In a major step to determine Florida's energy supply over the next 42 years, the staff of the Public Service Commission is recommending an extremely slow buildup in the use of renewable energy.
The South Florida Water Management District is considering making the twice-weekly limits placed on sprinkling your St. Augustine permanent. Workshops discussing the idea wind up at the end of the month.
Florida and the rest of the tropics will face wetter and more powerful rainstorms because of global warming, according to a new study co-written by a University of Miami professor released Thursday.
Q. I have a tall pine tree near my mobile home, and I'm afraid a hurricane will make it crash onto my roof.
''A moose!'' exclaimed my 10-year-old son Matt. ``A real moose!'' We screeched to a halt along the side of the road in Grand Teton National Park. Reggie, 8, was equally mesmerized, but 3-year-old Melanie couldn't quite grasp that we were in the moose's house -- and it wasn't a zoo.
The proof is in the worms. Walt Gregory is an organic farmer who challenged two neighboring farmers to a worm-digging contest. He wanted to prove that farming with chemical fertilizers destroys the worms and other organisms that are nature's way of enriching the soil, for free.
Rules for water use were relaxed Friday, giving most South Floridians a second day to sprinkle lawns and gardens. The South Florida Water Management District decided last week to lift severe once-weekly restrictions after several weeks of rain replenished groundwater supplies and stabilized water levels in Lake Okeechobee.
Audio | Interview with UM professor Brian Soden
