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Lives, Livelihoods, and the High Cost of Heat

Lives, Livelihoods, and the High Cost of Heat

The Daily vor 3 Jahren

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This summer, unrelenting heat waves have taken a devastating toll
in many parts of the world, putting this year on track to be the
hottest ever recorded.

Coral Davenport, who covers energy and environmental policy for
The Times, and Dana Smith, a reporter for the Well section,
discuss what it means to live in this new normal, an era in which
extreme heat threatens our way of life.

Guest: Coral Davenport, an energy and environmental policy
correspondent for The New York Times.

Dana G. Smith, a reporter for the Well section of The New York
Times.

Background reading:

Heat is costing the U.S. economy billions in lost
productivity.

Here’s what extreme heat does to your body.

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