SUPPORT FRONTLINE WORKERS AFFECTED BY CLIMATE CHANGE – HCR 203

Beyond Toxics supports this declaration of legislative intent to address risk to workers due to climate change impacts and climate hazards. As the climate crisis worsens, related hazards disproportionately impact outdoor frontline workers who are overwhelmingly from immigrant communities, low-income communities and communities of color that historically and presently experience the brunt of health, economic and ecological impacts. The State must acknowledge the hazards frontline workers face and protect those workers who are disproportionately impacted by the increase in extreme weather conditions due to climate change.