and Europe its hottest summer ever. I've also spent years working in environmental advocacy, and I've seen our planet poisoned by unnatural forces that enable unexpected, deadly heat waves and hurricanes to strike with only days' notice. That means: Creating a federal Department of Climate Security to …

Column: Could extreme heat be just what California needs to finally solve homelessness?
2 years, 6 months ago

Column: Could extreme heat be just what California needs to finally solve homelessness?

LA Times  

Kim Burrell gives a bottle of water to Freddie Ramirez in Sacramento on Sept. 6. “These days are extreme examples of what is wrong and broken in the first place,” said Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg, a longtime champion for a legal right to shelter and healthcare. “If extreme weather can help drive the change that is necessary, then let’s take …

Editorial: Dangerous heat is broiling California. But lawmakers still aren’t doing enough
2 years, 6 months ago

Editorial: Dangerous heat is broiling California. But lawmakers still aren’t doing enough

LA Times  

The worst heat wave of the year is bearing down on California, but efforts by state lawmakers to take coordinated action to protect residents from these climate-fueled disasters have largely fizzled out. Proposed legislation would have, among other things, created a chief heat officer position to coordinate the state’s response to extreme temperatures, required health officials to report heat-related deaths …

Dangerous heat predicted to hit 3 times more often in future
2 years, 7 months ago

Dangerous heat predicted to hit 3 times more often in future

Associated Press  

What’s considered officially “dangerous heat” in coming decades will likely hit much of the world at least three times more often as climate change worsens, according to a new study. The study said a heat index considered “extremely dangerous” where the feels-like heat index exceeds 124 degrees — now something that rarely happens — will likely strike a tropical belt …

US: Biden to visit Kentucky, state battered by floods and heat
2 years, 7 months ago

US: Biden to visit Kentucky, state battered by floods and heat

Al Jazeera  

US President Joe Biden will travel to Kentucky on August 8 to meet with officials and families hit by disaster. Kentucky could receive more than three inches of additional rain by Friday night, and Governor Beshear was forced to cancel plans to visit areas touched by flooding on Friday due to unsafe travel conditions. “We’re going to deliver water until …

Los Angeles to launch ‘extreme heat campaign’ Friday, says city’s first heat officer
2 years, 8 months ago

Los Angeles to launch ‘extreme heat campaign’ Friday, says city’s first heat officer

LA Times  

Los Angeles appointed its first chief heat officer on June 3, 2022. “That resonated with me as a kid.” Segura, who serves as director of Los Angeles’ Climate Emergency Mobilization Office in the Department of Public Works, was given a second title this month: chief heat officer, the city’s first. As Los Angeles continues to experience more frequent heat waves, …

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change’s impact in N. America
3 years ago

Heat wave a glimpse of climate change’s impact in N. America

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — The U.S. Pacific Northwest was in the throes of a record-shattering heat wave last summer when a woman in her 70s was wheeled into an emergency room with symptoms of a life-threatening heat stroke. “Twenty years ago, it seems like we would talk about climate change as something that would happen over the coming generations — and …

Editorial: Climate change fuels deadly heat waves. Ranking them like hurricanes could save lives
3 years, 1 month ago

Editorial: Climate change fuels deadly heat waves. Ranking them like hurricanes could save lives

LA Times  

The sun sets over wind turbines on a day when temperatures reached 110 degrees in the Coachella Valley in July 2021. State Assemblymembers Luz Rivas and Eduardo Garcia have introduced legislation that would make California the first state in the nation to establish a ranking system for heat waves and provide early warnings. In 2020, California experienced severe, back-to-back heat …

Biden launches plan to address ‘silent killer': extreme heat
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden launches plan to address ‘silent killer': extreme heat

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and caused hundreds of deaths from the Pacific Northwest to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana. “Rising temperatures pose an imminent threat to millions of American workers exposed to the elements, to kids in schools without air …

Biden pushes to combat climate crisis while surveying wildfire damage in Western US
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden pushes to combat climate crisis while surveying wildfire damage in Western US

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden surveyed wildfire damage in the Western US on Monday, using nearly every stop on his trip to illustrate how recent extreme weather events underscore the urgency of his economic agenda and its investments in the nation’s infrastructure. At Sacramento Mather Airport, the President delivered a speech on his administration’s response to the fires, describing how …

Biden says Ida, wildfires show ‘climate crisis’ has struck
3 years, 6 months ago

Biden says Ida, wildfires show ‘climate crisis’ has struck

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged robust federal help for the Northeastern and Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida and for Western states beset by wildfires — with the catastrophes serving as deadly reminders that the “climate crisis” has arrived. At Biden’s request, the Energy Department said it was releasing 1.5 million barrels of oil from the nation’s …

Northwest heat wave targeted vulnerable, tested climate prep
3 years, 7 months ago

Northwest heat wave targeted vulnerable, tested climate prep

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — Karen Colby thought she could make it through an unprecedented Pacific Northwest heat wave with a little help from her neighbor, who dribbled cold water on her head and visited every hour to wrap frozen towels around her neck. The record-smashing heat that swept through cities from Portland to Vancouver, British Columbia, at the end of June …

Editorial: Heat kills. With climate change, we need to prepare for more deadly heat waves
3 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: Heat kills. With climate change, we need to prepare for more deadly heat waves

LA Times  

When most people think of deadly natural disasters, they probably imagine wildfires, floods, hurricanes and earthquakes. But last week’s record-breaking heat wave across the Pacific Northwest proved to be a quiet killer, causing hundreds of deaths across the ill-prepared region. Scientists have warned that we’ll see more extreme weather patterns, including intense heat waves that occur more frequently and for …

Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities
3 years, 9 months ago

Western heat wave threatens health in vulnerable communities

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With more frequent and intense heat …

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