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Covering climate & environment for the @HoustonChron, tips to rebekah.ward@houstonchronicle.com. Recent: @TimesUnion @France24_es @OCCRP @THECITYNY @Reuters

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As Texas rejects heat safeguards, thousands of workers are getting sick in extreme temperatures

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By Yilun Cheng Verified, Rebekah Ward Verified, Katherine Oung
| Houston Chronicle Verified
On July 22, UPS driver James Francis Edelen III was rounding out his usual delivery route when Houston’s extreme summer heat caught up with him. After nearly 10 hours on the road on the hottest day of Houston’s summer, Edelen’s hands cramped as he made stops at an apartment complex. He struggled to shift gears and grip the steering wheel. Soon his arms and legs were cramping, too, and he felt dizzy and nauseated. James Edelen is photographed in Houston, Friday, Sept. 4, 2026.
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Exclusive: A startup bet on Kalshi that Houston will hit 103 degrees this summer. It hopes to lose. Original

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By Rebekah Ward Verified
| Houston Chronicle Verified
Houston is at the center of a first-of-its-kind deal to protect companies against fallout from the city’s punishing summer heat: a bet that the temperature will hit 103 degrees in August. If it does, risk-management startup Discrete will walk away with $25,000, almost four times what it put into the trade brokered by Houston-based Greenlight Commodities. The company’s leaders think they'll come out ahead, even if they lose the bet.
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Houston heat illness tracker

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By Katherine Oung, Rebekah Ward Verified
| Houston Chronicle Verified
Houston's extreme heat sends thousands of people to the emergency room every year — but the risk isn't spread evenly across the region. Parts of downtown and northeast Houston are seeing much higher rates of heat emergency visits than elsewhere in the area. Many older community members also face an increased likelihood of treatment for heat illness, as do Black residents across most age groups.
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