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Project: New Rule Would Require Employers to Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Illness
This story was produced as a project for the 2018 Impact Fund.
Project: Sweltering in nursing home, 95-year-old succumbs to heat, as climate endangers most vulnerable
A deadly and growing threat to nursing home patients remains overlooked: extreme heat.
Project: How Hot Was It In California Homes Last Summer? Really Hot. Here's the Data
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism....
Project: Investigation Finds Home Can Be the Most Dangerous Place in a Heat Wave
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism. 
Project: Extreme Heat Killed 14 People in the Bay Area Last Year. 11 Takeaways From Our Investigation
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
Project: Even in San Francisco, Heat Is Turning Deadly. That's Not Something Colleen Loughman Expected.
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
Project: In Poor Neighborhoods, Add Rising Seas to List of Housing Woes
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism.
Lesson: As urban heat takes a rising toll on people’s health, a reporter strives to document the problem
Climate change is making the problem of urban heat a growing health risk. But reporting on the scope of the problem is full of challenges, as Molly Peterson explains.
Project: It's getting (dangerously) hot in Herre
As part of a Code Switch broadcast about climate change, fellow Molly Peterson reports from the most sweltering part of Los Angeles.
Project: Being outside can be dangerous, especially at school
Some Southern California students spend their days in air conditioning, but others are not so lucky even as temperatures reach over 100 degrees. And those hot classrooms can impact kids' ability to learn.

Molly Peterson's Blog
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Heat is putting a hurt on vulnerable Californians, but it’s a tough story to tell
"The biggest thing I learned about people who were reluctant to talk: Emotion affects how people... more »
posted 12/26/18
What can we do to combat the deadly effects of rising temps?
Thanks to climate change, the health hazard posed by extreme heat is growing. And practical... more »
posted 07/09/18
Exploring what a hotter Los Angeles means for health
Record temperatures aren’t just threatening cracks in distant polar ice — they’re raising... more »
posted 03/02/17

Molly Peterson's Work
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Project: New Rule Would Require Employers to Protect Indoor Workers From Heat Illness
This story was produced as a project for the 2018 Impact Fund.
Project: Sweltering in nursing home, 95-year-old succumbs to heat, as climate endangers most vulnerable
A deadly and growing threat to nursing home patients remains overlooked: extreme heat.
Project: How Hot Was It In California Homes Last Summer? Really Hot. Here's the Data
Molly is one of the recipients of the 2018 Impact Fund, a program of USC Annenberg's Center for Health Journalism....