Pasco County commissioners want to get to the bottom of the oil drilling issue, so they are planning a local workshop in January. ...more

December 5, 2009

Pasco County commissioners want to get to the bottom of the oil drilling issue, so they are planning a local workshop in January. "They said it's a done deal," County Commission Chairwoman Pat Mulieri said Tuesday about proposals to lift a ban on drilling near Florida coasts. ...more

December 1, 2009

Only one in a hundred offshore drilling leases may produce oil, and there's no guarantee that near-shore drilling will bring big bucks to Florida. ...more

November 3, 2009

Aug. 21 was a mess for the oil industry. That was the day an oil platform off the northern coast of Australia began leaking 300 to 400 barrels of oil a day into the Timor Sea. Reports are that the leak continues, fouling thousands of miles of ocean and threatening marine life. ...more

October 30, 2009

A group that wants the U.S. Senate to pass less stringent rules on carbon emissions held one of its 19 nationwide rallies in Ybor City on Thursday to tout its message that legislation adopted by the U.S. House would drive up energy costs. ...more

August 28, 2009

I've had a few questions lately about this idea of Florida getting oil-drilling revenues to help with its sagging budget - and things like schools. If you're swayed by this argument and big oil's latest push to put rigs off the tourism state, then you need to know something: Oil money from federal leases cannot be used for that kind of stuff. It can only be used to clean up the mess and damages from drilling. ...more

June 16, 2009

Gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area are holding steady at $1.84 a gallon on average, despite a spike in the cost of crude oil. ...more

January 27, 2009

Gasoline prices in the Tampa Bay area are holding steady at $1.84 a gallon on average, despite a spike in the cost of crude oil. ...more

January 26, 2009

Gasoline prices that last week thumbed their nose at the basics of supply and demand, may start following the rules this week and edge down. ...more

January 11, 2009

War is what it took to stop the slide in gas prices. The ongoing Israeli-Hamas conflict in Gaza caused crude oil to increase by $9 per barrel for fear it could disrupt the flow of oil from the Middle East, according to AAA Auto Club South. ...more

January 5, 2009