Farmworkers Are on the Frontlines of Climate Change. Can New Laws Protect Them? AGRICULTURE_MN2, farm labor, farmers, FARMING_MN, heat, Heat_MN, heatwave, policyBy AliyaFebruary 27, 2019As temperatures heat up, farmworkers face mounting health risks. Some advocates are creating and expanding laws to protect them.
Study sees dramatic rise in heatwave deaths by 2080 ARTICLE_REPORT_HEATWAVE, data, health, heat, heatwave, policyBy CCR@IIXXI8July 31, 2018The number of people dying from heatwaves is likely to rise sharply in some regions by 2080 if policymakers fail to take mitigating steps in...
Climate change threatens Midwest infrastructure, report says extreme weather, heat, heatwave, Illinois_News, infrastructure, rainfallBy AliyaOctober 10, 2017The Midwest is safe from hurricanes and drought-driven wildfires. But that does not mean the region and its roads and bridges are free from the...