silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agoA Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127°F | Pakistan and India are sweltering. For laborers, not working because of the extreme temperatures can mean not eating.www.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down12
arrow-up165arrow-down1external-linkA Matter of Survival as South Asia’s Heat Wave Reaches 127°F | Pakistan and India are sweltering. For laborers, not working because of the extreme temperatures can mean not eating.www.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareObamaBinLaden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoFolks we’re not Gucci here at all. I stepped out today around sunset but was still got instantly dehydrated. I’m sure crops are going to die and people are going to die independently
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoHow low is the temp getting at night? Frankly surprised the gov’t hasn’t stepped in to halt daytime activities of all kinds.
minus-squaremojofrododojo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoeh some are more humane than others. see US states that actually try to protect workers like WA vs states that are actively legislating rules to prevent people from protecting workers, like Texas and Florida. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/21/1189179220/amid-a-record-heat-wave-texas-construction-workers-lose-their-right-to-rest-brea https://cwa-union.org/news/desantis-signs-anti-worker-bill-against-heat-regulation-florida https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/countries/united-states/poverty-in-the-us/best-and-worst-states-work-america-2020/
Folks we’re not Gucci here at all. I stepped out today around sunset but was still got instantly dehydrated. I’m sure crops are going to die and people are going to die independently
How low is the temp getting at night? Frankly surprised the gov’t hasn’t stepped in to halt daytime activities of all kinds.
The govt. doesn’t care…
eh some are more humane than others. see US states that actually try to protect workers like WA vs states that are actively legislating rules to prevent people from protecting workers, like Texas and Florida. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/21/1189179220/amid-a-record-heat-wave-texas-construction-workers-lose-their-right-to-rest-brea
https://cwa-union.org/news/desantis-signs-anti-worker-bill-against-heat-regulation-florida
https://www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/countries/united-states/poverty-in-the-us/best-and-worst-states-work-america-2020/