Ventilated hard hats, “heat buddies” and electrolyte drinks are just a few of the ways that Curran Young Construction helps ...

The Center for American Progress recommends that federal, state, and local policymakers take the following actions to reduce worker injuries, illnesses, and deaths from extreme heat: Accelerate ...

As another sweltering Ontario summer approaches, the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL), frontline workers, and Ontario NDP ...

As climate change intensifies extreme heat around the globe, policymakers must take steps to develop heat standards for children and support infrastructure improvements to ensure schools ...

In recent years, Canadians have been subjected to both severe wildfire smoke and extreme heat events, as evidenced by the record-breaking 2023 wildfire season and the 2021 heat dome. Western ...

Researchers looked for "extreme heat days," which are defined by temperatures that go beyond what's normal in the area 95% of the time. The high temperatures are associated with an increased risk ...

Above-average temperatures will blanket much of the U.S. in the coming weeks. Keep the air conditioners running and the sunscreen handy -- the extreme heat in the U.S. is not going anywhere soon.

A new report from the CA state insurance department looked at seven extreme heat events in the state from 2013 to 2022 and found they took the lives of several hundred Californians. The events ...

Amid extreme heat, California officials adopted water-saving rules for cities — a decision that sparked debate about whether the measures go far enough. July 9, 2024 Even as the current heatwave ...

The potential heat-related death of a prison inmate in California’s Central Valley this week is focusing renewed attention on conditions within correctional institutions as extreme heat ...

Extreme heat is the leading cause of weather-related deaths in the U.S., with more than 1,220 people succumbing to high temperatures every year. In 2021, more than 2.5 billion hours of labor ...

But the agency has not historically responded to extreme heat. Now, a coalition of environmental nonprofits, labor unions, health professionals and environmental justice groups is asking the ...