outdoor workers

Two young people move a pallet of water bottles through a park in NYC during a heat wave in 2025.

Spencer Platt/Getty Images

August 5, 2025

As States Continue to Fail Workers, We Need Federal Heat Protections

Alicia Race
Climate Resilience Policy Advocate

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July 2, 2025

Heatwave Exposes How Trump Administration Cuts Endanger Workers and Energy-Burdened Communities

Juan Declet-Barreto
Senior Social Scientist for Climate Vulnerability

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November 18, 2024

It’s Time for OSHA to Finalize a Strong Heat Health Standard to Protect Workers: Here’s How You Can Help.

Shana Udvardy
Senior Climate Resilience Policy Analyst

AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

September 12, 2024

Hottest Summer on Record May Be Ending, but Fight to Protect Workers from Heat Is Far from Over

Kristy Dahl
Former Staff

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

photo of faceless farmworkers in a strawberry field; some are bent over picking and others are carrying fully loaded crates on their shoulders

Lance Cheung/USDA

July 18, 2023

Poll Shows Strong Support for a Food and Farm Bill that Protects Workers

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

overhead view of man repairing electrical wires

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April 27, 2023

Friday is Workers Memorial Day 2023, a Time for Reflection and a Call to Action

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

photo of a vineyard worker wearing a cowboy hat drinking water from the tap of a large yellow water jug

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

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

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

CC BY 2.0/Bill Jacobus

September 3, 2021

Unions Empower Workers to Protect Themselves from Heat Stress

Guest Commentary

Ken Oltmann, CoServ/U.S. Dept. of Energy

August 27, 2021

Extreme Heat Hits Clean Energy Workers Hard–How Can the Industry Keep Them Safe?

Adenike Adeyeye
Former Contributor

Unsplash/Scott Blake

August 24, 2021

Extreme Heat is a Threat to Midwestern Outdoor Workers

James Gignac
Midwest Policy Director