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"As Heat Gets More Extreme, Pregnant Farmworkers Are Increasingly At Risk"

"Agricultural workers are already among the most vulnerable to extreme heat, and pregnant workers are coming under greater risk as temperatures rise because of climate change. Many in the U.S. are low-income Latino immigrants who toil under the sizzling sun or in humid nurseries open year round. Heat exposure has been linked to many extra risks for pregnant people, and while protections exist, experts say they need better enforcement and more safeguards are needed."

Source: AP, 10/24/2025

"Fears Of Heat-Rationing For Millions In US As Shutdown Delays Energy Aid"

"Millions of Americans face having to ration heating this winter as the US federal government shutdown and mass layoffs by the Trump administration cause unprecedented delays in getting energy assistance aid to low-income households, a group that helps people pay energy bills has warned."

Source: Guardian, 10/22/2025

"Fed Rescinds Mandate That Banks Plan for Climate Risks"

"Federal regulators have rescinded a requirement that the nation’s largest financial institutions factor climate risks into their long-term planning, a policy dating from the Biden administration that Federal Reserve Board staff called “distracting” and “not necessary” and that Republicans have labeled overreach."

Source: NYTimes, 10/21/2025

"Mystery Heatwave Warms Pacific Ocean To New Record"

"The waters of the north Pacific have had their warmest summer on record, according to BBC analysis of a mysterious marine heatwave that has confounded climate scientists."

Source: BBC News, 10/20/2025

"ICE Detainees Face Greater Risk From Extreme Heat Than Most Prisoners"

"Detainees at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities may be more vulnerable to extreme heat exposure than people housed in federal, state and county prisons, according to a Washington Post analysis, and this disparity is likely to grow as ICE expands the nation’s immigration system."

Source: Washington Post, 10/20/2025

"Nearly 900 Million Poor People Face Climate Shocks, Says UN"

"Nearly 900 million people are simultaneously exposed to the escalating impacts of the climate crisis, from extreme heat and flooding to drought and toxic air pollution, according to a new United Nations report."

Source: Euronews, 10/20/2025

"Pentagon Retreats From Climate Fight Even As Heat And Storms Slam Troops"

"Retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant Vida Rivera knows heat can be as dangerous as any enemy."

Source: Floodlight, 10/15/2025

Growing ‘Continuous Corn’ Doesn't Have To Emit Powerful Greenhouse Gas

"Corn monocropping emits higher levels of nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas which traps heat in the atmosphere more than 300 times as effectively as carbon dioxide. Simple interventions could drastically reduce emissions, experts say."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/09/2025

"From Bombs To Glass: Hanford Site Can Now Transform Nuclear Waste"

"For much of the 20th century, a sprawling complex in the desert of southeastern Washington state turned out most of the plutonium used in the nation’s nuclear arsenal, from the first atomic bomb to the arms race that fueled the Cold War. Now, after decades of planning and billions of dollars of investment, the site is turning liquid nuclear and chemical waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation into a much safer substance: glass."

Source: AP, 10/03/2025

"World’s Major Cities Hit By 25% Leap In Extremely Hot Days Since The 1990s"

"The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said."

Source: Guardian, 10/01/2025

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