CLIMATE. ‘The farmers don’t want their workers to get sick and drop in the field either, but it’s hard when you have the harvest.’

19 Jul 2024 | 06:58

Last August, Charles Ellis, a 63-year-old construction worker with a heart condition, was using a hammer to unclog corrugated hosing as part of a team excavating and prepping a construction site in Stony Point, N.Y.

Mid-afternoon, as the heat index hovered near 87 degrees, Ellis started showing signs...