June 2022 – Climate Desk

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Grist

Heat Is Killing US Workers as OSHA Takes Its Sweet Time

A new report calls for an emergency rule to curb employee health risks.

Joseph Lee · June 29, 2022
Guardian

Key Roundup Ingredient Harms Wild Bee Colonies, New Study Shows

Glyphosate weed killers damage the critical ability of bumblebees to regulate nest temperature.

Damian Carrington · June 3, 2022
Guardian

UK Thieves Are Pilfering, and Threatening, Rare Wild Orchids

An "especially selfish act," says one expert, amounting to "mindless vandalism."

Helena Horton · June 1, 2022
High Country News

Imprisoned in a Sauna With No Exit

For the incarcerated, the Northwest’s deadly “heat dome” was pure misery—and it's bound to happen again.

Sarah Sax · June 1, 2022
Guardian

We Can’t Adapt Our Way Out of This Crisis, Says Top Climate Scientist

“People do not understand the magnitude of what is going on.”

Fiona Harvey · June 1, 2022