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  1. Florida utility bills could rise to pay for new natural gas technology
    Yesterday• Politics
    A burner on a stove emits blue flames from natural gas. A Florida bill would create incentives for the development of renewable natural gas.
  2. Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue to send most animals to Arkansas
    Yesterday• Hillsborough
    Carole Baskin with Dutchess the tiger at Big Cat Rescue in 2020. Baskin's husband, Howard Baskin, announced Monday that most of the famed sanctuary's cats will be moved to Arkansas this year, with an eventual goal of closing and selling the Tampa facility.
  3. Florida manatee starvation deaths decline as feeding ends
    Yesterday• Environment
    A group of Florida manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale in 2010. Manatee deaths have declined this year.
  5. Ahead of Tampa visit, Jane Goodall shares her message for Florida
    Yesterday• News
    Jane Goodall is pictured here in Gombe, Tanzania, where she has spent years documenting the lives of chimpanzees. The renowned conservationist is visiting Tampa this week to speak about her life's work and maintaining hope in a time of ecological decline.
  6. Pinellas faith group calls for action on red tide, affordable housing at forum
    Yesterday• Pinellas
    People dance and sing to gospel music during FAST’s annual Nehemiah Action assembly which gathers hundreds of congregants from various religious groups together to call on public officials for social justice reforms, at Indian Rocks Baptist Church in Largo on Monday.
  7. Hunting, fishing could be enshrined in Florida Constitution under proposal
    Mar. 27• Politics
    Jonathan Vasquez and his girlfriend, Valerie Romero, both of Tampa, bundle up while fishing from end of the St. Petersburg Pier just after sunrise on Wednesday.
  8. A huge seaweed belt is headed toward Florida. Here’s what to know.
    Mar. 23• Florida
    Seaweed covers the Atlantic shore in Frigate Bay, St. Kitts and Nevis, Aug. 3, 2022. On shore, sargassum is a nuisance — carpeting beaches and releasing a pungent smell as it decays. For hotels and resorts, clearing the stuff off beaches can amount to a round-the-clock operation.
  9. There’s a new invasive mosquito species in Florida. Will this one spread disease?
    Mar. 22• Environment
    Culex lactator, a new mosquito species found in Florida, comes from a group of mosquito species that transmit the West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis viruses. The mosquito species originates in Central America and northern South America, according to University of Florida researchers.
  10. In Palm Harbor, swans are ‘best buds’
    Mar. 21• Environment
    Two male mute swans feed along the banks of a small pond Tuesday in Palm Harbor.
  11. MOSI offers free admission for Tampa Bay Water Days
    Mar. 21• Life & Culture
    Tampa’s Museum of Science and Industry will offer free admission Saturday when it hosts the second annual Tampa Bay Water Days.
  12. Tampa Bay Water taps new source for south Hillsborough faucets
    Mar. 20• Hillsborough
    Water flows in Hillsborough County's Northwest Hillsborough Regional Reclaimed Water facility, Tuesday, March 15, 2022, Tampa Bay Water approved an agreement Monday in which the county will inject the treated water underground to offset new water taken from an inland well to provide new drinking water to fast-growing southern Hillsborough County. TIMES.
  13. Here’s what to know about red tide in Pinellas County this week
    Mar. 20• Environment
    The beaches off Indian Rocks Beach are flush with visitors despite the presence of red tide earlier this month.
  14. Farmworkers march in Florida for better pay and working conditions
    Mar. 18• Florida
    In this photo taken with a drone, farmworkers and allies march through agricultural land on the first day of a five-day trek aimed at highlighting the Fair Food Program, which has enlisted food retailers to use their clout with growers to ensure better working conditions and wages for farmworkers. [REBECCA BLACKWELL | Associated Press]
  15. Tampa council candidate Cruz denies flip-flop on wastewater reuse plan
    Mar. 17• Tampa
    Former state Sen. Janet Cruz (left) and incumbent Lynn Hurtak (right) face each other in the April 25 runoff for the citywide District 3 seat on the Tampa City Council.
  16. Pinellas courts new ally in beach erosion battle: the White House
    Mar. 17• Pinellas
    From left, Pinellas County Commission Chairperson Janet Long, Indian Rocks Beach Mayor Cookie Kennedy, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs Director Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Pinellas County Public Works Director Kelli Levy and Pinellas County Intergovernmental Liaison Brian Lowack. The group met March 6 at the White House as Pinellas County seeks help in a stalemate with the Army Corps of Engineers over beach renourishment policy.
  17. Should Tampa dye the Hillsborough River green for St. Patrick’s Day? A petition says no.
    Mar. 15• Environment
    City of Tampa Water Department employees leave the dock as they fill the Hillsborough River with green dye. [CHRIS URSO | Times (2018)]
  18. Massive seaweed blob heads to Florida, threatens to cover beaches
    Mar. 14• Environment
    Thick rafts of sargassum seaweed washed up on the seashore by the 71st Street area in Miami Beach on July 28, 2020.
  19. For tourists on south Pinellas beaches, despite red tide, it’s better than home
    Mar. 11• Environment
    The beach off Indian Rocks Beach is flush with visitors despite the presence of red tide on Friday, Mar 10, 2023, off Pinellas County.
  20. St. Petersburg lawyer led the fight for wildlife and wild places
    Mar. 11• Life & Culture
    Environmental lawyer Tom Reese is pictured in May 2000 in his home office.
  21. Here’s the aerial view as red tide blooms off Pinellas County right now
    Mar. 10• Environment
    Discolored water is observed near Pinellas County beaches near Indian Shores during a flight with SouthWings volunteers on Friday.
  22. String of dolphin deaths at Clearwater aquarium prompts ‘expert’ examination
    Mar. 10• Clearwater
    Rex and Rudolph, swim together at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium on Aug. 6, 2020. Rex, 8, is one of four dolphins to die at the facility in the last 16 months.
  23. Fish kills, breathing problems and burning eyes: How red tide is impacting Pinellas beaches
    Mar. 8• Environment
    Dead fish are seen along the shore of the intracoastal waters near the Dunedin Marina on Wednesday.
  24. A solar grid in a Wimauma neighborhood withstood Hurricane Ian
    Mar. 8• Business
    Mark and Tamara Brandt were able to keep their Wimauma home powered during and after Hurricane Ian in September.
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