Cannabis companies from Northern California to South Florida will continue confronting operational challenges this week, as severe weather taxes power grids while parts of the Northeast struggle to recover from historic flooding.
Millions across the country face excessive heat warnings, while Canadian wildfire smoke is once again descending on the Midwest, the Great Lakes region and the Northeast.
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The convergence of severe, weather-related events across the country underscores how climate change is causing upheaval for individuals and businesses alike – cannabis operators included.
For example, blistering temperatures in the southern U.S. and California’s famed Emerald Triangle have prompted cultivators to enact emergency measures including shading plants, easing energy consumption during peak hours and asking staff to work night shifts.
In Massachusetts, Mayflower Medicinals, a vertically integrated cannabis company, shuttered its Boston retail outlet for two days earlier this month after the air-conditioning system broke under the
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