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Sweltering Texas heat this weekend is a danger to outdoor workers

Sara Willa Ernst / Lucio Vasquez

Posted on June 10, 2022 · The U.S. National Weather Service warned of heat indexes Friday as high as 106 degrees across southeast Texas. By Saturday, highs across most of the state will climb higher than 100.

Tags heat heat deaths heat wave National Weather Service weather

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Biden Pledges To Protect Workers From Dangers Of Extreme Heat

Columbia Journalism Investigations

Posted on September 21, 2021 · New measures come a month after Columbia Journalism Investigations-NPR revelations on rising worker heat deaths.

Tags Department of Labor heat deaths Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

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Death toll rises to 51 after dozens of migrants found trapped in tractor trailer in San Antonio

Joey Palacios, TPR / Dan Katz, Texas Public Radio

Posted on June 27, 2022 · A federal investigation is underway to learn why dozens of people were left trapped in a tractor trailer in Southwest San Antonio.

Tags heat migrants san antonio tractor trailer

Houston Matters

Preparing for more triple-digit heat, and how tax incentives keep costing taxpayers (June 23, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on June 23, 2022 · On Thursday's show: Local municipalities are taking action to prepare for more intense heat in the coming days. Then we learn why expiring corporate tax incentives will cost Texas taxpayers billions of dollars. Plus: Using architecture to prevent flooding, and Tiffany Derry of The Great American Recipe.

Tags architecture flood prevention food heat wave heat waves pbs tax incentives The Great American Recipe Tiffany Derry

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Hot, hot, Houston: Forecast filled with triple-digit temperatures

Duaa Faquih

Posted on June 22, 2022 · The city’s unseasonably warm June is a result of a high-pressure ridge over the area and La Niña conditions.

Tags heat hot weather La Nina summer

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Effects of the heat wave, and the potential slippery slope from the leaked SCOTUS decision (June 20, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on June 20, 2022 · On Monday's show: The recent heat wave's effect on Texas agriculture, concerns about a potential slippery slope after the leaked decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade, answers to your pet care questions, and an update on sports.

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