Climate & Extreme Heat

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (362+ words) 'Residents have raised understandable questions about the smoke affecting their communities,' Mayor Farkas said City officials are asking the province to release the air quality testing results in response to the Ecco Recycling landfill fire. A request for detailed air…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (459+ words) Dozens of youths experienced headaches, fatigue, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting in 2024 A new report from the Canadian Medical Association Journal says carbon monoxide was an “invisible threat” after four youth hockey teams made up of 10- and 11-year-olds were exposed during…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (743+ words) More than two decades ago, California decided that any person working beneath a punishing summer sun had some basic rights: Water, shade, a place to cool down and a supervisor who knew what heat illness looked like. In 2005, California became…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (22+ words) Lancaster Eagle-Gazette Know signs of heat stroke, exhaustion during Ohio heat advisory...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (24+ words) USA Today Allegheny issues Code Red heat advisory. How hot will it get?...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (303+ words) “Is it just me, or is it getting hotter?” Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve heard some version of that question from patient after patient. With the combination of high temperatures and Georgia humidity, simply walking across a parking…...