Propane is delivered to a home in St. Albans Town on Friday, January 17, 2025. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont, the state with the lowest overall carbon emissions in the country, has become a ...

Though heralded as one of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) top priorities, the introduction of a heat injury and illness prevention standard has yet to happen. According to ...

The Biden administration finally proposed federal heat protection standards last week, more than half a century after federal experts first outlined the need for such rules. The Nixon administration ...

More than a million workers laboring in warehouses, kitchens, laundry rooms and other hot indoor settings across California are now protected by new safety measures that went into effect on Tuesday.

The proposed rule requires employers with more than 10 employees to develop a written heat injury and illness prevention plan. Core requirements include heat hazard identification, implementation of ...

Admire Stewart takes a deep breath and sits still while a breeze hits her face. Her gallon-sized water bottle is by her side. “Right now I have a migraine because of the heat yesterday and I have heat ...

Ironworkers placing precast sections of a new garage at a hospital in Nyack, N.Y., on a July day with 90°F-plus temperatures and high humidity. Two summers ago, 35-year-old Timothy Barber started a ...

OSHA will hold a public hearing on June 16 to gather input on its proposed federal standard aimed at protecting workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses. Heat is the leading cause of death ...

Ed McNamara, chair of the state’s Public Utility Commission, testifies before lawmakers on Thursday, Jan. 16. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger Implementing the controversial clean heat standard could ...

Farmworkers are particularly vulnerable to the extreme heat that's affected so many areas of the country including the Midwest. The push for a federal heatprotection policy is slow. The searing ...