Why do I get the feeling this is about to become another partisan topic?
Already has. See Florida HB 433. Rights mustn't get in the way of costs and profits.
It already is. A bunch of red states states are denying climate change, forbidding consideration of climate change in zoning and development decisions, removing references from government documents, forbidding it from getting taught in school, etc.
This particular article is probably in reference to Florida recently passing a law saying that employers are not required to give outside workers rest or water breaks in the heat.
Desantis is not human.
Both Florida and Texas were, in the not-very-distant past, within reach of the Democrats and were slept turning bluer. The Republicans in both Florida and Texas know exactly what they're doing: preserving those precious, precious electoral college votes for the Republicans. Anything else is a bonus, a distraction for the left, or both.
Yeah, that is why laws were created to try and counter that.
Then Republicans overturned them in pursuit of evil.
"My grandpa got lung cancer from the asbestos factory and died and he was fine with it. People were tougher back then. Nobody wants to die anymore!"
What a radical take
Duh. But they will, because not having food or shelter sucks.
Don't underestimate the power of the lie that is the American Dream. Even if you have food and shelter, many still think they can overcome late-stage capitalism with sheer effort.
Yup.
Not having money for food or a place to live prevents a whole lot of actions being taken that are appropriate and necessary.
but the Capital god demands
i'm sorry to report this is already a thing in Texas. in a state where dying from heat is a thing.
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/06/16/texas-heat-wave-water-break-construction-workers/
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.