Biden Calls Climate Skeptics ‘Stupid,’ Touts Worker Protections

President Joe Biden touted measures to better protect communities from extreme weather, including plans to impose the first-ever federal standards to shield US workers from heat stress.

“Ignoring climate change is deadly and dangerous and irresponsible,” Biden said Tuesday following a briefing on extreme weather at the DC Emergency Operations Center. “These climate-fueled extreme weather events don’t just affect people’s lives. They also cost money, they hurt the economy.”

The US is facing record-high temperatures, as climate change intensifies the risk of extreme heat for America’s workforce.

The Labor Department proposal on heat-stress protections, released Tuesday, could mean more ...