Jessica Meszaros
Anchor and Reporter at WUSF-FM (Tampa, FL)
Climate change reporter and host for @WUSF, @NPR for the Tampa Bay area. (she/her) Retweets are not endorsements.
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2 weeks ago |
wusf.org | Jessica Meszaros
Two textbook authors told the Orlando Sentinel last summer that some references to "climate change" in their science books must be removed before being accepted for use in Florida's public schools.
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3 weeks ago |
wusf.org | Jessica Meszaros
If you own an electric vehicle and you get into an accident, you may soon get charged three times more to store it, according to state legislation that was just approved by the Florida House on Wednesday. Rep. Danny Nix, R-Sarasota, is the sponsor for HB 577. It allows municipalities to charge up to three times the daily rate for storage of electric vehicles that have been involved in an accidents.
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3 weeks ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Jessica Meszaros
Between 2021 and 2023 Florida wasn't at the bottom of the air quality list compared to other states, but it also wasn't at the top. "Broadly across Florida, I think air quality is still unhealthy," Lyerly said. "We didn't see a ton of change in Florida. We saw some counties that did have improved rankings, but the number of unhealthy days was the same." Only 35 of Florida's 67 counties submit air quality reports to the federal government, so the overall state data is incomplete.
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3 weeks ago |
wusf.org | Jessica Meszaros
The air you're breathing outside is considered unhealthy, but the good news is: it hasn't gotten worse over the past few years, according to a Florida air quality report released Wednesday. The American Lung Association uses local data that municipalities voluntarily send to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to release its 26th annual State of the Air Report.
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3 weeks ago |
wusf.org | Jessica Meszaros
Those Florida-grown strawberries you love so much in your smoothie or cereal have been under attack in recent years by a pesky invasive insect, but researchers have been workshopping solutions. Chilli thrips are really small insects, barely visible to the naked eye, from Southeast Asia that leave dead tissue behind wherever they feed.
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