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A farmworker, plumber and advocate describe their experiences with climate change, including less work in the fields as fruit plants dry up in rural Hillsborough County.
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The national survey shows that more Floridians want the state to protect against future extreme weather events rather than invest in clean energy.
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Eco-anxiety, or the “chronic fear of environmental doom,” is affecting the mental health of more and more people as they grapple with climate change.
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The Labor Department is launching a program to protect outdoor workers, including agricultural, construction and delivery workers, as well as those working indoors in warehouses, factories and kitchens.
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With the global pandemic still in the spotlight, more than 200 leading health journals say climate change is an even more urgent threat.
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The study projects that by midcentury, without action on climate change, Florida's workers on average could potentially lose 33 work days per year due to extreme heat compared to five now.
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Heat has killed hundreds of workers in the U.S., many in construction or agriculture, an investigation by NPR and Columbia Journalism Investigations found. Federal standards might have prevented them.
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Jane Gilbert is the newly appointed interim chief heat officer for Miami-Dade. She has a task force focused on variables that make lower-income communities vulnerable to heat-related adversity.
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Scientists caution that as the planet warms, more Americans could be exposed to disfiguring varieties of the Leishmania parasite. Overtreatment can be a problem, too, experts warn.
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Experts believe rabies-carrying bats could enter Southern Texas through Latin America, putting livestock in jeopardy. Florida's wildlife agency is involved in the federal preparations.