silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoDeadly heat is coming. But funding to save lives is not. [US]www.eenews.netexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down10
arrow-up1114arrow-down1external-linkDeadly heat is coming. But funding to save lives is not. [US]www.eenews.netsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square5linkfedilink
minus-squarebudget_biochemist@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month ago In 2024, [Florida] Republican lawmakers prohibited cities and counties from requiring heat protections for workers, such as mandatory shade or water breaks. Florida and Texas republicans, always competing to see who can be the cruelest pricks.
minus-squareMike D@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoTexas did it in 2023 - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/21/1189179220/amid-a-record-heat-wave-texas-construction-workers-lose-their-right-to-rest-brea
Florida and Texas republicans, always competing to see who can be the cruelest pricks.
Texas did it in 2023 - https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/21/1189179220/amid-a-record-heat-wave-texas-construction-workers-lose-their-right-to-rest-brea