Tag: outdoor workers

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.

Over the past four years, Florida has also had the highest rate of emergency room visits because of heat-related problems

The workers who form the backbone of Florida’s economy have almost no official protection from the blazing sun.

Severe and long-lasting heat is two to four times more likely to occur today because of human-caused climate change.