Steve Newborn
Steve Newborn is WUSF's assistant news director as well as a reporter and producer at WUSF covering environmental issues and politics in the Tampa Bay area.
He’s been with WUSF since 2001, and has covered events such as President George W. Bush’s speech in Sarasota as the Sept. 11 attacks unfolded; the ongoing drama over whether the feeding tube should be removed from Terri Schiavo; the arrest and terrorism trial of USF professor Sami Al-Arian; how the BP Deepwater Horizon spill affected Florida; and he followed the Florida Wildlife Corridor Expedition through the state - twice.
Before joining WUSF, he covered environmental and Polk County news for the Tampa Tribune and worked for NASA at the Kennedy Space Center during the early days of the space shuttle.
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A rewording of the Endangered Species Act is being proposed by the Trump administration. The proposed rollback would eliminate the definition of "harm" that includes habitat destruction. -
Researchers hope the study can eventually find a way to predict when blooms will occur, and how to reduce their effects on beach life. -
Florida's manatees will likely remain a threatened species. Federal environmental regulators won't recommended increasing their protections as an endangered species. -
Protections on ship speeds in the Gulf were removed by the Trump administration in areas where the endangered Rice's whale is known to breed. -
Peltier was sentenced to life imprisonment for his role in the slayings of two FBI agents in 1975. He arrived home in North Dakota after he was released from a federal penitentiary in Florida. -
A year ago, Gov. Ron DeSantis was flying high with a presidential hopes. But this week's special session has revealed fissures between him and a previously pliant Legislature. -
The proposed rule would keep the Florida manatee as a threatened species, continuing its status since being delisted as endangered in 2017. A public hearing is set for Feb. 26. -
Stephannie Kettle, with the Florida office of the nonprofit environmental group Healthy Gulf, said there would be too much at stake for the state's beaches and sports fishing. -
Like most Florida residents these days, manatees may not be native to the Sunshine State. A recent study shows the sea cows' arrival may have been fueled by global warming. -
The federal Environmental Protection Agency Friday approved a test project using a toxic byproduct of phosphate mining for road beds. -
The on-again, off-again quest to build a new baseball stadium as part of the massive Historic Gas Plant redevelopment is now in the hands of Pinellas County commissioners. -
A new study says Florida will be tops in the nation in the number of new solar panels by 2028.
