From an Antarctic research base to the Great Pyramids of Egypt and beyond, the world switched off the lights on Saturday for Earth Hour, dimming skyscrapers, city streets and some of the world's most recognizable monuments for 60 minutes to highlight the threat of climate change. ...more

March 29, 2009

The SunTrust building dome will go dark for one hour tonight. The lights will be going out for Earth Hour. The event, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. around the world, is organized by the World Wildlife Fund to draw attention to global warming. ...more

March 28, 2009

The SunTrust building dome will go dark for one hour Saturday night. ...more

March 27, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist on Monday appointed seven new members to the state's policy-making team on energy and climate change. The new members of the Florida Energy and Climate Commission are: Debra S. Harrison of Marathon, Florida director of the World Wildlife Fund; Timothy T. Jackson of Orlando, chief executive officer, Glatting Jackson Kercher & Anglin; James F. Murley of Miami, director of the Center for Urban and Environmental Solutions; Kathy Baughman McLeod of Tallahassee, deputy chief of staff to Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink; Nils J. Diaz of St. Pete Beach, former chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Howell L. Ferguson of Tallahassee, CEO of Lykes Bros.; and Nicholas C. Gladding, a Sarasota lawyer with Ruden McClosky. ...more

December 2, 2008

Used dirt bikes and ATVs are on sale near the entrance to the park. ...more

August 31, 2008

A new study says global warming and population growth threaten the Southeast's already precarious water supplies by fueling more extreme weather and degrading water quality. ...more

July 12, 2008

Jane Roylance Smith, a former British Broadcasting Corp. announcer and writer who now lives in Port Richey, did volunteer work at Sumter County exotic animal park that was once home to tigers, other big cats. ...more

January 9, 2008

Cody Fowler Davis, mother of former Tampa U.S. Rep. Jim Davis and a member of the prominent local Fowler family, died Tuesday night at age 76 after an extended illness. ...more

November 1, 2007