As the planet warms, outdoor workers need new protections from extreme heat
This summer, Miami-Dade shattered previous records with 46 days where the heat index temperatures topped 100 degrees
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Hurricane, home improvement aid to be considered in Florida special session; Miami-Dade heat protections set for Tuesday vote
The Legislature will consider providing about $416 million to efforts tied to the hurricane and the My Safe Florida Home ...
Lawmakers investigating insurers fleeing risky areas; Miami-Dade art installations call attention to climate change
The Senate Budget Committee sent letters to 40 insurance companies, seeking documents on where they're dropping customers.
How Florida farmworkers are protecting themselves from extreme heat
Protecting the people who pick your food is as easy as giving them shade and water.
Workers are dying from extreme heat. Why aren’t there laws to protect them?
'We’re asking for something so simple. Something that could save so many lives.'
Miami-Dade installs air conditioning in public housing; Florida songbird among species declared extinct
Miami-Dade County recently spent $2.3 million to purchase and install 1,700 new wall-unit air conditioners in public housing.
Heat and humidity kill. To protect outdoor workers, follow the science
As clinicians, we see the effects of planetary warming and we must help our patients survive and thrive.
To combat climate gentrification, Florida must prioritize affordable housing
Climate gentrification exacerbates the existing inequality in Florida housing.
Miami-Dade was set for a landmark heat-safety law. Don’t let lobbying derail it
The proposal has become so watered down — by lobbyists, apparently — that it won’t do enough to protect people.
Research aimed at aiding flamingo conservation in Florida; lobbyists watering down Miami-Dade’s worker heat protection bill
After plume hunters largely wiped out the American flamingo by the turn of the 18th century, sightings have been rare.
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