Heat Wave Tests Oregon Workplace Safety Rules
From today’s Oregon Public Radio: Skyler Fischer is forklift driver at a Fred Meyer distribution center in the town of Clackamas. He’s been working there for 12 years and works…
Families Harmed By SoCal Gas Methane Leak Reach $1.8 Billion Settlement
From today’s NPR News Online: Thousands of families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak have reached a settlement of up to $1.8 billion…
New rules on extreme heat means more air conditioning and breaks for workers
From today’s Business Insider: The Biden administration announced Monday that it is beginning work on a new workplace regulation to address safety during extreme heat events, a process that will…
The face of political corruption in DC? Emails show collaboration among EPA and climate change deniers
From today’s Los Angeles Times: Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials collaborating with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on…
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In Sweltering South, Climate Change Is Now a Workplace Hazard
From today’s New York Times by Yamiche Alcindor GALVESTON, Tex. — Adolfo Guerra, a landscaper in this port city on the Gulf of Mexico, remembers panicking as his co-worker vomited…