Nearly a year after Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio pledged to reduce greenhouse gases and conserve energy, little of significance has been done. ...more

December 22, 2007

Support Proposed Landfill It has come to my attention that Pasco County is considering two different means of managing the county's increasing quantities of municipal solid waste (MSW). One is to expand the waste-to-energy facility (WTE). The other is to construct a materials recovery facility (MRF) and a bioreactor landfill for the residues. ...more

December 3, 2007

For months, a proposed landfill has stirred debate in east Pasco County, where people have hoisted signs and packed public meetings to attack the plans of a company that wants to build a 90-acre facility off Enterprise Road. ...more

November 30, 2007

A vote nearly two weeks ago on changes to a trash hauling ordinance didn't resolve the issue for Hillsborough County commissioners. ...more

November 19, 2007

The day Pasco County commissioners opened the multimillion-dollar Shady Hills waste-to-energy plant, protesters lined the streets. ...more

October 21, 2007

They've talked about it dozens of times in recent years, but commissioners have yet to set on a strategy for building recycling in Pasco County. ...more

October 10, 2007

Pasco County is moving a bit closer to mandatory trash recycling. ...more

October 9, 2007

Jackson No Journalist Regarding 'Curious Case Of Incurious Commissioners,' Tom Jackson, Sept. 30: ...more

October 3, 2007

Help The Hungry Many homebound elderly, children and their families will be going without food this Thanksgiving. There is now hope for these families: The Volunteer Way Food Bank will be distributing turkeys. ...more

October 1, 2007

Rose Kalajian reuses Ziploc baggies, takes canvas sacks to the grocery store and turns leftover fruit and vegetable peels into fertile soil for her back yard. ...more

September 29, 2007