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Florida s Miami-Dade school district to soon have 100 electric buses on the road

Nearly $20 million from the Environmental Protection Agency will cover the costs.

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Miami-Dade s yellow school buses are going green Soon, 100 electric buses will hit the road

By 2026, one in every ten school buses in Miami-Dade will be electric.

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Plant City s summer was record hot What could that mean for strawberries? – Orlando Sentinel

Plant City s summer was record hot What could that mean for strawberries? – Orlando Sentinel
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Plant City s summer was record hot What could that mean for strawberries?

PLANT CITY — Fan blades whirred at the open-air Parkesdale Farm Market on a scorching hot day in September. Co-owner Jim Meeks had installed the large fans this summer to cool customers as they ordered milkshakes flavored with Plant City’s famous strawberries. Smaller fans blew air onto employees working the counter. Meeks sometimes found them seeking more relief in the walk-in freezer. .

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Report: Florida s strawberry growers will have to change with the climate to survive

If Florida’s iconic strawberry industry is going to survive climate change brought on by carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions, those involved must be willing to embrace major changes in how nearly everything is done – and quickly. That’s according to University of Florida agricultural researchers working with the Environmental Defense Fund, who have issued a new report detailing the grave threat global warming is posing to the state’s $400 million strawberry industry

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