An innovative regulatory system has not only stopped the overfishing of red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico but made allies of commercial fishermen and environmentalists. ...more

January 12, 2008

If the process goes as Progress Energy hopes it will, a new nuclear power plant in Levy County will come online in 2016. ...more

January 10, 2008

On the whole, Americans want their politicians to hew to the political center and govern with a healthy dose of pragmatism. Yet we live in the most bitterly partisan era in memory, when the dominant voices in both parties are more ideological and less willing to compromise, and the politics they practice too often is a mean-spirited, take-no-prisoners enterprise. ...more

December 31, 2007

It's not too early to start thinking about next Christmas, and some Pasco County government officials and environmentalists are. They're eyeing the 12,500-acre Cross Bar Ranch in the central part of the county, east of U.S. 41 and north of State Road 52, for preservation and continued public ownership. ...more

December 26, 2007

It used to be simple: Grab a bottle of water and go. Once seen as the hallmark of healthy living, bottled water is facing a backlash from environmentalists who worry about all those discarded plastic containers, more than 80 percent of which end up in landfills and incinerators. Then there's the practical argument: Why pay for something that flows freely from the faucet? ...more

December 19, 2007

The United States insisted Wednesday that it has been taking steps to tackle rising temperatures and that many of its actions to promote energy efficiency and switch to cleaner technologies have been going unnoticed by the rest of the world. ...more

December 13, 2007

The United States will come up with its plan to cut global-warming gases by mid-2008, and won't commit to mandatory caps at the United Nations' climate conference here, the chief U.S. negotiator said Saturday. ...more

December 9, 2007

Environmentalists were successful Thursday in persuading the Hillsborough County Commission to postpone passage of new wetlands regulations that they say would make it too easy for farmers to destroy small wetlands. ...more

November 16, 2007

I read these letters complaining about the high cost of gasoline. People condemn the oil companies and refiners. However, their raw material cost is high to begin with (whatever the market is bringing) and refining it into gasoline is not cost free. On the other hand, this country sits on enough oil to sustain it for a century or more. Why don't we use it? Well, the environmentalists ban drilling for it in the far northern, frozen, uninhabitable area of Alaska's north shore. The state of Forida bans drilling in the Gulf, as it might damage their beaches. There is a price for everything, and in my view, the high price of gasoline is the price we pay for satisfying the objectors. ...more

November 16, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - Nine years after Pasco County officials submitted their application for the Ridge Road extension, residents and concerned government agencies are facing a deadline to weigh in on the project. ...more

November 3, 2007