The Impacts of Climate Change on Worker Safety

While this year’s Earth Week theme of “our power, our planet” is centered around the renewable energy movement and combating climate change, attention should also be directed to the people tasked with building that future and how to adequately protect those workers who are already feeling the effects of a changing environment. For example, between 2011 and 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics recorded over 33,000 work-related heat injuries and illnesses—a number believed to be significantly... By: Jenner & Block