DoomsdaysCW<p>Outdoor work in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthernEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthernEurope</span></a>’s tourist hot spots is becoming hellish</p><p> By JOSEPH WILSON, DEREK GATOPOULOS and TRISHA THOMAS<br>Updated 5:21 AM EDT, July 24, 2025</p><p>"Cruel heat is baking southern Europe as the continent slips deeper into summer.</p><p>"In homes and offices, air conditioning is sweet relief. But under the scorching sun, outdoor labor can be grueling, brutal, occasionally even deadly. </p><p>"A street sweeper died in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Barcelona</span></a> during a heat wave last month and, according to a labor union, 12 other city cleaners have suffered heatstroke since. Some of Europe’s powerful unions are pushing for tougher regulations to protect the aging workforce from climate change on the world’s fastest-warming continent."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/heat-deaths-southern-europe-climate-workers-5f112ba0d5276c547e7565d4c3e4655a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/heat-deaths</span><span class="invisible">-southern-europe-climate-workers-5f112ba0d5276c547e7565d4c3e4655a</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Heatwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Heatwave</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiary</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateDiarySouthernEurope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateDiarySouthernEurope</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreeceWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreeceWx</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SpainWx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpainWx</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChangeIsReal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChangeIsReal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ExtremeHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExtremeHeat</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalBurning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalBurning</span></a></p>