The majority of K-12 public school students in Austin learn in extreme urban heat zones, according to a new report from Climate Central. The policy-neutral nonprofit says 87 percent of the heat-vulnerable demographic go to class in environments where temperatures can rise dangerously high, well above the national average of 76 percent. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines urban heat zones, or islands, as areas that have a “measurable increase in ambient urban air temperatures,...
