Posted on 07/27/2023 4:07:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — With millions of Americans facing broiling heat across the Southwest, President Joe Biden on Thursday plans to announce new steps to protect workers, improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible, the White House says.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre described the heat wave as “a difficult time” and said Biden was treating climate change with “the urgency it requires.”
The Democratic president is directing the Department of Labor to increase inspections of potentially dangerous workplaces such as farms and construction sites. He also wants heightened enforcement of heat safety violations.
As part of the initiative, the department will issue a hazard alert notifying employers and employees about ways to stay protected from extreme heat, which has killed 436 workers since 2011, according to federal statistics.
The Biden administration plans to spend $7 million to develop more detailed weather predictions to anticipate extreme weather like heat waves, plus $152 million to boost drinking water infrastructure and climate resilience in California, Colorado and Washington.
The Department of Labor is developing a standard for how workplaces deal with heat. The proposed rule by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would require employers to provide adequate water and rest breaks to outdoor workers, as well as medical services and training to address signs and symptoms of heat-related illness. OSHA is holding meetings this summer to hear comments on how the heat standard would affect small businesses.
To keep low-income populations cool, the Department of Health and Human Services expanded its Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to provide more access to air conditioning and cooling centers such as libraries, senior centers or other public buildings. The Environmental Protection Agency also has provided assistance to help communities develop cooling centers within schools.
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By taking our air conditioning away.
If the feds give you water ….. DON’T DRINK IT!
Improve weather forecasts?
I guess you can do that when the press works for you.
The only thing this prick-in-chief can do to help mitigate heat is to STFU. I have other suggestions for the P-I-C but I don’t need bad karma right now.
Well, he ended cancer on Monday, he’s giving us our money’s worth this week.
improve weather forecasts...
Burning money will not lower the temperature.
Not good for the 436. But in the big picture that's an average of 36 per year in a population of 330 million.
Does this really need Federal intervention ?
Yo Brandon ….. i wants my free AC now!
Democrats always pander to the .000000754673%
There’s a great organization with lots of facts/studies/data to counter the gloBULL warming narrative... The CO2 Coalition.
AP on its knees in worship.
When my sons were young lads, I happened to notice something different in their bedroom. I went in, sat on the side of the bed and chitchatted about this and that. Finally, I said I had a question for them. “Why is there a pair of underwear hanging from the ceiling fan?”
They exclaimed, “Dad! What are we going to do!!?? Mom’s going to kill us!!!”
It was an easy thing for me to retrieve the errant bloomers.
It’s going to be hazy, hot and humid here in Central PA, with highs in the mid-90’s.
Typical PA weather for July.
Hes looking to f more Americans and businesses with regulations and violations
Disclaimer: we don’t watch live TV.
I don’t know what heat records anyone is talking about. For the las 10 days or so, in the piney woods of TX, we’ve been waking up to temps in 70s. Not 80s or 90s as is normal in July.
HA! Miracles abound, not only did Joe cure cancer, he declared only 100 people died from COVID. which means 1,112,000 are still alive.
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