One Dance Too Many Keith Bricklemyer's viewpoints are well expressed and acknowledged. However, one is led to wonder if the law firm he heads has been or currently is involved in representing developers who continue to insist on even less oversight from this county's already-streamlined EPC. ...more

March 26, 2009

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Insulated from the harshest effects of the housing bust - and buoyed by an abundance of energy and agriculture - five contiguous rural states have the lowest unemployment rates in the land. ...more

January 11, 2009

SOLAR Sunshine is prevalent in Florida and a good source of clean energy. But the high cost of solar power has discouraged widespread use. At 20 cents to 30 cents a kilowatt hour, solar energy is more than twice as expensive as power from coal and natural gas. ...more

November 9, 2008

It's amazing how quickly people resume old practices when gas prices drop. Everyone is enjoying much lower gas prices than just a month ago, but we should not forget that this turns on a dime, and our country's top priority - short of stabilizing our economy - is to become self-reliant when it comes to energy. ...more

October 26, 2008

John McCain recently tried to underscore his seriousness about pushing through a new energy policy, with a strong focus on more drilling for oil, by telling a motorcycle convention that Congress needed to come back from vacation immediately and do something about America's energy crisis. "Tell them to come back and get to work!" McCain bellowed. ...more

August 15, 2008

Texas, headquarters of America's oil industry, is about to stake a fortune on wind power. ...more

July 18, 2008

Once again the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge is being targeted by proponents of drilling even though it contains too little oil to quench the oversized thirst of our nation. ...more

May 30, 2008

Wal-Mart Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott says he has talked with automakers about the possibility of selling gasoline-electric hybrid cars and plug-in automobiles at the retailer's stores, though one analyst calls the idea "a bit far-fetched." ...more

January 25, 2008

TAMPA BAY AREA Tampa IndyMac Closing Tampa is one of five cities where IndyMac Bancorp will close regional wholesale mortgage centers as the Pasadena, Calif.-based home lender eliminates 2,400 jobs, or 24 percent of its remaining work force. A company spokesman on Thursday would not disclose the number of affected employees in Tampa or when layoffs would occur. The company, which has said its layoffs nationally will occur in the first quarter, opened the Tampa office in May 2006, saying that it would employ 140 here. ...more

January 18, 2008

Cheerfully envisioning a brighter energy future for Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist last week led a group of three other governors in challenging the whole nation to follow their lead toward using less foreign oil and producing lower amounts of heat-trapping emissions. ...more

December 17, 2007