extreme heat

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September 7, 2023

How Do Electric Grid Operators Warn Us About Extreme Heat?

Guest Commentary

from below, a five-pointed star shape is made up from a diverse group of five people extending two fingers each. the image suggests unity.

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August 30, 2023

Boston-Area Communities Work Together to Beat the Heat

UCS Science Network

Against a backdrop of an orange sky, a group of construction workers in silhouette are standing near a fence

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August 23, 2023

Danger Season’s Extreme Heat Is Melting Records: Here Are 3 Things Congress Should Do Now

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

UCS

August 22, 2023

Extreme Heat Makes Electricity More Expensive, More Polluting, and Less Reliable

John Rogers
Associate Director, Energy Analytics

U.S. Air National Guard/Senior Master Sgt. Michael Davis

July 20, 2023

No Word on Climate from Presidential Candidates Stumping in New Hampshire Amid Record Global Heat

Roger Stephenson
Former Contributor

US Army National Guard/Sgt. Denis Nunez

July 19, 2023

Yes, Climate Change Worsened that Heatwave, Flood, Wildfire. Yes, Fossil Fuels are the Root Cause. Policymakers, Please Act and Stop the Madness.

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

A shirtless kid who looks to be about 10 or 12 years old stands near a small puddle of water that clearly used to be a lake or river, with dry cracked earth all around it. It looks very hot and dry where he is.

Piyaset/Shutterstock

July 17, 2023

Unrelenting Heat Requires Accountability and Action

Shaina Sadai
Former Hitz Fellow

Florida Fish and Wildlife

December 19, 2022

Danger Season and Hurricane Season Have Ended, Work for Impacted Communities Has Not

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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AP Photo/Lianne Milton, Napa Valley Register

November 30, 2022

This Year’s Danger Season Is Over, but Risks to Farmworkers Remain

Omanjana Goswami
Interdisciplinary Scientist

AP Photo/John Locher, File

September 21, 2022

Summer of 2022 Was a Hot One. What Was Climate Change’s Impact on Heat?

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Pablo Ortiz

September 8, 2022

What 115°F in California’s Central Valley Feels Like

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

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August 22, 2022

Four Months into Danger Season, Here’s the Tally of Extreme Heat, Floods, Fire Weather Events

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

AP Photo/David Goldman

August 10, 2022

Ask a Scientist: ‘Danger Season’ Summers Disproportionately Harm Disadvantaged Communities

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

A pastoral scene of some hay bales and a scrubby tree against a flat field, with an ominous looking tornado-like cloud gathering overhead.

Raychel Sanner/Pexels

June 16, 2022

What Danger Season Looks Like in the Midwest

Rachel Licker
Former UCS Staff

A road worker walks across the road during a road recycling project on US 183 south of Rush Center, Kan. The heat behind the worker is so intense, there's a blurring effect in the background.

Charlie Riedel/AP Photo

April 18, 2022

Summer Heat Is Coming: Will New Policies Protect Workers?

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

A vineyard worker gets a drink from a cooler during a break from the heat as the temperature exceeded 100 degrees in California.

AP Photo/Napa Valley Register, Lianne Milton

March 21, 2022

Central Valley Farmworkers: Surviving Extreme Heat While Feeding the US

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong

January 19, 2022

Coldhearted Policies Put People at Risk of Extreme Heat Work Hazards

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

Peter Szera (https://peterszera.com/)

December 16, 2021

Climate Change Impacts on California Central Valley: The Warning Shot the US Is Ignoring

José Pablo Ortiz Partida
Director of Innovation and Collaboration

USDA/Bob Nichols

September 23, 2021

As Extreme Heat Challenges Our Outdoor Workers, White House Announcement Will Save Lives

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

USAF/Senior Airman Damon Kasberg

September 22, 2021

Extreme Heat Is a Killer. A New Federal Initiative Prioritizes Worker Health and Safety.

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

USDA

August 20, 2021

Too Hot to Work: New Map Tools and 433 Congressional District Fact Sheets Show What’s at Stake for Outdoor Workers

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

Looking down a street in South Beach in the brilliant sun. Palm fronds look a little parched.

Matt Alaniz/Unsplash

August 13, 2021

More Heat This Weekend–More Inequities of Keeping Cool

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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June 8, 2021

4 Things to Know as the 2021 Summer Season Heats Up

Erika Spanger
Director of Strategic Climate Analytics

National Guard/Tech. Sgt. Michael Matkin

July 10, 2020

Heat Wave and COVID-19 Clash: Tens of Millions of People at Risk in States Seeing COVID Spikes

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability