New Jersey Climate News
News Aggregation from the NJ Climate Change Resource Center
Extreme heat
As NJ swelters, pols push bill to protect workers from the heat
As climate change fosters more heat waves, labor advocates warn that working conditions will be more dangerous and workers will face risk from heat.
DANIEL MUNOZ / NORTHJERSEY.COM – Amazon workers at warehouses across New Jersey have complained of heat-illness symptoms in recent years, and one died in 2022.
Similarly, U.S. postal workers in several New Jersey locations were hospitalized with dehydration or heat exhaustion that year …
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