Lost sovereignty Editor: It is my understanding that President Barack Obama will attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December. I have read that the president will sign a treaty without seeking a two-thirds ratification of the treaty by the Senate, or any other type of Congressional approval. I read that most of the world will sign it. It is my understanding that this treaty will bring the United States into a position of submission to the rest of the world and bring us more than ever under the control of the U.N. ...more

October 27, 2009

Michael Mizok Jr. of Holiday says Florida is a natural place for solar energy-generating farms. The people planning to buy electric cars will need them. ...more

January 24, 2009

With residents already struggling to make ends meet during the recession, the last thing they need now are higher premiums on Citizens Property Insurance homeowner insurance policies, a state lawmaker believes. So state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, announced this week he will introduce legislation in March to extend the rate freeze on Citizens rates for another year. Citizens is the state-sanctioned property insurer of last resort. ...more

January 17, 2009

Now that Progress Energy Florida customers have opened their first bill with a rate increase of nearly 25 percent, legislation is taking shape that might roll back part of the increase. The utility balked at requests from state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, and state Rep. Peter Nehr, R-Tarpon Springs, to suspend the portion of the rate hike to jump-start nuclear power projects. ...more

January 14, 2009

With the demand for electricity declining in recent months, some state lawmakers want to short-circuit part of a rate increase of nearly 25 percent for Progress Energy Florida. ...more

January 3, 2009

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 15, 2008

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 13, 2008

In November, Progress Energy Florida customers were shocked to learn they would be paying nearly 25 percent more on electric bills come January. ...more

December 13, 2008

The Energy Department will tell Congress in the coming weeks it should begin looking for a second permanent site to bury nuclear waste, or approve a large expansion of the proposed waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. ...more

November 7, 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