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Workers exposed to extreme heat have no consistent protection in the US (apnews.com)

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State and federal agencies are scrambling to find measures to combat what experts call one of the harshest and most neglected effects of climate change in the U.S.: rising heat deaths and injuries of people who work in triple-digit temperatures.

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[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How Texans haven't rioted after the last 3 electricity grid meltdowns is beyond me, as a total foreigner. For all the "don't mess with Texas" rhetoric I hear, it seems like Texas keeps getting messed.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

Our state government is all hat and no cattle.