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January 2, 20242 min readOSHA says the U.S. Postal Service failed to teach mail carriers about heat safetyBy Ariel Wittenberg & E&E NewsA postal worker delivers mail and packages in downtown Santa Fe New Mexico. CLIMATEWIRE | Federal regulators are fining the U.S. Postal Service over its failure to protect workers from heat after a letter carrier died of heat stroke in Dallas this past June.Eugene Gates collapsed while delivering mail on June 20, a day when the National Weather Service had issued an excessive heat…

A sweltering mid-June day with temperatures topping 100 degrees spurred one of the largest livestock die-offs in recent Kansas history, killing about 2,000 cattle. Twice that many cattle perished in fierce 2011 Iowa heat, with thousands more dying in neighboring states. And a July 1995 heat wave took a similar toll in the Farm Belt. Heat stress reduces cows' appetite, fertility and milk production. It also suppresses their immune systems. And that is likely to happen more often as the climate warms, particularly in the…