“The Heat Will Kill You First”: Rolling Stone’s Jeff Goodell on Life and Death on a Scorched Planet

[@LoveintheshapeofaPitBull]

Humans cannot survive without water. Denying a human access to water should be considered attempted murder

[@nalleyman7421]

im convinced people like Desantis and Abbott just do shit to piss off liberals, and being cruel definitely pisses us off.

[@dsiepiela6449]

Abbott wants deaths especially for Mexicans.

[@briangrigsby1842]

Biden/Trump thinks you can.

[@thebigpicture2032]

@@briangrigsby1842 More like the Supreme Court that keeps ruling in favour of corporations.

[@lwells3937]

It is murder. Abbott is a murderer

[@BROWNDIRTWARRIOR]

These bureaucrats sitting in air conditioned offices passing these deadly bills over labor conditions ought to be put out into the heat for a day or two.

[@charlottecmgh3791]

With no water !

[@raoultesla2292]

Yah, your idea is called Euthanasia. Doesn't fly legally.

[@johncastillo9018]

I don't blame bureaucrats because they can't pass bills or sign them into Law. I blame Right Wing legislators and governors who do pass these phucked up Right Wing bills and sign them into Law. ... Most of the construction workers are immigrants from Mexico or Central America... So again the Right Wing shows their racism... So don't vote Republican....

[@margaretjohnson6259]

they would be nicely slow-roasted and ready to eat.

[@dianawells3966]

Should be charged with attempted murder!

[@jeanjaz]

My family lived in Rhiyadh, Saudi Arabia for several years. There it is very normal to get to 120F in the shade. You changed your habits to stay healthy - to survive the heat. 1. Do NOT wear synthetics. They are basically wrapping yourself in plastic that doesn't let the heat out sweat out. Natural fibers allow your sweat to evaporate, helping you cool. 2. Wear light colors, not dark colors. Dark colors absorb the heat; white or very light colors reflects it. 3. Don't plan to be outdoors for more than an hour in the hotter parts of the day. Plan your trips for morning or late afternoon or evening. 4. If you can, consider a two hour lunch/ siesta for the hottest part of the day. You don't have to sleep, just avoid being physically active. 5. Try to cook during the night for the next day's meals. Or use an outdoor grill. Running an oven during the day is going to heat up your house. 6. Cool your house as much as possible during the night and early morning. Then block the windows to keep the sun out during the heat of the day. Sometimes (depending on your home), hosing the roof and sides of your house in late morning will help it stay cooler. 7. Plant heat resistant trees and bushes around your house to provide shade. Or put up lattice work or awnings to provide shade. 8. Have plenty of tasty fluids around to drink - ice tea, kool-aid, flavored ice water, etc. 9. Avoid purified water that has been stripped of its minerals and electrolytes. You sweat out a lot of your salts and that can be dangerous. 10. Slow your life down.

[@kpakaify]

Thank you! ❤

[@katiedid1851]

Does not speak to animals or humans (out picking our food...)

[@jeanjaz]

​@katiedid1851 not sure what you mean, but of course you would do much the same for your animals. Providing a child's wading pool in the shade is really nice for your pets. They can drink from it or just sit in it. We watered the bushes around the outside of our house in the morning and our outdoor pets would lie in the cool shade of them during the hot part of the day. The Arabs would hang their heavy carpets on the walls as decoration and insulation. Our floors were unsealed plaster with a drain in the middle of the floor. In the morning, you splashed a bucket of water on the floor and squeegied it to the drain. The moisture soaked into the plaster and made the floors so nice and cool the rest of the day.

[@bogdan78pop]

Dry heat is not the same as wet heat...............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@railgap]

Riiiight. That was hilarious. Check your privilege! Why don't you print out these tips and hand them out to crop harvesters, construction workers, etc? - you know, THE PEOPLE BEING DISCUSSED. I'm sure they'll appreciate your advice, ROFL. You utter, protected, creampuff fool.

[@unchargedpickles6372]

I live in South Texas and my husband is a structural steel welder, he works in a huge metal building w no AC all day, welding w fire. He can't even use a fan cause it messes w the gas for his welds. I don't know how he survives doing that in this heat! The no water breaks law is total insanity. My husband's employer would never do that to his employees.

[@teresadicarlo8908]

I guess if he did that he wouldn’t have any employees left anymore: they’d all pass out

[@joshs470]

We should change our cycles and work at night during heatwaves.

[@blondiegreeneyes4802]

My God your poor husband. I hope, and I mean this sincerely and with love in my heart, he has good life insurance.

[@onipajata78]

I don't know what's worse... The people who pass these laws, or the sub humans who enforce them.

[@dmotley922]

I vote for the subhumans

[@RavenWolfDrum69]

BOTH

[@albertawheat6832]

The people that except them are fked...quit buying the BS and you'll get by.

[@mikedonnarumma5337]

pathetic sheeple

[@brazillo19]

Both, which both are of the Serpent seed.

[@redwire6315]

It's sort of telling that, unless they are forced not to, corporations will literally work you to death.

[@Dan5482]

Yes, Capitalism is the name of the Monster.

[@paulas_lens]

And blame YOU for not working "safely".

[@redwire6315]

@paulas_lens Yeah, and I'm willing to bet their families won't get anything after. Hopefully, they can come up with some way to challenge this.

[@eddenoy321]

Makes you think of that German company I.G. Farben . Google their 'personnel management' during WW2.

[@rain1956]

And this after shoving their fossil fuels down our throats for decades, knowingly hiding their connection to climate change. Even now, still using deceitful tactics, blocking green alternatives, co-opting COP conferences, ok with pushing the entire planet off the cliff. Narcissistic sociopaths.

[@roseharvey2664]

Passing a bill not allowing for water breaks is inhumane.

[@tylr3669]

Ok, and I'm a middle aged construction worker born and raised in texas and still working here. Every company I've worked for has mandated breaks, mandated water or other refreshments (you can't work outside with only water, usually 1 gatorade - a couple of waters), cooling trailer or trucks, and everyone wears gear for the heat. Every one also had yearly training on heat exhaustion heat strokes, signs to look for, responses, medical assistance, and emergency responses. We've been handling this since a long long time. We don't need a redundant bureaucrat fat cat to do nothing and suck a pay check. This is why I hate Dem Now videos, they never give a balanced view. They'd rather bring on a "journalist" from the northeast whose only lived here for like 4 years to give their opinion. This is totally normal. Not even a novel heat wave...just a normal heat wave like we get every year.

[@danieltossounian1962]

Actually it's very human....we are barbaric

[@sahb4049]

@@tylr3669 Did your Govenor just sign a bill to eradicate mandated water breaks, yes or no. That's what I love about Republicans, change the subject when you know you blew it. You, the Texas voters voted for this moron.

[@shadowlouise]

​@@tylr3669 I think you are too readily dismissing Jeff Goodell's expertise. And why does it matter where he lived before or where he lives now? Suppose he never lived in Texas at all? Should we ignore non-Texans? I appreciate your pointing to the fact that the government is not needed in this respect. Even if there are employers who are so despicable as to ignore the lives and safety of workers, there are other means available to deal with them. But the state government is denying local communities the right to protect people there. Why? How is any business hurt by this requirement to provide this life-saving precaution, and why does any business object to it? Without talking about in generalities about government overreach, slippery slopes, or creeping socialism/ communism, explain why the STATE government needs to bring its own force to bear against THIS local concern? If the situation were that the Texas state government mandated the water breaks, would that be a bad thing? (TBH, I could understand objections to that better than this current matter). I just realized how outrageous this entire water breaks debate is, in the face of the real issue here. It's not Texas.

[@buahburke9912]

Look Deeper

[@digitalcurry]

For 40 years we knew this was happening. I find it comical that people are acting surprised.

[@happyEmpath]

Most people live like animals. As long there is some new soap on Netflix they are distracted.

[@mz4420]

What kind of barbaric animal would want to pass such a law? I can't imagine how their families can put up with their actions 😢

[@Chella328]

Who passed this Bill, names !

[@susan638]

@@Chella328 Alex Jones would know. He lives in AUSTIN, TEXAS.

[@josephstropoli1449]

Donald Trump would love this law

[@skinnie2838]

LOL @ this leftist propaganda. The sad thing is people actually believe this. Spooky...

[@dm273]

Did you read the bill? Where there amendments to it which didn’t align with the purpose of the bill? Law is not simplified for the lay people; it’s quite over the top usually.

[@ClannCholmain]

One time here in Ireland we would say visitors aren’t coming here for the weather. Not anymore. Greetings from the west coast of Ireland 🇮🇪

[@eddenoy321]

I just bought a beachfront condo in the Aran Isles .

[@ClannCholmain]

@@eddenoy321 an-mhaith, my great grandfather was a Galway man. His son John O’Malley fought in North Africa.

[@ClannCholmain]

@kali542 tá fáilte romhat i gcónaí!

[@nymike06]

Ireland is fine. Just some rain. But no humidity.

[@stanmilgram8324]

Great tax shelters there as well as comfortable weather

[@dsiepiela6449]

Yes! I said “racism “ when I learned of Abbott’s shameful act.

[@levmoses742]

Yes Racism, and classism.

[@SinkpehnaRossFire-uc4ov]

"Attempted Manslaughter. Felonious Assault. The male guvner of Texas is mentally disabled, his health-care is paid for, place him in a quiet sanitarium. Next to Walter Reed Hospital."

[@nymike06]

Racist? lol That's total BS

[@ggraves7321]

You are late to the party- racist , bigot, sexist, xenophobic…. He is a gross human being who keeps getting elected!

[@cariwaldick4898]

@@nymike06 This is Texas. The people who are out in the heat, working, are typically brown or black. Just like the video here, the brown people are doing the work, while the white people are standing by watching. Denying these people water, is racist, because if WHITE people were affected, they'd fight it.

[@winkletter]

I've experienced heat stroke and dehydration. One moment I was fine, the next moment I could barely drag myself forward a few steps. The pain was intense. Both my body and brain were out of commission. I wouldn't have been able to save myself, so thankfully I was in a public area. Now imagine that on a planet-wide scale. Never mind, no need to imagine. Just wait.

[@jedjones9047]

Stay out of the midday sun' leave that to mad dogs and English men 😂😂😂

[@grantofat6438]

Yeah, I can't wait until it is 120 degrees in Antarctica and Greenland.

[@jedjones9047]

Warmer more evaporation more rain

[@nancyvernon3017]

​​@@grantofat6438neither can I! I would love to see the artifacts that have been hiding underneath that super thick layer of ice! Lol😂

[@jasonjohnrichards8172]

how about preparing yourself ! try drinking water the Spanish and soulth Americans have 3 hrs off in the summer months in the afternoon always have ! always will , why because its HOT and always has been !

[@rameyzamora1018]

Hang on. These aren't "signs of things to come." These are things that are here TODAY.

[@sharonh2991]

Greg Abbott should be made to sit outside in the sun for an entire day without a heat or water break. He doesn’t even need to work, just sit there.

[@KohalaLover]

Abbott is a tool, and those that vote him in are close behind.

[@daiu48]

This individual - Texas ‘Governor’ is himself crippled and is in a wheelchair due to an accident . What is it that makes this person sign a bill eliminating mandatory water breaks for construction workers? The truly unholy trio- Abbott, Cruz and de Santis….

[@patriciarussell1177]

In a metal wheelchair without any synthetics in it just let him sit out there because he doesn’t have any respect for people of color or for the working class

[@tinetannies4637]

And yet Texans keep reelecting him, now on his 3rd term

[@Dustin-ux6fl]

​@@daiu48what is the bill?

[@jaredhelms9724]

How could any sane person vote for Abbott in Texas or at this point any republican?

[@SuperTonyony]

Reactionaries are psychopaths.

[@Praisethesunson]

Hey brother this climate change is fake because it hasn't personally impacted me and mine yet. Also the filthy poor's don't vote so me and my fellow small businesses tyrants can still swing elections.

[@045773]

Most people vote with emotion, not reason.

[@Praisethesunson]

@@045773 most people don't vote at all. Because the political system can't even pretend to act on behalf of the welfare of the majority of the population.

[@diffened]

9724, have you ever seen an interview with a trumper? They are not sane

[@neonaviolett6281]

It doesn't look like news, look like a movie. A thriller. It's terrifying

[@Gsmf652]

remb 2012 and the day after tomorrow?

[@climeaware4814]

Humans are the cause! the high levels of co2 from you driving your car, to the co2 from the truck driving the food to the grocery store you buy from. 37 billion tons of co2 enters the atmosphere and its overheating the planet and pushing Earth to a hot house mass extinction event.

[@rhonda1505]

And the poor animals suffering in this heat on factory farms😢

[@robincrowflies]

😭

[@KohalaLover]

All animals. Texas isn’t known for being decent towards animals.

[@andreah6379]

🎯!!!

[@verito2019]

Yes not only farm animals, ALL Animals!

[@Fido-vm9zi]

That's horrible. I have been thinking about that!

[@nsbd90now]

I used to assume I'd probably die of a heart attack, cancer, or just wearing out. I've added heatstroke, starvation and marauding dystopian gangs to the list of possibilities.

[@feelingoffbalance]

I like the way you think. Stoic forever:)

[@thebigpicture2032]

Don’t forget radiation from nuclear fallout.

[@francessimmonds5784]

Add nuclear war to that.

[@cyclewisconsin105]

Dystopian maga gangs.

[@timothydempsey3763]

Natural causes needs redefined

[@alwayshavestrengthjoy7450]

Families should sue Texas for any and every death related to working in the heat. It is evil & barbaric that any state will allow a terrible bill to stop workers from having a water break.

[@rdelrosso1973]

Someone should make the Texas Gov work in 115 Degrees F Temp, for eight hours, without water. And I don't care that he's in a Wheelchair! He can still pound nails into wood!

[@jlkkauffman7942]

Stop being overly dramatic nobody is stopping workers in Texas from taking water breaks!

[@jrambo7495]

No company is actually adhering to these deadly rules. Trust me, my hubby is a supervisor in the construction biz here in Texas and they're allowed to grab water and a break whenever they feel they need it! But yes, these people that write bills like this have no idea what it's really like out here. Most of these people have never had to work manual labor a day in their lives ,so they need to sit down and STFU!

[@dr-rexmangrca113]

if they do not stop and drink water alll day llong then they will get hit hard .... ok so you drink lots of water you pisss allot .... well drink again

[@Dustin-ux6fl]

@@rdelrosso1973 He does work in 115 degrees.

[@andykipp1437]

I worked commercial roofing for a couple years during hot weather. 120 deg. Roof top every day for weeks. Drank about 2 to 3 gal of water every day and never pissed. Very very dangerous enviroment. This is when I was in my 30's. Today it would surely kill me very quickly. These people making these laws are "TOTALLY" out of touch. They should absolutely be required to spend some time out with the workers they affect with their policies.

[@MegaLiggie]

No they love the idea of a gangster running the show.

[@brians7094]

Their plan seems to be to kill the poor; not help their constituents.

[@raoul1234567]

My only problem is entrusting the solution to this problem to the very government and corporate bodies that caused it. That is insane.

[@superchuck3259]

There is no solution. It is hot in summer. The point is an excuse to tax people.

[@michaeldayton2635]

Who the hell was driving those SUV's that brought about the end of the last ice age?

[@rogerwilco1777]

@@superchuck3259 ..yet every year it gets hotter and hotter

[@rogerwilco1777]

@@michaeldayton2635Yes the earth has natural heating and cooling cycles.. but CO2 produced by human activities is the largest contributor to global warming now. By 2020, its concentration in the atmosphere had risen to 48% above its pre-industrial level (before 1750). Natural causes, such as changes in solar radiation or volcanic activity are estimated to have contributed less than 0.1°C to total warming between 1890 and 2010.. while human-induced global warming is presently increasing at a rate of 0.2°C per decade.. So yeah, billions of humans and their equipment can effect an environment, i would start looking into caves or underground bunkers for future housing

[@PraveenSrJ01]

Soon 🔜 110 degrees will be normal

[@blackshadowsnoopy]

The individuals who passed this bill need to be forced to work in that heat for 1 full month.

[@JM-be7hk]

Community service 😂😂

[@thomasreed49]

But this he is not unusual it happens most years here is in the UK it’s freezing even taking a hot water bottle to bed. Oh this is just scaremongering please don’t take any notice of it it’s propaganda.

[@stirlingmoss4621]

is that a month of 30 or 31 days or 29 in February in a leap year???

[@douglasreagan4979]

Liberals should be forced to live in the ghettos and homeless camps they caused in their BLUE districts.

[@bethmoore7722]

They wouldn’t last one full day. But workers are expendable, as we’ve had driven home to us over the past few years.

[@jasonbean2764]

This was predicted 50 years ago.

[@Praisethesunson]

By the same fossil fuel conglomerates that choose to make the problem as bad as possible for the sake of money

[@morenofranco9235]

More. 1967, I read about this in a newspaper report. I was 15.

[@sndspderbytes]

​@@morenofranco9235 1896!

[@07Flash11MRC]

@@sndspderbytes Try 1856! Eunice Foote discovered the effects of global warming back then and didn't get credit for it. A man took the credit from her 5 years later.

[@johnjohn4465]

Predicted and covered up by these Exxon corporate ' Kochsuckers ' !!!!!

[@johndebose5238]

Amy , I don't know what part of BBC news media you report from but you are the only one that report it like it is to the peoples of the world ... great respect far People's intelligence ... thank you !!! and may God for ever bless you🙏🙏🙏

[@eugeniebreida1583]

Democracy Now! is solely independent media - NOT BBC, nor any msm outlet. Amy Goodman is Amazing ❤

[@markpappas9858]

Yes, the governor - did I hear that, right? Truly, how barbaric.

[@andreah6379]

This IS what all Rethuglicons do today. Cruelty, suffering of regular and struggling workers is their goal.

[@Metonymy1979]

As someone that lives in Florida, I can tell you that it won't be the heat that kills you but humans that get angry because of the heat. Trust me when I say, the most unreasonably angry people are the ones that are very hot. I lived in Arizona and fainted twice because of the heat. But, didn't realize how hot it was because its so dry as well. I've never fainted before or since.

[@patriziacasagrande3833]

the usa does have a large portion of society historically barbaric brutal irrational immature childish, arrogant sanctimonious selfrightous unnecessarily violent without reason. but that is beside the heat.

[@Metonymy1979]

@@patriziacasagrande3833 I mean, I'm positive that's a male human historical trait. It's only with social shame and stigma that individual actions change for society. Americans do have an acceptance of poor behavior at the present but it was the English before and the middle east and China and Africa and on and on.

[@globalwarming382]

It called self-destructive human behavior

[@grakkerful]

Decades ago when I was at University I read a book that had a title something along the lines of "Anatomy of a riot". Basically analyzing historical riots for context. The common variable was a heat wave. I'm waiting for things to just explode again, socially.

[@saywhat8966]

@@grakkerful Were you think of Hillary’s comment on using crisis for agenda goals?

[@danoc51]

Texas Governor Greg Abbot should be put out in the afternoon heat so we can all see how long it takes before he begs for water.

[@eddenoy321]

Cordell , his trusty servant will give him water. Then feed him to the pigs.

[@rocioaguilera3555]

@@eddenoy321 That's animal cruelty 🤣

[@eddenoy321]

@@rocioaguilera3555 LMAO Nice🤣

[@reubenmorris487]

He'd pass out before begging for water.

[@badwabbit1973]

for fighting to keep his state from over population? water and food will be our next crisis while people like you point fingers!!!!

[@trailrunner7585]

For too many people, it’s like the old story of the frog boiling slowly in the pot of water. It’ll be too late by the time they figure out their boiling to death.

[@adinahaun6001]

No water break for outdoor workers is the crime of murder, knowingly depriving human beings of necessary element for their survival. I will recommend this book as much as I can and thank Mr. Goodlell for writing it. And, of course, to Amy for featuring this urgent interview!

[@davidsalo8397]

Governor Abbott needs a wheelchair for his brain and a soul to boot.

[@million8739]

sounds like some building pyramids scheme type of talk

[@dirkhamilton2709]

And you REALLY think that oilfield and construction workers making $30/hr are being denied water breaks. You really think this is real? The governor signed a law that REQUIRED workers to take a break, and you pretend that he signed a law denying workers water breaks. Do you really not see the difference in the two? Lets say the governor signed a law saying Im no longer required to take a dump twice a day. How many dumps am I going to take? As many as I need.

[@adinahaun6001]

@@dirkhamilton2709 Crude example

[@vigorberg4798]

Workers right, a social question, has nothing in common with Communism. Workers and lower middle class pay taxes to federal government and state. Billonairs know the way to avoid them. Nationalism is offered as a compensation by some politicians. Do not let them fool you any longer.🌻🇸🇪

[@thunderbearclaw]

IN BOCA RATON FLORIDA, IN THE LAST HALF OF JULY, THE AVERAGE HIGH IS 90F AND AVERAGE LOW IS 78. RIGHT now it is 84F and the low tonight is forecast to be 80.6 F.. This pretty much normal for our area. Be careful of the meteorologists who now like to bump up the temperatures by using the "It feels like" temperature scale. A few days ago I saw for our area that the temperature was 79F outside. I went for a long run outside and barely broke a sweat. I saw that the weather people had 104 F on our weather report. They said it feels like 104F. I want to know what the temperature is outside. I do not want to know what it feels like!!! In Florida this time of year we normally get some rain in the afternoon. So with the current new meteorologist mindset the average afternoon temperature would feel over 100 degrees. This is a huge distortion in the forecasting. Stick to the actual temperatures and provide the humidity index. That is honest reporting.

[@blackmagic6]

As a continental African this emerging crisis particularly infuriates me as Africa as a continent is the very least of the polluters but is not only affected the most but is guilt tripped by the West to not tap into our natural resources and by so doing remain perpetually under developed. SMDH.

[@MRCATWRENCH]

I don’t completely disagree, but look at where the largest population growth is happening

[@blackmagic6]

@@MRCATWRENCH: Wait …… are you insinuating that not only should Africans be deprived of developing our environment but you are also recommending that we should be subjected to population control? I’ll wait.

[@MRCATWRENCH]

@@blackmagic6 nice way to spin what I said. You’re the one who stated we’re in a climate crisis. I’ll wait for you to explain to me how exponential population growth is logical or even moral.

[@blackmagic6]

@@MRCATWRENCH: You said what you said and it won’t be the first time Europeans like yourself have implemented actions to euthanise people of African descent. Where should I begin? Off the top of my head I can think of Margaret Sanger and her “Planned Parenthood” which was an organisation specifically set up for the abortion of black babies. There was the Tuskegee experiments in which people of African descent were infected with sexual diseases and allowed to transmit it within our community. There was the secret sterilisation of the Ethiopians in Israel. There have been numerous aid packages to Africa with clauses that contain family planning recommendations. In fact Bill Gates, who is a strong advocate for population control, was recently in Nigeria…. Africa’s most populous country for reasons yet unexplained. And this is not to talk of atrocities committed by your fellow Europeans like King Leopold II whose deeds in Africa claimed the lives of between 10/15million Africans. You people have got a long documented history of atrocities and genocide when it comes to Africa … so don’t accuse me of twisting anything. I come from the point of view that if someone shows/tells you who they are …. believe them.

[@blackmagic6]

@@MRCATWRENCH: What .... The cat's got your tongue?I'm still waiting.

[@wandarask8444]

I live in Australia, the summer heat has definitely changed your skin feels like it's actually burning many of our gum trees, are burning and they can torolate, hot summers unfortunately not anymore. Also in Australia if the temperature reaches 38-40 degrees while working most times your let out early.

[@eddiebreen5933]

😂😂😂

[@beet1]

In Western Australia in 1980's it got up to 46 degrees C and we just kept working, as gardeners in the hot sun. If you mentioned the heat they though you were a weakie. It's more burning now because of the hole in the atmosphere. Plus the Tonga volcano in 2022 has caused the earth to warm up. Nobody mentions this as it goes against the political narrative.

[@hollydatsopoulos7998]

WTF? Eliminating water breaks? That bill is worse than “insensitive”. It’s criminal! Bastard should be put in prison!

[@miltonhollis703]

If you're referring too Governor Abbott it wouldn't hurt at all"

[@lynnjames6361]

Amen❤

[@sheilaagado2447]

Water breaks have not been eliminated. The mandate fir every 4 hours has. Now they can drink as much water as needed.

[@rrf6747]

​@@sheilaagado2447exactly I live in Houston Texas this is MSM propaganda

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

Stay misinformed. Democrats count on you.

[@michelerokes3665]

In this state that has passed this law, are they willing to cover the cost of the workers hospitalizations, or funeral cost? Are they willing to take care of that employee's families? What is the real reason behind this law? It can't be an honest or humane reason.

[@nsbd90now]

Cruelty is the point when it comes to Christians Who Vote Republican. They are filled with malice towards everyone else.

[@francessimmonds5784]

😂 No.

[@1cruzbat1]

Nope. It's all about greed.

[@rachelhead4986]

He is against progressive policies. The ones that protects people and that regulate business

[@bobbygabriel9574]

Trying to get rid of the immigrants? I can believe it.

[@Grizgal406]

Greg Abott needs to be voted out!

[@shirleyandrews1152]

He should be RUN OUT!

[@b58hustler71]

You need to be punched out!😂

[@nymike06]

He's a wonderful governor

[@reclaimingminds2811]

I was out in the heat last week, inhaling scorching air for a few hours. I understand now how quickly you can become dehydrated! Took me two to three days to recover! Living in Spain is great but the recent high temperatures are difficult to manage.

[@tonianderson6267]

Me too here in Florida.

[@climeaware4814]

I see your country's temperature by satellite.

[@brians7094]

@@tonianderson6267You had better try to escape. That place is not long for this world. The flat land lets hurricanes and floods just clean off the surface.

[@rockymountainman7]

When media and governments team up there is no limit to the global heating.

[@johnhanson5943]

Who owns the media, all other institutions and the Career Political?

[@user-ke8st8jc1v]

A couple of hot summers and we must stop driving

[@Darrylizer1]

We need to use all that hot air to generate electricity!

[@burtpanzer]

@@johnhanson5943 The same people that control the weather and the narrative.

[@elgorrion52]

@@Darrylizer1 Solar powered aircon? Big Oil won't allow that

[@diannawilson5743]

Keep polluting this is what to expect. I feel bad for all the animals affected by this heat. I notice that no one has mentioned that.

[@KennyCollins1962]

Animals know how to adapt . Humans tend to engineer their way into stupid messes

[@diannawilson5743]

@@KennyCollins1962 I would tend to agree with you but the fish are adapting by dying off en mass. Mammals I'm sure will be next. We have to get rid of fossil fuel sooner than later.

[@jimmyf9545]

The animals are the innocents who are being destroyed by the human species.

[@donnavorce8856]

I've seen the trucks of dead cattle who died without any shade after these scorching waves of heat. THEY HAVE NO SHADE.

[@diannawilson5743]

@@donnavorce8856 That's totally disgusting. Poor animals! I'll bet there were no animal cruelty charges or accountability.

[@mbcrandell7766]

I have worked outdoors in temps over 120 degrees. Trick is to stay hydrated maybe a gallon and wear a wet kerchief around your neck or a neck gaiter. Dumping water on you heads helps as well. Sunscreen, hats and light colored clothing help a lot. As for barring water breaks I hope anyone who dies or get sick will sue the living daylights out the government and companies until they don’t even shade on them. Law like this lead to negligence any murder charges. Our government is corrupt to allow this

[@WhatYaL00kingAt]

​@@banhammer3904what an stupid comment. You die from dehydration. How do you think tribes survived thousands of years ago without air conditioning in similar temps to what we have now. They obviously kept well hydrated and were well adapted to being very hot weather.

[@shirleyhill2982]

It seems to me we haven't even considered [despite our current hot and burning planet] what will be the consequences to our planet when the polar ice caps that are the cooling system on Earth are melted. When all the glaciers have melted, what will be the source of the rivers we rely on for water for drinking or growing agriculture , all required for our survival as life on Earth?

[@climeaware4814]

I study Atmospheric Physics. The consequences are great. The temperature gradient between the Arctic and the Equator is what drives the Polar and Subtropical Jet Streams. They drive low and high-pressure fronts from West to East across the northern latitudes. Should the ice disappear, the high and low-pressure fronts will stall. Heat waves will last WEEKS and dry up and kill all agriculture, forest and all biodiversity and prepare forests for metal fires!

[@loriwoloshyn7266]

If this keeps up we will be hiding from the heat during the day and living our lives at nighttime.

[@Praisethesunson]

There are lots of places on Earth(including in Murica) where it doesn't get cooler at night.

[@makslargu5799]

100F/ 40C overnight temperatures in Algeria this year

[@iamdone7094]

calm down you are hysterical

[@loriwoloshyn7266]

I was just suggesting something, no need to jump down my throat. Sounds like your hysterical.

[@hello89940]

@@makslargu5799 no its not is 25c and 40c in day time

[@Coldbird1337]

Someone should go to these officials office and bust their ac units

[@Praisethesunson]

Why? Cause they told you something you don't like? Go break the AC units of the Fossil fuel corporate board rooms where the decision to burn the planet for private profit is made.

[@stephendalton1648]

That's really useful

[@sderoski1]

@@stephendalton1648 It is understandable to be enraged, if you are not enraged, what is wrong with you?

[@mba321]

@@sderoski1 Logic should always trump blind emotion in dire situations like this.

[@alienpov]

You must be a democrat, always burning, breaking, looting other peoples property.

[@alandunston1597]

Would be nice if the temperature in Europe being reported at 48C ( a new record) last week would have been measured at 2 meters above the ground and not ground temperatures which almost always read higher during warmer temps. I'm sure the same in the U.S. Please pay attention when they report 'ground' vs. 'air' temperatures above the ground. Big difference.

[@elgorrion52]

Where do you get this from, that it is ground temperature measurement? Surely the numbers must be based on air temperature measurements too - weather balloons etc - not just satellite heatmaps

[@chriscurtain1816]

Also, in the UK, record breaking temperatures are often reported from airstrips with large expanses of tarmac which absorbs and retains heat. One 'record' was recorded within moments of the arrival of three Eurofighter Typhoon jets. The temperature was already skewed by the proximity of the airfield, then there was a leap of 0.6C on the arrival of the aircraft, then a drop of 0.6C immediately after. But the record temp in between was still published.

[@superchuck3259]

Also when they choose the colors of the "graphic" to make it look like the sun. Come on man, what a manipulation.

[@superchuck3259]

@@elgorrion52 Did you see the graphic of Spain? Where during the day they said the surface was hot, looks like Sun.... But all color scheme and manipulation as air temp is not 130. Like how much is due to man-made things like roof and pavement?

[@chriscurtain1816]

When the isotherms go blood red at a pleasantly warm 23C it's no surprise they soon run out of colours.

[@michaelh2034]

First off, who is the largest polluter in the US and pretty much every single country worldwide? The government. What are the governments doing to reduce or eliminate pollution? Telling us, the people what we must do while continuing to do what they've done all along which is nothing. They're all full of it and they love to posture while we just pay and pay.

[@JoniPreston55]

Their plan is to reduce the population - that’s their plan😂 that’s why we know they will fail they are on the wrong side of this!

[@malligrub]

No water breaks? How can this even be real? It is so impossibly, cartoonishly evil, it's like something out of a children's story designed to be so obviously bad that it could never actually exist. Except in modern America that is...

[@wjack4728]

Feel bad for outdoor workers in these times. I've worked construction years ago, and the heat was bad then in the summer, but now it's even worse. An employer that doesn't allow water breaks has no business being over employees, very inhumane. Not only is it inhumane, it's just plain bad business, and can cost an employer their job or company.

[@sndspderbytes]

It's a philosophical thing. Like the Judgment that the Trucker with the broken down trailer in the 30 below zero weather the trucker began to get hypothermia. He unhitched from the trailer where he was waiting for a mechanic and drove to a gas station to warm up even though the company told him to stay. Gorsuch ruled in favor of the company that fired the trucker for not freezing to death for them. Gorsuch ruled that if the company orders you to freeze to death then you freeze to death. This is the same thing if your ordered to allow yourself to die of heat stroke then you die of heat stroke. Its not about the job or profits or smart business, it is about the corperations having total control of labor able to force them to die. It is a philosophical battle and the workers are losing.

[@KohalaLover]

Not in Texas, sadly. Government is extreme right wing; they look down on blue collar workers or immigrants from south of the border. They simply don’t care. Not one of them is concerned.

[@danoc51]

There should at least be a rule that requires unlimited cold water for all workers when temps exceed 90 degrees.

[@iamdone7094]

"but now it's even worse" ... how much worse?

[@andreah6379]

How can murder ever be legal because that IS what that is. Only reichwing sociopaths stay up at night looking for new ways to make regular Americans suffer & die.

[@karlad4082]

Workers need to know that they have a lot of power. Without them, the employer can’t do anything. Workers need to refuse to work without these types of protections. This is why Unions are so important to protect themselves against employers’ abuse 🤷🏻‍♀️ Time to Unionized to fight Corporate power ✊🏼

[@Tonyshooman]

Mexicans will not unionize, they won't strike. They will suffer. Its just terrible Repukes just suck at being decent humans

[@jeffdunnell6693]

Unions got nothing to do with this,employees can just say fk off,see how long stupidity will stay stupid .

[@tylr3669]

dumb dumb, every corp in construction already has rules and guidelines and training about working in the summer heat. There is NO one who can do jack shit about you taking a break. Refusing to work, yes, getting heat illness, no.

[@grantofat6438]

BS. Be glad there are people who are willing to give you a job in the first place. If you are unsatisfied, then find another job, that is if someone will hire you with that attitude.

[@bog6106]

The longer people dont fight back, the more that will be stripped from quality of life that we take for granted

[@bluewater2241]

Hot weather like in Italy? Been checked and is normal, even cooler then usual.

[@davidkavetsky2377]

Exactly they lie just to scare the casual people who think the world temps are rising more than normal.0.0009 of a degree in 100 years...OHHHH MYYYYY

[@kawataufik5098]

All tyranny governments make people scare to push what they want otherwise everything normal man made scenario should be stop

[@Bushman9]

When workers die because of this law, the lawsuits should start immediately. Make sure Abbott is named directly as one of the parties in every suit filed.

[@mariealexa9670]

If it is indeed accurate that these workers are Mexicans, what legal voice/clout/lawyer fees will they have?

[@jackharle1251]

Right after the lawsuits for the mandated jab.

[@davidspann600]

I am calling FAKE NEWS!!, and this is the faux outrage when the media lies and does not tell you the correct story...This media is political...not real. I live in Texas, I have actually read the bill that passed. It says nothing about work regulations. This piece of regulation concerned cities overstepping their constitutional mandate. Read and do not listen to these propogandists

[@rolandhawken6628]

soldiers die all the time in training and action due to dehydration . What is so special about workers ?

[@dianah.9718]

Texas is the only state with NO WORKERS COMP

[@patriciahenkleman6241]

It breaks my heart to think about the animals that are suffering. I can't wrap my brain around the discusting people who just dump they're pets of because they don't want or don't think they can afford them. They could easily take them to a shelter instead of putting them in garbage bags and throwing them out or a myriad of other cruel ways they do it. I hope karma catches up with them

[@suezcontours6653]

God is avenging Melanated people

[@BlekSheep_1]

​@@suezcontours6653 RawHewbrewRemnant channel on here 🤛🏿

[@mrguy9150]

@@suezcontours6653what

[@davidrte.664]

That’s for another topic

[@petergozinya6328]

I keep all my unwanted pets in the freezer. They'll come in handy during the famine. Having as many babies as possible is also something to think about.

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

I’ve had heat stroke twice. Once in Texas. Once in Arizona. I was damned lucky to survive. I don’t work outside after 9:00 am anymore.

[@ritamariekelley4077]

It seems Abbot and DeSantis are engaged in a contest to see who's more of a sadist.

[@mkkrupp2462]

“This is the way the world ends- not with a bang, but a whimper” - T. S. Elliot

[@Doo_Doo_Patrol]

Don't worry freak, the sky is not falling.

[@Vinny-vk3xg]

@@Doo_Doo_Patrolwhy is he a freak?

[@miketexas4549]

​@@Vinny-vk3xgprobably thinks carbon dioxide is dangerous.

[@Vinny-vk3xg]

@@miketexas4549 how have you come to that conclusion?

[@miketexas4549]

@@Vinny-vk3xg Pulled it out of my ass. No seriously my experience is that people who are scared by/obsessed with climate have bought the lie that carbon dioxide is some kind of danger to them.

[@denisejustis92]

This is absolutely barbaric and I am ashamed it is happening in my country!

[@nymike06]

Regarding the corrupt DOJ??/

[@Schooner77]

​@@nymike06 Yeah, they should of Locked Comrade trump up ages ago, why wait for his 3rd indictment, his a pathetic Criminal and the DOJ needs to do there job

[@pauletteanderson4142]

It's not our country anymore!!!

[@Dustin-ux6fl]

​@@pauletteanderson4142who's is it then?

[@coweatsman]

@@Dustin-ux6fl The CSA. The Corporate States of America.

[@jasondrummond9451]

In the Spring 2021 heat dome event in British Columbia - Victoria BC - which normally has a temperate climate - was over 40C (104). There is constant high humidity here, as we are on the tip of an island. In the Island and Lower Mainland 719 people died during the event - and the Goverment cynically clawed the number down to 619 actually being 'heat related'. Most were elderly and/or disabled who lived alone in non-air conditioned apartments. Many were long term care residents - as the facilities were not air conditioned. The 911 system broke down - people died on hold to 911. People waited 16 hours for the ambulance to arrive, and died waiting. It was horror. The Premier opined that 'mortality happens' and that people have 'personal responsibility'. (He later walked back those comments.) I am in my mid 60's and not used to the heat - I stepped out of my sweltering apartment, onto my shaded balcony - in the hopes of catching a little coolness. It was 40C in the shade on my balcony. My pet rabbit was splayed, panting, on the carpet just inside the door. I thought we were both going to die. The sense of desperation I felt - and how hot and sick I felt - are feelings that i will never forget.

[@pinkblue99]

The warning was given out back in day on "Twilight zone" episode called The Midnight Sun showed in 1961. Everyone needs to watch it we were warn back them what was going to happen When the Earth falls out of orbit, two women try to cope with increasingly oppressive heat in a nearly abandoned city.

[@timothydempsey3763]

Rod Sterling was a mastermind

[@katieking8830]

Very trippy ! I remember it!

[@Ziggy_Moonglow]

LOL If you think it was a 'warning', it makes it even better that you got it completely backwards. The main character has a fever, which is why she thinks it's getting hotter. It was getting colder as the Earth's orbit changed to become further from the sun. Funny how you remember the dream, but not the story, all to fit your 'it was a warning' narrative. If it was a warning, it was warning of "The Coming Ice Age" which was all the rage in the 60s.. Sucker! LOL

[@pinkblue99]

I was comparing on hot the earth is today in real life the earth we are living on it not moving away from sun but the earth is getting hotter then it's ever been since recorded weather her dream was really foretelling what was coming in future of real life so dream or no dream it coming true the plot of show on how hot the earth could be what could happen if there is no relive from sun

[@cacapichi8564]

I was in Greece last Friday during the heatwave. I was outside for most of the day, walking around the city. I guess it’s ok to be outside if you’ve got plenty of water and you take regular breaks under the shade. I felt fine. I have a heart rate monitor in my watch, and whenever it got a little on the high end, I would take a break, and drink plenty of water under a tree, chill (no pun intended) and wait for my heart rate to come back to normal. It’s absolutely nuts that they’re thinking of having people work regular shifts under extreme heat. You absolutely need to take a break every 1 to 2 hours, under the shade and with plenty of water.

[@rig4365]

In Greece a lot of places close for a couple of hours mid day especially in the smaller towns . Tharcis the lesson folks

[@cacapichi8564]

@@rig4365 yeah but not on Athens where I was. The people who worked there specifically said that they closed due to “weather conditions”. They even put announcements almost everywhere. I don’t get what your point has to do with anything

[@rig4365]

@@cacapichi8564 easy bro. We're on the same side. Take a siesta when you can. That is my point. ✌️

[@tylr3669]

Ok, and I'm a middle aged construction worker born and raised in texas and still working here. Every company I've worked for has mandated breaks, mandated water or other refreshments (you can't work outside with only water, usually 1 gatorade - a couple of waters), cooling trailer or trucks, and everyone wears gear for the heat. Every one also had yearly training on heat exhaustion heat strokes, signs to look for, responses, medical assistance, and emergency responses. My point is, this is normal. A heat wave is expected hear, every year, usually more than once a summer. This isn't even novel for us, only for the media.

[@user-wp7zn8ii5u]

Workers in this country need to unionize. We need to not vote for any candidate that doesn't support unions. We need to reverse "right to work" states. Expecting corporations and the politicians they purchase to be benevolent is naive.

[@patriziacasagrande3833]

i would agree that unions can help however unions are just as much at fault for this mess. they aligned with Reagan and the Republicans to help destroy union power and influence from the 1980's on losing any influence they had trying to keep their organizations white male only. they were easily used by the corporations to give up their seat at the table and for a sense of individialism rather than solidarity.

[@gotwalk]

How about - end discrimination and have this law apply to EVERY worker in Texas. Watch Texans rally together against that law.

[@jameseaster8659]

Want happen because since Ronald Regain hum destroyed the middle class and was the beginning of Sending all our Industry abroad

[@jameseaster8659]

Totally false narrative Humans has nothing to do with the rise of heat on Earth its the Solar System it self all the Climate news is wrong very false the solar System is moving through a dangerous part of galaxy and the Sun is heating up so its not Humans it fact !

[@alynnewenglnd]

There used to be more unions. 🤔Look up what happened to them… hint: $$$

[@nikmills]

I just have to laugh and wince when seeing poor old Amy trying her hardest to get me to worry.

[@jameswhite1910]

I used to listen to her daily - then "the Left" went insane and she chose to remain with them. Sad to see my old heroes losing their grip on reality. The world is no hotter today than it was in the 1930's.

[@nikmills]

@@jameswhite1910 : Likewise. I thought she was great. NPR was my only source of info. Now I easily recognize those of my friends for whom NPR is still their only source of info.

[@mithrandir2006]

​@@nikmillsYou'd better worry and find a solution or we are dead.

[@jameswhite1910]

@@nikmills I know, it hurts. I miss NPR and PBS so much. I used to donate $100.00/month to Wikipedia too. But they all showed their true colours and are full-on "woke", Anti-America, Anti-Peace, Anti-Sovereignty, Anti-Everything that makes us survive as a culture. sigh.

[@jameswhite1910]

@@mithrandir2006 I see you still subscribe to mainstream media. Help yourself, do independent research on these topics: covid, vaccine, climate change. There's a reason we use the phrase "Red Pill"; once you see truth, you can never go back.

[@zinneagutz1497]

I don't understand how the USA doesn't have a plan to reforest areas, a program to plant trees along riverbanks and on parts of farms. Green areas are also essential in subtropical regions to help balance the climate.

[@Junkndiva]

For years parts of Iowa have tore down trees from unknown reasons. There was a slough that the DNR tore down all the trees at because they said the slough didn’t have all those trees before therefore it was natural…… BS!!! IT IS NATURAL because humans didn’t plant those trees, nature did. I don’t understand how did mb people can be but they say DNR so ands for “DO NO RIGHT”.

[@heyheyimeanhey7942]

Exactly! Plants are what we need to use up the Co2…

[@DogMechanic]

I mean, that certainly sounds like the sensible thing, don't it, but why should we plant trees when we could squeeze a Walmart in there?

[@zinneagutz1497]

@@DogMechanic Did I understand the meaning correctly? - My language is not English. So you're not one of those people who hate Walmart... Did you mean that it will be easier to buy water and fresh air compressed in a bottle? What a sad end for mankind!

[@ZareefPusha]

@@zinneagutz1497 he’s being sarcastic which may be hard understand since English isn’t your native language

[@leviahimsa]

The most comprehensive *meta-analysis* conducted to date with 119 countries, shows avoiding animal products is the *"SINGLE BIGGEST WAY"* to reduce our environmental impact. -journal Science

[@Paufit]

My thoughts on global warming, I leave exhaust emissions/greenhouse gas out of the equation. Only the heat caused by the use of fossil fuels and the products they make. Heat energy cannot be destroyed, only transferred, firstly to the air. The more humid the air, the more it efficiently it holds heat. Similar to your furnace that heats the air in the house, and then circulates. There is just over seven miles of useable air above us. If I drive my car to my next nearest city that is the same distance, it is a short trip relative to the scale of the planet. If I instead point my car skyward I will be at the end of useable air. It is like the thin outer skin of a large onion. The troposphere starts at ground level and extends on average 7.5 miles above our head. The troposphere is warmed by heat from the Earth’s surface, and as we know warm air rises. This is exactly what happens in the troposphere, great columns of warmer air rise from the surface to higher altitudes cool off and sink down again. Effectively the troposphere is churning like the fluids in a lava lamp, hence its names, derived from the Greek word trope, meaning “turn” or “overturn”. Its turbulent nature means that the upper extent of the troposphere (called the tropopause) varies, over the chilly poles it reaches 30,000 ft and a height of 56,000 ft at the warmer equator. It is cold up there at the tropopause perhaps −76 °F. Let us start with cars, there are over a billion worldwide. The following numbers are in degrees Fahrenheit. Brake temp 100-200, downhill 200-400 Exhaust Manifold 1200. Four tires 50 above road temp. equals 4 billion tires. Muffler 300-500 Catalytic Convertor starts to operate at 400-600 goes to 1200-1600 Tailpipe exhaust 200, Radiator/engine 195, also heat retention after shut off producing continued warming. Driving a car is like driving a furnace and its heat exchanger through the air, that does not shut off until you get to your destination. There is also frictional heating of the air moving over the exterior of the car. When cars are parked during the day: At 70 on a sunny day, after a half hour, the temperature inside a car is 104 . After an hour, it can reach 113. When temperatures outside range from 80 to 100 , the temperature inside a car parked in direct sunlight can quickly climb to between 130 to 172. The darker the exterior color of the car dictates how hot the surfaces are. If that car was a large green shrub, almost no passive solar heat would be created. A house has about 20% heat loss, there are about 1.5 billion households worldwide for now. The old expression, do not leave the door open, am I paying to heat the neighborhood? Many modern houses have much more square footage than is needed, needing more heating, and also more cooling. Air conditioning creates heat, adding to warming, thus needing more cooling (vicious cycle). Most houses have an asphalt roof, passive solar heat as high as 170, white 23% lower. This heat retention gets released overnight, average house has 7,000 pounds of shingles in one layer,14,000 with two layers. The United States has pavements and other impervious surfaces that cover 43,000 square miles, an area nearly the size of Ohio. Deforestation, everything that was green and is now something humans paved over or built upon is making passive heat from solar radiation. Asphalt and concrete roads have solar heat retention, and then radiate overnight. The expression, you could fry an egg on it. But not on the grass next to it. Passenger planes 600-900 exhaust. Factory exhausts (steam) 200. Cooking stoves. Clothes dryers. Exhaust heat from ships, trains, large construction machines. On my daily bicycle ride I encounter pockets of heat from garbage trucks and other vehicles. If the air temperature is at 65 degrees, the pocket feels like 95 degrees. Multiply these warm pockets of air by billions everyday on the planet. Many exterior lights are on all night. LEDs are much better than incandescents. 7.7 billion people create some heat at 98.6 degrees. Compare the planet to a human being, a one degree permanent rise in air temperature for the planet, a human would be at 99.6, on the way to having a fever. Arthur C. Clarke in his final Space Odyssey novel- 3001: The Final Odyssey, postulated that if humans were to harness the power of dark matter/energy we would probably heat up the world to our demise. One cup of it is enough to bring all of the oceans to a boil. Albedo is a measure of the reflectivity of the earths surface. Ice-albedo feedback is a strong positive feedback in the climate system. The melting of the ice sheets increases the absorption of heat energy from the sun onto the darker ocean water. Which in turn causes the ice sheets to melt at a faster rate. Exposed tundra also releases methane at a faster rate. NASA believes that variations of solar activity play a small role in global warming. For 40 years the suns energy output has gone up or down by less than 0.1 percent. Global warming is creating climate change, I do not believe there is a viable solution. There are 1.4 million more people on this planet every week. Money should be spent on getting prepared for its effects on us all. It is going to be exponential, if not already. I repeat, heat energy cannot be destroyed, only transferred, firstly to the air.

[@martinjdesmond]

One cannot underestimate the short term thinking of most Americans who have very easy access to air conditioning

[@gimpee8113]

tat is our life now, air con or heater all year round. why we can't just take slight discomfort.

[@liberatedentrepreneur149]

​@@gimpee8113 Lead the way

[@annieb66]

And there are people heading to Death Valley to get a picture next to the digital thermometer at 130 degrees F. Some day they might think it as funny.

[@triarb5790]

​@@annieb66 With no hats on, and skin uncovered.

[@triarb5790]

​@@NonybusinessxxxxxxSolar panels power my lights, hot water and air con, heating not needed where I live. 😊

[@mathieuvanleeuwen7127]

There's NOTHING we can do to stop this.

[@leopardscarf]

Love you, Amy. You're the only news source that leaves me informed but not freaked out and upset. You don't try to manipulate others. Thank you!

[@peace1170]

Agree 💯. I trust this source completely!

[@michaelducote2509]

Love Amy, but can't forget The Majority Report with Sam Seder, so there's 2 sources. lol

[@brentbeacham9691]

I’m pretty freaked out.

[@gnlout7403]

apparently you havent gotten to the innocence project/julius jones/central park five interviews yet

[@Seekthetruth3000]

Manipulation is all she does in favor of the left.

[@niradnagrom2356]

Thank you Amy and your team; and Jeff. Terribly important/urgent information!

[@spazmonkey3815]

It's summer it's supposed to be hot.There is no climate crises.If anything there is a chemical and plastic crises but no one talks about that.Jeff Goodell is a fool and Rolling Stone which used to be a great publication is a rag.

[@John-nz6jb]

Lol. Donate zionists. Talking is cheap.

[@davidspann600]

I am calling FAKE NEWS!!, and this is the faux outrage when the media lies and does not tell you the correct story...This media is political...not real. I live in Texas, I have actually read the bill that passed. It says nothing about work regulations. This piece of regulation concerned cities overstepping their constitutional mandate. Read and do not listen to these propogandists

[@MikeBarbarossa]

Oops! Simple search of Google shows 9 times more people die worldwide of cold weather than hot

[@williamswan9114]

I lived in Southern Arizona in the 60s, used to hit 114th 120 degrees and they had what was ground temperature the radiant heat within the first 10 to 12 ft which can climb 10 to 20 degrees hotter actual temperature not feel like, it's called Summer

[@theredbat5323]

Ok dunning Kruger

[@superchuck3259]

@@theredbat5323 Nahh, summers are cold and winters are warm. We are all dumb and you are smart....

[@dsddala467]

I was a wildland firefighter for 12 years, resigning favorably from a Captain's position. Your organs will fail before your tissue breaks down. **The biggest symptom, in going from heat exhaustion to heat stroke (which is life threatening) is that you have been sweating like a horse all day, and then in some of the hottest weather--YOU STOP SWEATING. You may also feel dizzy, nauseous, or weak. If you don't get out of the heat, strip off some layers if you are wearing a lot of clothes, and start getting some ROOM TEMP water in you, you are at great risk of suffering a heart attack, stroke or death. Do NOT drink ice water when you are critical---your body has to heat it to metabolize it, so it takes longer for body to absorb it in your stomach. Room temp or even warm-ish (body temp) water will be absorbed fastest. And no, gatoraid is not a substitute for water. It's hard for liver to process, especially in the concentration at which its sold. Drink one small bottle to one quart of water. Double the water you drink with it or dilute it with 1:2---1 part sports drink to 2 parts water. And it only takes 1 small bottle. The rest should be water. Watermelon and most melons are natural electrolyte replacements. Another thing to understand: Your body absorbs water slower than it sweats it out. So even if you are fully hydrated on day 1 of your outdoor work week, and sweat a lot at work on Day 1, you will start off on Day 2 more dehydrated--even if you drink a gallon or more of water in the evening on day 1. It takes 24 to 48 for your body to fully absorb all the water you sweat out in day 1. See how by day 4 or 5 of a hot work week will put you more at risk? You simply cannot absorb water fast enough to replace what you sweat out in an 8 hour work day in high heat. But here is one factor that impacts all this: Your cardiovascular fitness is linked to the efficiency of your body to cool itself. So if you are out of cadio shape you are more at risk of heat illness. It's one of many reasons wildland firefighters spend 2 hours each work day they are not on fires, doing very challenging workouts which involve running miles, up to 10 miles, with lots of steep hills and at high elevation, and doing death march hiking a lot. Their cardio fitness protects them from heat illness.

[@zackr9070]

We haven’t done “nothing” - we are exarcebating the problem to a very dangerous and irreversible level. There is no political will and the economic forces are pushing us to the precipice. I am not hopeful at all and we will witness a loss of all forms of lives at a horrendous scale. We need to mobilise now before it is too late

[@horayshyt]

The hottest known temperature in Africa is 55C (131F), recorded in Kebili, Tunisia in 1931

[@JosephNordenbrockartistraction]

In my youth I'd boast to my buddies how I worked some hot jobs and did not quit. I'm at a good age now living past 60 and I'm no longer so sure I'll adapt to much hotter hot days outdoors in the near future. I'll have to listen to an air conditioner at all times and not being able to go play outside is not like you're living on a planet no more. It's living in a box.

[@murielodette2995]

but an air conditioner does not remain on all through the year,,So?

[@donaldbingham8990]

I mowed my yard last week and before I realized it I had heat exhaustion and would likely have had a stroke if I had not stopped when I did. I did not realize how bad it was until after I stopped working.

[@noklarok]

stay safe bro

[@jamesflake6601]

Get out every day and acclimate!

[@Livetoeat171]

I guess lesson learned? Check the forecast before you go out and decide to do your mowing in the early morning hours before it hits 90 to 100.

[@bobcobb7992]

Love the fact that book this writing grifter apparently didn't realize that walking 10 blocks in the mid summer Phoenix heat might cause some problems.

[@IsabelOrtiz-h5y]

​@@jamesflake6601❤❤❤❤

[@kristalkristal2506]

Ok, dear Amy Goodman, I have to point this out. "Three continents" then "the United States, Europe and Asia". The United States is not a continent. And we, in Canada, who also reside on the continent of North America, are also experiencing an unprecedented heat wave. Mexico is experiencing it, too. I know that you mean well, but it's funny how that US cultural imperialism still wiggles its way in. I know that you are sort of soaking in it, in the US, so it's hard to not be affected by it.

[@Praisethesunson]

Canada is just Northern Murica and Mexico is just South Murica. So they are included. Also how dare you say Murican propaganda means well.

[@stevetemple8826]

Anyone notice these extreme temperatures are reported from " notoriously hot climates "? When we get reports like this from Alaska, Greenland, Antarctica etc etc then I'll get worried.

[@shirlp6046]

At last someone commenting with some commonsense on this subject.

[@elgorrion52]

The permafrost is melting up there, which is releasing tons of methane from decomposing previously frozen plants. Methane is 60 times worse for trapping heat than CO2

[@jeniferallan6693]

Spot on. Listen to her words at the beginning. It's bloody doom mongering.

[@superchuck3259]

@@elgorrion52 Farts last a few years at best before the atmosphere burns up the CH4

[@amarissimus29]

Didn't you pay attention? Spain looks like the sun! The sun!!! Stop laughing! I'm serious, I swear it. Stop laughing!!!! Dooooooom. A pox on you humans!

[@chewonthis...]

I remember when BLM meant Bureau of land management. Back before our nation became so DILUTED...WE'RE SO WATERED DOWN NOW! It's a real shame.

[@TheEmmef]

It's not only alarming, it's criminal.

[@davidspann600]

and this is the faux outrage when the media lies and does not tell you the correct story...This media is political...not real. I live in Texas, I have actually read the bill that passed. It says nothing about work regulations. This piece of regulation concerned cities overstepping their constitutional mandate. Read and do not listen to these propogandists

[@williamobryan682]

What's alarming about criminal behavior in the US ? AS COMMON AS GREED .

[@BillAnderson-g7e]

what are you talking about??? back away from the cool-aid and nevr listen to this guy again. He is a propogandist. I read the law and supported it. Read the law, is mostly an administrative law. Some cities in Texas had begun to attempt to take the powers of the state. The state of Texas reminded cities of the exstent of their responsibilities. It has nothing to do with water. If you actually beleive what this man says, you are foolish

[@DuanTorruellas]

​@williamobryan682 I'm glad someone is awake and unplugged from the matrix . Yes , follow the white rabbit and it will lead you to the money every time.

[@anitahood196]

Mega scare mongering is criminal. Much worse than shouting fire ina theatre.

[@mcmxli-by1tj]

Hey, Arizona. Do you remember the guy who said that climate change was a "Chinese hoax?" You voted for him.

[@iamdone7094]

actually this summer in phx was very mild. And btw we have official records going back 100 years. Its no hotter now then it was 100 years ago. look it up

[@dipthongthathongthongthong9691]

@@iamdone7094 PHX breaking its temperature record can't be characterized as a mild summer.

[@MinusEighty]

It was hotter in the 1930's

[@iamdone7094]

@@dipthongthathongthongthong9691 what record? it gets 110+ degrees EVERY YEAR in phx.

[@sderoski1]

@@MinusEighty God will bring us all the truth soon - death by heat, starvation, massive migrations and chaos, God's justice for sinners like you and me, but you go ahead and keep denying, it is your soul to lie with if you choose.

[@jayleeper1512]

Business owners that have a worker die from a heat related illness in Texas should be charged with premeditated murder. Then the Texas death penalty applied.

[@andreah6379]

And those sociopathic politicians that actually take taxpayer money to pass a depraved, coldblooded bill, what should be their penalty, besides kicking their lousy butts to the curb??

[@ddhqj2023]

@@andreah6379 Co-defendents?

[@beachboy13600]

You must be from texas

[@CyberspacedLoner]

they are bribed to do so by sociopathic billionaires

[@infidelheretic923]

Maybe not premeditated murder. But certainly negligent manslaughter.

[@zentierra7803]

The people of Texas need to initiate a *recall* of "governor" Greg Abbott. He is unfit to hold office and is a disgrace of a human being. Also, this murderous law needs to be vigorously challenged in court...even all the way to our (yes, I know, horribly corrupt) Supreme Court. I wonder what would happen if ALL the people who work in these challenging and *vital* outdoor jobs went on a simultaneous strike. No water breaks you say? Fine, YOU finish the job. * insert collective middle finger salute here *

[@Bryt25]

We won't discuss 70 years of US geo-engineering will we...

[@ginakelley749]

Go figure, that's not the "science" to be questioned, is it!

[@zanon3clisis378]

psst... it is summer in the north

[@junktex]

The sheep buy into all of the globalist official narratives as US wars and 911 proved.

[@junktex]

@@zanon3clisis378 Funny how many of the Canadian fires started all at the same time

[@zanon3clisis378]

@@junktex that is why the heat will kill you Controlled heat

[@goverlord]

worst part is, this is probably going to fuel a terribly cold winter just in time for a huge amount of people who will be evicted from their homes

[@robertstanley1857]

How does a hot summer fuel a cold winter?

[@Mitchell_is_smart._You2bs_dumb]

​@@robertstanley1857 obviously, because the complaints about using ground temperature will be heard just in time to start taking air temperature in the cooler months. so look forward to readings from the upper stratosphere.

[@redbrexit2912]

Don't worry, they rely on solar power and wind in the winter which means they'll die from cold, because guess what? There not sunny in the winter and not that windy. Oil is what brought us civilisation and improved the standard of living. Unreliable renewables are going to set us in a massive drop in living standards and a massive increase in death from lack of heating or AC

[@goverlord]

@@robertstanley1857 the hot waters in the Pacific and the Gulf are releasing huge amounts of water into the atmosphere through evaporation. This causes massive cloud cover which causes additional precipitation (like the floods going on right now) and snowfall in the winter. The reflectivity of the clouds and the snow causes more solar radiation to be reflected back into space. This causes an expanding effect southward, pulling the cold air from the north, which causes more clouds and snow, which pulls the effect even further south. Like Snowmageddon in 2021. Historically, El Nino's bring cold winters. 1998, 2011, 2016, so, yeah. Gonna be bad for anybody who's homeless

[@robertstanley1857]

Really cold winters are part of global warming?

[@carlhockl8413]

Getting hot in the summer , who would have thought.

[@brandonduarte6757]

It's man bear pig!

[@AintSkeerdNWO]

So- if you KNOW that there are unprecedented heat waves this year and you STILL choose to vacation somewhere near the heat zones- I have a hard time feeling sorry for you….

[@carltaylor4942]

Watching this in 43 C heat in the south of Spain. That's 109.4 F. No clouds and the breeze is like a gigantic hair-drier on at full heat. This is getting to be dangerous.

[@KohalaLover]

Brutal and tragic.

[@justinpaglino7491]

I read it reached 60C, 140F in Spain

[@infidelheretic923]

I hope you guys have air conditioning.

[@AndrashSpooshkash]

Getting to be dangerous ?

[@LiLBitsDK]

@@justinpaglino7491 the highest temp ever recorded in Spain is like 45,9C (114,6F) you don't meassure temp in the sun, but in the shade...

[@michaelwoehl8822]

THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING.

[@hello89940]

Of the end

[@Adam-kf6lr]

Of the start!

[@paxwallace8324]

Our agricultural ability to produce food will be seriously reduced by this very heat wave.

[@paulas_lens]

Phoenix area STILL has so many acres of alfalfa being grown! Insane!

[@paxwallace8324]

@@paulas_lens you'll see

[@iamdone7094]

@@paxwallace8324 EVERY summer in phx it gets over 110 degrees.

[@JohnMBrown-lg7mg]

I grew up on a farm and lived on one most of my 66 years, the only thing that will harm plants in a heat wave is lack of water. If it gets to where the heat actually harms the plants you will have died before that. This is just a heat wave, we have them every summer.

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

I tried to check out his book at the library today. There are 7 patrons ahead of me on the wait list.

[@zinneagutz1497]

I don't understand how the USA doesn't have a plan to reforest areas, a program to plant trees along riverbanks and on parts of farms. Green areas are also essential in subtropical regions.

[@travelwithtony5767]

“He walked for ten blocks in the middle of the summer in Phoenix, a city that is in the middle of a desert and almost passed out from the heat”…. Will go down as one of the most hilariously ridiculous opening monologues in podcast history.

[@Elaiyel]

@DemocracyNow: Thank you so very much. This was so highly informative and life saving. Democracy Now is far better than the mainstream media!

[@tmnt10000]

How is leftist propaganda better

[@Seekthetruth3000]

They are spreading climate alarmism.

[@agravery223]

​@@tmnt10000 I didn't realize talking about climate change was propaganda. I guess all these heatwaves and more instances of extreme weather are all a hoax!!! 😂

[@nh6central]

It’s total rubbish 😂

[@Elaiyel]

@@nh6central What is total rubbish?

[@donaldduck7531]

All of asudfen im a fan of Rolling Stone magazine. Well said Jeff

[@morenofranco9235]

Thanks, Amy, for getting Jeff Godell on your show. I fear that right now we are on a picnic. Wait until next year, and the years that follow.

[@whygohome172]

IF WE HAVE THAT LONG

[@williamobryan682]

We might as well go die out on the golf links

[@ianmcgowan4347]

​@@williamobryan682 You on the links, me on my Harley 😅😅 No way out of this shit show, spend it while you still can!!!

[@shirleyandrews1152]

Yep😢😢😢

[@benvandusen8112]

The fun fact that I heard from scientists who study Antarctica is that this severe heat since late June--has nothing to do with El Nino. The El Nino heating will kick in later, on top of whatever is happening now. Data from the Antarctic (sea ice formation, it is winter there now) and the world wide heat dome temperatures, when you see them plotted against all previous years--look like an aerial view of a train derailment they are so far away from the well-worn path made by the previous year's data. The wheels came off this month.

[@Tonsirton]

Nature Is Not Greedy, But Humans Are, There Is No Place For Greed In Nature!!!

[@sderoski1]

Nature will restore balance, one way or another, and nature has done this before, but the suffering... just makes me stop and pray for justice to come to those most responsible

[@Tonsirton]

I Will Give You Until That Rain, Leaves The Station...

[@Tsayoga]

I suffered heat exhaustion & ultimately heat stroke in my 20’s while working road construction around GA/AL. Within 10 yrs of that incident & coincidentally during a rare heatwave where I live I experienced an ischemic stroke.Over 20 yrs on & I’ve never recovered from that initial heat emergency & I know that I never will. I am extremely sensitive to heat now in a way I wasn’t prior to the GA/AL heat stroke events. I’ve even spent about 14 weeks summer to Fall in the south central Missouri Ozarks beforehand & fared just fine. After my heat stroke though, heat is a no go and humidity w/heat is like breathing soup. This summer (and it’s not actually summer yet yikes) has been rough in the PNW w/the unusually high heat we’re having. It’s wrecking me personally. It’s much hotter longer in the PNW than at the turn of the century.

[@JulithaRyan]

That is terrible, how awful - we here in Australia are currently in winter and I'm frankly terrified of the coming summer. Take care and stay cool however you can!

[@billweir8824]

What is pnw?

[@angelatrebor8681]

@@billweir8824 Pacific North West.. such as Oregon and/or Washington State, U.S.A.

[@Frank-fg4jx]

Here in Sweden we have a cold rainy summer

[@larryz3985]

In your 20s? So how old are you now? So it weather has always been hot? Nothing new smh..lol

[@leofeliz1355]

Calculate Tipping points heat increase in Celsius in the next 5 to 20 years: Artic Sea Ice Loss:: 2 Degrees, Methane Burst in the Permafrost: an immediate 0.6 Degress, Coral Reef Die, AMOC halts: Southern Latitudes heat increase 4 degrees, Greenland Ice sheet collapse 2 degrees, Death of the Amazon Rain forest 2-4 degrees, Multiple Antarctica Ice Sheet Collapse 4 degrees. There are 61 more Tipping points not mentioned happening simultaneously. Also calculate, the Green House gases from underwater Volcanoes, Water evaporation worldwide. Multiple El Nino due to come in every 3 or 4 years. Oh and yes burning of Fossil fuels. By the Way to make the Electric Cars you need Coal to run the Factories. There is already 2 degrees cooked into the Atmosphere and we should expect ongoing thermal wars. The Rich the government prefer for Civilization to disappear than part with there money and status. Love one another and be compassionate.

[@richardhertz1989]

Too late for mitigation of this heat problem , we’ll be extinct in a short time .

[@pascalblackmore8098]

Real talk right here. Ohmy

[@ili626]

Exxon knew what they were doing. We need to fine them like we did Big Tobacco and use that money to fund climate policies

[@lunalinguine]

Fine them? They should be imprisoned for life. Do you know how many deaths they have already knowingly, intentionally caused? They are criminals.

[@ili626]

@@lunalinguine You’re right

[@dmotley922]

But half of the idiots in the country actively deny and refute climate change to this day 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@rocioaguilera3555]

Fifty four centigrades it's incredible. I can't even imagine that temperature. Climate change is very real. I'm going to read his book 😢

[@diffened]

Gee, just this past Friday, republicans in the house were saying that it is just a left wing agenda.

[@iamdone7094]

you will find the book in the fiction section

[@rocioaguilera3555]

@@iamdone7094 You think that you're knowledgeable, but you're an ignorant

[@Chisel_Chest]

Summary: Earth is getting too hot thanks to mankind. Some care about money too much to effectively stop global warming.

[@Ggt-c9b]

It’s not climate change my gosh people wake up!! It’s the sun and geomagnetic excursions and we can’t do anything about it

[@artsolomon202]

I really don't know what you are talking about but its raining here for 3 weeks with another week coming, and its only 20 celcius, so not here in this part of europe.

[@thedivinemissm7795]

They need to wheel that creep Abbot out in the sun, disable his wheelchair and tell him he gets to work in the sun with no heat breaks and see if that garbage survives...

[@diffened]

He doesn't have to work, just sit there. He is a sick person.

[@KohalaLover]

A man, like all GOP politicians, that sits in an air conditioned office or building, then goes home to his ice cold home.

[@alienpov]

Why not just stuff him in a pizza oven ? This should make you happy.