School’s Back: How COVID-19 and Heat Jeopardize Learning
Both heat and COVID-19 pose threats to the health and wellbeing of students and staff while at school, and additional protections need to be in place to ensure ...
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The latest opinion and analysis from NRDC’s science, legal, and policy experts.
Doing the Dirty Work: Resilience Workers Deserve Better
Resilience workers play a vital role in recovery following an extreme weather event. Unfortunately, poor living conditions, wage theft, injury, and prejudice ca...
Lack of Heat Safety Standard a Risk to Postal Worker Health
Rising temperatures and inadequate workplace protections put postal workers at increased risk of heat-related illness on the job....
What I Wish I Heard at the Climate Resilience Hearing
The House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis must center equity and justice in conversations on climate resilience....
Climate Adaptation Shouldn’t Fuel Inequitable Displacement
Adapting to climate change must be done in an equitable and just way so that the most vulnerable aren't left behind. ...
Climate Change Won't Play Fair When It Comes to Kids' Health
Climate change negatively affects the health of our youngest generations, and these impacts are made worse by factors like race, socioeconomic status, and geogr...