The president-elect won't be there, but an Obama buzz will crackle through the conference hall when negotiators gather Monday for a final push toward a sweeping new global warming treaty. ...more

November 30, 2008

As progressive as the city of St. Petersburg is, it's mind-boggling that it is the largest municipality in Florida not offering residents and businesses curbside pickup of recyclable materials. Instead, folks have to load up bottles, jugs and other stuff and take them to collection centers, which is a deterrent to widespread recycling. ...more

October 26, 2008

The world pumped up its pollution of the chief man-made global warming gas last year, setting a course that could push beyond leading scientists' projected worst-case scenario, international researchers said Thursday. ...more

September 26, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. is shopping around for nuclear power, a source of carbon-free energy that will become increasingly valuable should regulators follow through with promises to limit carbon emissions. ...more

August 1, 2008

I was both puzzled and horrified when I listened to Nobel laureate Al Gore blatantly lie about global warming. ...more

July 30, 2008

Faced with record-high gas prices and the November elections, not a day goes by without a politician's pitch to provide consumers with some relief - be it to permit offshore drilling, crack down on speculators, curb inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or grant a gas tax holiday. Yet each of these policies would have a negligible impact on gas prices. ...more

July 27, 2008

The son of retired Lt. Col. Peter W. and Geraldine "Jerri" Garretson of Sun City Center and the grandson of Marion Kundiger of Kings Point was recently presented the 2008 Space Pioneer Award for Space Development. ...more

July 12, 2008

It does get wearisome when the "Blame America" crowd points to the U.S. as the source of everything that is going wrong on the planet – global warming included. ...more

June 28, 2008

It does get wearisome when the 'Blame America' crowd points to the U.S. as the source of everything that is going wrong. ...more

June 26, 2008

A U.N. conference on a new climate change agreement adjourned Friday claiming modest progress, but with delegates concerned that the slow pace posed the risk of failing to complete an accord on time. ...more

June 14, 2008