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COMMENTARY
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Commentary: Pennsylvania should ban utility shutoffs in extreme summer heat

BY: - August 2, 2023

Headlines around the globe this summer have featured the heat and extreme weather impacting the Northern Hemisphere. Fires, floods, and record setting temperatures have stretched from Europe to North America to China as governments and people try to adjust to what appears to be a new normal for our climate. A growing concern as temperatures […]

COMMENTARY
A man cools off in a fountain.

How hot is too hot for the human body? These Penn State experts explain | Opinion

BY: - July 7, 2022

Our lab found heat + humidity gets dangerous faster than many people realize.