ISG Faculty, Nicholas Shapiro & Bharat Venkat, pen article for the LA Times: California will finally have indoor heat standards for workplaces — with a cruel exception

ISG Faculty, Nicholas Shapiro and Bharat Venkat, co-author an opinon piece for the LA Times: “California will finally have indoor heat standards for workplaces — with a cruel exception”.

Excerpt:

“A state board recently voted unanimously to create long-awaited indoor heat standards for California workers. After a final legal review, that will mean protections for millions of people with jobs in warehouses, kitchens and other workplaces that are getting dangerously hot as the climate warms. The board made one glaring exception, however — for prisons and jails.”

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