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Researchers looked at workers' comp claims in 24 states and found that excessive temperatures increased the frequency of injuries, with risks in the South particularly higher.
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El Niño helped drive global average temperatures to new records over the last year. Forecasters say it's waning, but that 2024 may still be one for the record books.
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The weather service is asking users to weigh in as heat-related health issues disproportionally impact our most vulnerable populations.
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A farmworker, advocate and member of the medical community weigh in on Gov. Ron DeSantis signing a bill that will prohibit local governments enacting laws to protect outdoor workers from extreme heat.
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A senior research associate at the University of Miami said sea surface temperatures have been breaking records every day since March 2023.
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The Miami-Dade County Commission withdrew the bill because they couldn’t legally pass it after Florida’s legislature passed a bill banning any local government from setting their own heat enforcement rules.
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A bill that could invalidate local minimum wage and heat ordinances impacting contractors has passed the Florida House.
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As Miami-Dade County considers new standards for outdoor workers on the back of a record-breaking summer, Florida lawmakers look set to pass legislation which would make local heat protections "void and prohibited" — while also delaying for four years the state’s own ability to enact standards.
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This week on The Florida Roundup, we discuss a bill preventing local governments from enacting heat ordinances, the 2024 hurricane season, the validity of claims made this legislative session, an update on a Broward school's measles outbreak, a push to ban kids under 16 from social media and Muhammad Ali’s big win in Miami 60 years out.
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The first survey of Florida’s reefs after an ‘apocalyptic’ marine heat wave offers a bleak picture of the future of the state’s renowned corals — and the restoration efforts to save them.
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The latest in a string of preemption edicts from the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature would block local governments from setting heat protections for workers.
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Local governments could be blocked from establishing minimum wage and heat protection clauses for private businesses they contract with. The public has yet to weigh in.