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In triple-digit temperatures, drinking water frequently and resting in the shade are minimum safety measures for avoiding injuries and deaths. But they are not applied to every job site.

Tags: Texas News, Texas heat, climate change, heat deaths, heat risks to workers, Death Star bill, Gov. Greg Abbott

Upwards of 20,000 adult deaths in the U.S. from 2008 to 2017 were linked to extreme heat.

Tags: Texas News, News Features, Bad Takes, Climate change, San Antonio, Texas, worker deaths, Texas water breaks, Gov. greg Abbott, Death Star Bill

Deaths due to extreme heat in the Lone Star State reached a two-decade high last year, with pets and people keeling over by the hundreds.

Tags: Texas News, Bad Takes, Texas legislature, Texas oil and gas industry, climate change, renewable energy, Greg Abbott

The report appears to contradict energy industry claims that reining in emissions will kill jobs.

Tags: San Antonio News, Texas News, Texas Oil and Gas News, The Texas Climate Jobs Project, Climate Change, AFL-CIO, Environmental News

Experts say local governments should prioritize extreme weather preparedness. Cost can be a deterring factor.

Tags: Texas News, Texas winter storm, Texas power outages, Winter Storm Uri, Texas Freeze, Texas local governments, Texas utilities, climate change

'First gas stoves, then your coffee, now they're gunning for your Xbox,' Cruz tweeted, even though no one is threatening to take away people's gaming consoles.

Tags: Texas News, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, Xbox, energy saving, climate change, gas stoves, Texas politics, U.S. Senate, woke, partisan politics, The Blaze, gaming, Microsoft