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) will begin the rulemaking process to create a federal heat standard to ensure protections in workplaces across the country. OSHA will also prioritize heat-related interventions and workplace inspections on particularly hot days above 80 degrees.
The Department of Health and Human Services will provide cooling assistance to homes and set up schools to be used as cooling centers. Other federal initiatives will address heat by planting more urban trees, addressing vulnerable populations that may be disproportionately impacted and helping local governments be prepared for heat events.
Although dramatic images of hurricane damage and devastating fires make more headlines, heat is a silent but very dangerous threat, the president said. “While we have all seen the graphic and heart-wrenching images of superstorms, wildfires, and floods in recent weeks, another climate disaster is lurking just below the radar: extreme heat,” Biden said in a
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