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Kathleen Rest

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This year's Richman Fellow is @PeterFrumhoff, an ecologist who has brought global attention to climate change. His lecture "From Science to Action on Climate Change" will be on March 30 at 4 p.m. in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall. Learn more: brandeis.edu/richmanfellow/
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The crisis in Eastern Europe could become a regional and global humanitarian catastrophe if war erupts in Ukraine. Join us on February 19 for an emergency briefing with a distinguished panel of experts to examine the terrible human cost if diplomacy fails: ippnw.org/no-war
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#Telework and #Resilience: What’s the Missing Element? jordanbarab.com/confinedspac… via @jbarab

Telework and Resilience: What’s the Missing Element? - Confined Space

Telework is becoming more common. It has its pros and cons, its costs and benefits. But is it a resilient way to work?

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Every #Heat illness & death is preventable. It's past time to give #workers the protections they need and have been fighting for year after year. Coldhearted Policies Put People at Risk of Extreme Heat Work Hazards blog.ucsusa.org/alicia-race/… via @ucsusa

Coldhearted Policies Put People at Risk of Extreme Heat Work Hazards

Protect our essential workers.

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Powerful piece on the struggles & goodness of nurses "staring back into the abyss." Grateful to them and other health care workers for all they are doing - and cognizant of the toll it is taking on them #COVID @sciam scientificamerican.com/artic…
Nurses Struggle through a New COVID Wave with Rage and Compassion

Nurses Struggle through a New COVID Wave with Rage and Compassion

A critical care nurse confronts the Omicron surge filling her hospital

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For climate scientists, #DontLookUp "was both like pulling teeth to watch and air-punchingly validating." Read this post and thank you @erikasiegfried. #climatechange blog.ucsusa.org/erika-spange… via @ucsusa
Climate Scientists on 'Don’t Look Up:' It's Infuriating, Soul-Sucking and On-the-Nose

Climate Scientists on 'Don’t Look Up:' It's Infuriating, Soul-Sucking and On-the-Nose

UCS climate scientist reviews "Don't Look Up," an allegory for climate inaction.

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"The Supreme Court’s decision in this case will be of great consequence for front line workers who have no choice but to go to work daily and risk exposure to the virus." #OSHA #COVID19 #SCOTUS washingtonpost.com/outlook/2…

Perspective | The Supreme Court has strict covid rules. Will it let OSHA protect other workers?

The mandate the justices are debating is far less sweeping than the court’s own protocols.

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"OSHA regulations don’t kill jobs, they prevent jobs from killing workers," @DebbieBerkowitz writes. prospect.org/labor/can-osha-…
Can OSHA Keep Workers Safe? The Court Hears the Case Tomorrow. - The American Prospect

Can OSHA Keep Workers Safe? The Court Hears the Case Tomorrow. - The American Prospect

Had OSHA’s standard not been stayed by the most conservative circuit court, the number of COVID cases and deaths would have been reduced.

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Sadly,"workers continue to go to work w/o sufficient legally enforceable protections, & our nation's front line healthcare workers face increasing rates of burnout, illness & death with far less protection than they had a few days ago." #COVID jordanbarab.com/confinedspac… @jbarab

OSHA Pulls Protections As Healthcare Worker Deaths Rise - Confined Space

OSHA withdraws its healthcare worker emergency temporary standard just when burned out, at-risk workers need it most.

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#COP26 ends "with the Earth still on track to blow past that threshold, pushing toward a future of escalating weather crises and irreversible damage to the natural world." washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming

At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming

Exhausted negotiators from nearly 200 nations struck a deal Saturday intended to propel the world toward more urgent climate action, without offering the transformative breakthrough scientists say...

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Perils of Censorship On Full Display in Florida University Fiasco blog.ucsusa.org/kathleen-res… via @ucsusa

Perils of Censorship On Full Display in Florida University Fiasco

The firestorm continues to rage at the University of Florida (UF) over its decision to bar three of its professors from testifying in a voting rights lawsuit.

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