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  • Largest Year–Over-Year Gain in Keeling Curve Set in March

    MAY 8, 2024
    New record for largest 12-month gain in carbon dioxide concentration ever observed

    The monthly average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in March 2024 was 4.7 parts per million (ppm) higher than that recorded in March 2023, setting a new record and revealing the increasing pace of CO2 addition to the atmosphere by human activities.

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  • Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere

    MAY 9, 2024
    Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year

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  • Cancer-causing chemicals ban signed into law in Colorado, 13th state to bar PFAS products

    MAY 9, 2024
    The Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals ban was signed May 1 in Colorado, the latest in a growing list of states restricting PFAS tied to cancer in products ranging from carpet to cosmetics.o

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  • DigitalBridge CEO: Data Centers To Run Out Of Power In 2 Years Or Less

    MAY 7, 2024
    Data centers are going to be starved for power in as little as two years, according to DigitalBridge CEO Marc Ganzi, who offered a warning for the industry during the company's first-quarter earnings call last week.

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  • Climate Change Indicators: Heat Waves

    AGUST 22, 2023

    Heat waves are occurring more often than they used to in major cities across the United States. Their frequency has increased steadily, from an average of two heat waves per year during the 1960s to six per year during the 2010s and 2020s In recent years, the average heat wave in major U.S. urban

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  • Climate Crisis: Big, hot steel boxes: Warehouses are booming as summers heat up and safety rules lag

    AUGUST 6, 2023

    “The way they’re pressing their associates, combined with the extreme heat,” he said, a cold water bottle against his forehead, “it’s just due for a disaster.”

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  • President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Workers and Communities from Extreme Heat.

    JULY 27, 2023

    President Biden Asks the Department of Labor to Issue First-Ever Hazard Alert for Heat and Announces New Investments to Protect Communities

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  • We lost $100 billion in worker productivity due to heat and that number is growing. Here’s what leaders can do

    JULY 9, 2023

    corporations have made significant strides in addressing the sources and impacts of climate change. Now it’s time to take that work a step further, and lead in the effort to confront and beat extreme heat.

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  • Heat Safety Tool

    When you're working in the heat, safety comes first. With the OSHA-NIOSH Heat Safety Tool, you have vital safety information available whenever and wherever you need it - right on your mobile phone.

    The App allows workers and supervisors to calculate the heat index for their worksite, and, based on the heat index, displays a risk level to outdoor workers.

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