US workers poised to get protections from heat stress for the first time

By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Stephanie Lai and Justin Sink
Published 5 Min Read

President Joe Biden touted measures to better protect communities from extreme weather, including plans to impose the first-ever federal standards to shield U.S. workers from heat stress.

“Ignoring climate change is deadly and dangerous and irresponsible,” Biden said Tuesday following a briefing on extreme weather at the DC Emergency Operations Center. “These climate-fueled extreme weather events don’t just affect people’s lives. They also cost money, they hurt the economy.”

Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Stephanie Lai and Justin Sink

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