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27-07-2023, 09:10 PM
US heatwave: Biden to announce modest measures as Americans swelter in extreme temperatures – live
President to remind employers to honor worker protection on hot days and announce new funding to improve weather forecastsMore than 170m Americans under heat alertGood mornings, US politics blog readers. We’re in the middle of a summer in which much of the United States has grappled with extreme heat, and today at 11.45am eastern time, Joe Biden will announce modest new measures intended to address the scorching temperatures. These include a hazard alert from the labor department that will remind employers of the rights workers have to protect themselves on hot days, as well as new funding to improve weather forecasting and water storage capacity in three drought-prone western states.The moves to be announced at a White House ceremony in Washington DC – which is in the middle of its own heatwave – come a year after Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act, the first legislation ever specifically intended to lower America’s carbon emissions. It also comes amid a summer in which many parts of America have experienced not just unheard-of heat, but also devastating flooding, all effects of the climate crisis.America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan will be the subject of a hearing by a House foreign affairs subcommittee. Expect the Republican majority to pin the blame on Biden for the deaths and abandonments that marked the end of America’s longest war.Biden will at 3pm host Giorgia Meloni at the White House. She’s the Italian prime minister whose far-right ties have raised eyebrows among many on the left in Washington and elsewhere.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will take reporters’ questions at 1.30pm. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...ve-updates
#US_politics #Joe_Biden #Climate_crisis #Environment #US_news
President to remind employers to honor worker protection on hot days and announce new funding to improve weather forecastsMore than 170m Americans under heat alertGood mornings, US politics blog readers. We’re in the middle of a summer in which much of the United States has grappled with extreme heat, and today at 11.45am eastern time, Joe Biden will announce modest new measures intended to address the scorching temperatures. These include a hazard alert from the labor department that will remind employers of the rights workers have to protect themselves on hot days, as well as new funding to improve weather forecasting and water storage capacity in three drought-prone western states.The moves to be announced at a White House ceremony in Washington DC – which is in the middle of its own heatwave – come a year after Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act, the first legislation ever specifically intended to lower America’s carbon emissions. It also comes amid a summer in which many parts of America have experienced not just unheard-of heat, but also devastating flooding, all effects of the climate crisis.America’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan will be the subject of a hearing by a House foreign affairs subcommittee. Expect the Republican majority to pin the blame on Biden for the deaths and abandonments that marked the end of America’s longest war.Biden will at 3pm host Giorgia Meloni at the White House. She’s the Italian prime minister whose far-right ties have raised eyebrows among many on the left in Washington and elsewhere.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will take reporters’ questions at 1.30pm. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...ve-updates
#US_politics #Joe_Biden #Climate_crisis #Environment #US_news
