Environmentalists Press Virginia, Pennsylvania To Adopt Heat Standards

Environmentalists are urging Virginia and Pennsylvania leaders to adopt state-level heat standards, pointing to record-level heat illness incidents in 2025 and the uncertainty of when, or if, OSHA will set a federal standard -- a message that could gain new traction in Virginia if Democrat Abigail Spanberger is elected governor on Nov. 4. “Extreme heat poses a range of preventable harms, ranging from loss of productivity to worker health problems,” Juanita Constible , the Natural Resources Defense Council’s (NRDC) senior...