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Toxic labor

A warming planet is creating a booming and loosely-regulated disaster restoration industry fueled by immigrant labor. Without protection, workers are exposed to lethal toxins making them sick long after the cleanup.

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The heat wave crushing the West is a preview of farmworkers' hot future
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The heat wave crushing the West is a preview of farmworkers' hot future

By the end of the century, the San Joaquin Valley could endure two months of extreme heat every summer. What will this mean for agriculture and farmworker communities?
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As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?
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As heat rises, who will protect farmworkers?

This year, Oregon adopted the most stringent heat protections for outdoor workers in the country. The new standard has been praised by advocates, but industry is already pushing back.

Causes
Threshold Podcast: Prayers of steel
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Threshold Podcast: Prayers of steel

Steel is one of the most useful materials humans have ever created, but one of the most damaging to the climate and the people who work in and live near these mills. Threshold explores the intersection of racism, industrialization, and climate change in Gary, Indiana.

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Extreme heat prompts effort to protect farmworkers
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Extreme heat prompts effort to protect farmworkers

Climate change is pushing temperatures higher in states with large numbers of farmworkers, says one researcher. Current rules are inadequate to address the threats to safety.
Impacts
Day laboreres pay a steep price working in California fire zones
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Day laboreres pay a steep price working in California fire zones

Without adequate oversight, there is little incentive for employers to protect workers during wildfire season.
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Heat waves and climate change pose huge risk to workers

Heat waves and climate change pose huge risk to workers

The Labor Department is looking at new regulations while workers, particularly in the West, suffer through a brutal summer.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
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Arctic temperatures spike far beyond normal, nearing melting point

Trump EPA rollbacks

Trump administration closes environmental offices, reshaping federal policy

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U.S. Mid-Atlantic leaders plan for climate disasters as federal funding faces cuts

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UK: Labour urged to ensure fair distribution of net zero costs to keep public support

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CDC faces backlash for removing key public health data from its website

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Trump administration removes climate information from federal websites

CLIMATE
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EPA staff face pressure to resign as Trump reshapes environmental agency