FORT LEE, Va. — As Soldiers and Civilians, our professions inherently expose us to heat stress through outdoor work, training, uniforms and personal protective equipment. While eliminating heat ...

Nevada will require its largest counties to plan for extreme heat and protect outdoor workers from wildfire smoke under legislation Gov. Joe Lombardo signed this month, reversing his 2023 veto after ...

Assembly Bill 96 directs Clark and Washoe counties to add cooling spaces, water access, and shade strategies to local master plans by 2026 to combat extreme heat. Nevada has enacted Assembly Bill 96, ...

In urban environments, heat gets absorbed and released by the pavement, buildings and other objects. A new study says that an underestimated factor in urban warming is heat radiating from parked cars.

Workers at a heat relief station in Phoenix. In the hottest year on record, 2024, the city managed to bring heat-related deaths down for the first time in a decade. (City of Phoenix) In Brief: ...

As the heat index hit 105 degrees, lawyers requested swift cooling measures in a Missouri prison with no A/C. One man shares the dangerous conditions inside while people await a judge’s ruling. In May ...

Heat waves in Phoenix, left, and Las Vegas. (AFP; Zuma; AP) LAS VEGAS — As temperatures began to rise in Phoenix this spring, Dr. Jeffrey Johnston braced for the many hundreds of deaths that have ...

SAN ANTONIO — Residents on San Antonio's west side are facing higher exposure to extreme heat and poor air quality inside their homes, according to researchers at the University of Texas at San ...

For years, climate work focused on one main goal. Cut emissions. Slow warming. Stop the damage before it gets worse.

In May, Missouri became one of the northernmost states to hear arguments for better heat mitigation in state prisons after the MacArthur Justice Center filed a class action lawsuit alleging that one ...