A battle is heating up between Florida and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over how best to clean up the state's polluted waters. ...more

March 14, 2010

The Sierra Club is again seeking to overturn the federal permit allowing construction of Cypress Creek Town Center. ...more

January 7, 2010

The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center say they expect to hire a builder soon to extend County Road 54 onto their property. ...more

January 7, 2010

Somewhere off the unpaved western end of Chancey Road, near the on-again, off-again stream known as New River, a septic tank is leaking. ...more

December 20, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners should reject a developer's request to build a 30-home project on a slice of land jutting into the Little Manatee River in Ruskin. ...more

April 7, 2009

A zoning hearing master is recommending approval of a rezoning request that would allow eight more houses in an environmentally sensitive area along the Little Manatee River. ...more

March 25, 2009

A developer hoping to add stilt homes to a controversial proposed development on land jutting into the Little Manatee River promises to honor the fragile environment when planning the community. ...more

February 25, 2009

A developer hoping to add more stilt homes to a controversial proposed development on land jutting into the Little Manatee River promised Tuesday night to honor the fragile environment when planning the community. ...more

February 18, 2009

It's encouraging that delegates to the Florida Water Congress voted down a proposal to establish a state water czar, a position that could have forced regions to ship their water to another part of the state. ...more

September 27, 2008

Jim Weatherford believes in recycling, especially water. That is why he has worked for two years to bring reclaimed water to the Lumsden Trace subdivision, where he lives. ...more

August 6, 2008