When General Motors Corp. pulls the cover off a new supercharged version of the Corvette at the Detroit auto show next month, it will unveil a performance car designed to rival or better even the fastest, most expensive exotic cars from Europe. ...more

December 26, 2007

Nearly a year after Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio pledged to reduce greenhouse gases and conserve energy, little of significance has been done. ...more

December 22, 2007

Global warming is destroying species, raising sea levels and threatening millions of poor people, the United Nations' top scientific panel is expected to say in a report today that U.N. officials hope will help mobilize the world to take tougher actions on climate change. ...more

November 17, 2007

In one week, Southern California's wildfires spewed as much carbon dioxide - the primary global warming gas - as the state's power plants and vehicles do in a week, scientists say. ...more

November 1, 2007

Often, regulation can have unintended consequences, and we can already see evidence of a negative outcome from Florida's new climate change policies. Tampa Electric Co.'s recent decision to scrap a proposed coal gasification power plant in response to Florida's new greenhouse gas policies actually represents a significant step backward in the fight to reduce global greenhouse gases. ...more

October 22, 2007

Tampa Electric Co. said today that it has dropped plans to build a $2 billion coal gasification plant in Polk County, citing regulatory uncertainty and potentially high costs for equipment to lower carbon dioxide emissions. ...more

October 4, 2007

Pushing politics aside, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist and former Democratic President Clinton took the stage together to announce that Florida Power & Light will build a solar power plant in Florida as part of a $2.4 billion clean energy program. ...more

September 27, 2007