Protecting the environment is a noble cause, although the consequences can be costly. ...more

May 13, 2008

I've wondered a lot about the fact that the political class in this country is so obtuse. Here's more evidence: ...more

May 6, 2008

In a generally ignorant anti-environmentalist screed, your guest columnist, Colin Flaherty, blames environmentalists for problems that are really caused by markets. ...more

May 2, 2008

Sheriff's deputies got involved after protesters blocked the entrance to a Palm Beach County power plant Monday and jammed up traffic for at least a mile. ...more

February 19, 2008

When it comes to fears about a terrorist attack, people in the United States usually focus on Osama bin Laden and foreign-based radical groups. Researchers, however, say domestic extremists who commit violence in the name of their cause - abortion or the environment, for example - account for most of the damage from such incidents in this country. ...more

February 18, 2008

A huge government seizure of illegally cut Amazon lumber shows improved enforcement, environmentalists said Thursday, but they said it would not yet stop destruction of the rain forest. ...more

February 15, 2008

More than 3 million acres in Alaska's Tongass National Forest would be open to logging under a federal plan that supporters think will revive the state's timber industry. ...more

January 26, 2008

Tampa Electric said Thursday that it has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, a milestone that took 10 years and $1.2 billion to achieve. ...more

January 25, 2008

Bromeliads are endlessly fascinating, in part because new ones are always being discovered or created. ...more

January 19, 2008

More water will be conserved and natural vegetation preserved under a stricter county landscaping ordinance approved Tuesday. ...more

January 16, 2008