A state Senate committee today approved a bill that would require Florida's electric utilities to get 20 percent of their power from "clean" energy, including nuclear and coal, by 2020. ...more

March 31, 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

Tampa Electric, which long has been jeered by environmentalists for its reliance on coal, said Monday it has entered a partnership to build one of the largest solar power plants in the nation in Polk County. ...more

March 10, 2009

The Tampa Tribune's recent editorial on Sen. Jeff Bingaman's (D-N.M.) proposed renewable electricity standard rightfully applauds diversifying our country's energy mix with renewable resources that will create new economic opportunities and jobs in Florida. ...more

February 20, 2009

MIAMI (AP) - Nobody loves biomass. When talk turns to global warming and the green movement, it's hardly ever mentioned. Biomass can be garbage (literally) or wood chips or sugar-cane remnants or grass. ...more

January 4, 2009

Under a deal with state regulators, Progress Energy Florida has agreed to retire two of its four coal-fired units at Crystal River, deemed by environmentalists to be among the dirtiest power plants in the nation. ...more

December 19, 2008

Under a deal with state regulators, Progress Energy Florida has agreed to retire two of its four coal-fired units at Crystal River, deemed by environmentalists to be among the dirtiest power plants in the nation. ...more

December 18, 2008

Tampa Electric Co. said today that it has dropped plans to build a $2 billion coal gasification plant in Polk County, citing regulatory uncertainty and potentially high costs for equipment to lower carbon dioxide emissions. ...more

October 4, 2007

Tampa Electric Co. is touting its proposed $2 billion coal gasification power plant in Polk County as 'clean coal technology.' ...more

October 4, 2007