To Steven Walls, it's beginning to look nothing like Christmas - everywhere he goes. ...more

December 24, 2009

Some people light up a room when they arrive. Sweetbay Supermarkets customers will light up the freezer aisle in the company's new Tarpon Springs store. ...more

December 5, 2009

Some people light up the room when they arrive. Sweetbay Supermarket customers will light up the freezer aisle in the company's new Tarpon Springs store. Opened last month on South Pinellas Avenue, Sweetbay built the store as a virtual showcase of eco-friendly, energy-saving projects not usually seen in grocery stores. There are motion sensors that turn on lights only when customers walk nearby. And huge areas of the stores have refrigerators with glass doors, rather than open-air shelves. ...more

December 4, 2009

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — The Public Service Commission set 10-year energy conservation goals today that are significantly stronger than Florida's major electric utilities had proposed but well short of what environmentalists wanted. ...more

December 1, 2009

$90 million Cost of the windmill project 6 Percent of Nicaragua's energy needs will be supplied by the windmills ...more

December 26, 2008

The city skyline will get a new look starting next week. The owners of the SunTrust building downtown have hired a theatrical lighting company to install outdoor lights to allow for more color choices: red and green for Christmas, pink for breast cancer awareness, green for St. Patrick's Day, and so on. ...more

December 13, 2008

TAMPA - The city skyline will get a new look starting next week. The owners of the SunTrust building downtown have hired a theatrical lighting company to install outdoor lights to allow for more color choices: red and green for Christmas, pink for breast cancer awareness, green for St. Patrick's Day, and so on. ...more

December 12, 2008

Buying Your First Home? The federal government would like to congratulate you. ...more

September 11, 2008

About 20 "green" businesses and agencies, from around Highlands County and around the state, will have exhibits at today's daylong workshop at the Agri-Civic Center entitled, "Home Owners: Think Green and Save Money." ...more

September 6, 2008

With gas prices soaring to record highs and approval ratings for Congress hovering in the low 20s, there is great temptation for members of Congress to do something. Anything that appears constructive will do, thank you. This apparently is what Sen. John Warner, R-Va., had in mind last week when he suggested the country could save energy by lowering the national speed limit to 55 miles per hour. The idea is a throwback to the 1970s, a piece of nostalgia that isn't worth revisiting. ...more

July 22, 2008