In 2008, a super-modern, hi-tech, state-of-the-art oil drilling rig was installed 250 miles off the Coast of Australia. As I write this, Australians are grappling with a massive spill that stretches more than 85 miles long and covers nearly 9,000 square miles. The latest estimates show that hundreds of thousands of gallons of oil have spilled and continue to spill from this brand new rig, which burned out of control for at least several weeks. ...more

December 19, 2009

Bradenton Sen. Mike Bennett has come up with a slippery way to kill Everglades restoration. He's demanding the state's plan to purchase 180,000 acres in the Everglades from U.S. Sugar be put to a vote by affected taxpayers. ...more

February 24, 2009

The Ruskin Community Development Foundation wants to hear from you at its next meeting on Oct. 21. ...more

September 24, 2008

Jim Rapp has one hand on the wheel and the other holding a pair of binoculars as he drives his truck slowly down a gravel drive on the banks of a Chesapeake Bay marsh. ...more

September 23, 2007