White House escalates extreme-heat efforts as record July marks 'global boiling' era

Not good enough, the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health complained Friday. 

"Workers are getting sick and dying every day from the extreme heat driven by climate change," said co-executive director Jessica Martinez



The group called on Biden to order an emergency temporary standard to better protect workers from heat stress, establish a more stringent permanent threshold for protections and urge states to impose their own rules. 

"This is no time for modest steps."

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