Tag: outdoor workers

By 2050, parts of Florida may see 70 days annually with temperatures of 91 degrees or warmer.

A new study shows that exposure to high temperatures adds up to 14 months to older adults' cellular age.

A Tampa Bay Times investigation found far more workers have died from heat across the state than authorities even know.

State Rep. Michael Gottlieb's bill would require employers to provide water and breaks when the heat index reaches 90 degrees.

For Florida and the rest of the US, this warming trend is part of a larger, long-term pattern.

The rule would mark the first federal legal protections for indoor and outdoor workers exposed to extreme heat.

As temperatures rise, we need federal standards for water breaks, shade and other basic protections

Florida illustrates how the politicization of climate change has thwarted efforts to tackle the problem

As the planet warms, laborers need special clothes to cope — but they also need government protections.

Appointed officials have life-saving solutions to keep the public safe from rising temperatures, but don’t have political power.