Green used to be just a color. Occasionally, it was used as an expression to mean inexperienced. But now the connotations that power this word run on solar panels. To admit to not recycling, to retain apathetic feelings toward polar bears, and to accuse the scientific community of fear-mongering is equated to blasphemy. ...more

December 16, 2009

Green used to be just a color. Occasionally, it was used as an expression to mean inexperienced. But now the connotations that power this word run on solar panels. To admit to not recycling, to retain apathetic feelings toward polar bears, and to accuse the scientific community of fear-mongering is equated to blasphemy. ...more

December 15, 2009

Putting his prestige on the line, President Barack Obama will personally commit the U.S. to a goal of substantially cutting greenhouse gases at next month's Copenhagen climate summit, insisting America is ready to tackle global warming despite intense disagreement in Congress. ...more

November 25, 2009

We've 'been had' I have a few questions related to the article, "Saving the planet," (Views, Oct. 25). ...more

November 3, 2009

During President Obama's campaign, I recall seeing an interview clip of a woman who attended one of his rallies. When asked why she was voting for Obama, she responded, "Obama is going to pay my mortgage and put gas in my tank." ...more

August 6, 2009

A recent online poll shows most Americans support hybrid technology in cars but won't buy one until costs come down or fuel savings are even better. ...more

May 19, 2009

Near the middle of a dusty construction site here stands a patch of land, about the size of two football fields, notable because it is empty. ...more

March 22, 2009

American automakers have their hands out for another giant multibillion-dollar taxpayer bailout. But what are these corporations doing in the Sunshine State? They're spending big bucks on Tallahassee lobbyists who are doing their best to fight Gov. Charlie Crist's wise move to require cleaner cars. ...more

March 22, 2009

Thirty billion tons of carbon dioxide waft into the air from the burning of fossil fuels each year. About half of the 30 billion tons stays in the air. The other half disappears. Where it all goes, nobody quite knows. ...more

February 23, 2009

Progress Energy Florida said Monday that it has signed a contract to build two nuclear reactors on a 5,100-acre site in Levy County. ...more

January 9, 2009