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Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers.

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A delivery in Wilmington, N.C., this month. Heat is linked to hundreds of workplace deaths each year, but labor groups say the true toll is unknown because heat-related illnesses are not properly tracked or reported.
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Europe Created Heat-Wave Protections. Now Comes the β€˜Crash Test.’

Searing temperatures in Western Europe are drawing comparisons to 2003, when a deadly heat wave sparked a reckoning.

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A visitor to the Palace of Versailles in France on Monday, where temperatures exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit.
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