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Time for an Energy Revolution in Tampa

02/21/11 Jon Butts
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Tags: transit, green building, Tampa, sustainability, energy, energy efficiency

Our guests today are both involved in this coming Saturday’s (February 26) “Time for an Energy Revolution in Tampa” panel discussion that will be held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Ybor City starting at 12:30. This event is sponsored by the Bridge Foundation, and we were happy to have the founder, Rebecca Blanco, join the program to talk about Saturday’s discussion.

Also, one of the panelists at the Saturday event, Taylor Ralph, a local green builder joined the show to talk about energy eff...

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Interview with Mike Antheil, director of the Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy

02/16/11 Robert Lorei
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Tags: solar energy, biogas, utilities, Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy, energy

The Florida Alliance for Renewable Energy (FARE) will hold a Renewable Energy Tour this month with a weekend stop in Tampa. This tour will travel through 10 cities across the state, reaching an audience of over 2000 individuals and businesses. The tour will feature discussion of renewable energy legislation to be introduced in the 2011 Legislative Session. The tour will also feature industry & policy experts and state & local elected officials. Each individual event will be in Town Hall forma...

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A new breed of electric car - the LEAF listen

02/14/11 Sarah Curran
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Tags: electric car, LEAF, energy, solar power

Most people judge a car by the way the engine purrs, however the LEAF is as silent as a bat. Nissan gave Floridians a chance last weekend to not only view its new completely electric car but also take it for a drive. The car requires no gas and releases no emissions. The secret behind the revolutionary car is its state of the art battery that took the company 20 years to develop.

“Here in this room this is the battery pack that powers up the vehicle, most people will never see it open l...

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St. Petersburg Times Editor To Speak About Barefoot College listen

02/11/11 Janelle Irwin
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Tags: Barefoot College, Sanjit Roy, India, Solar Power, energy, sustainability

People in rural areas of the world often need to find simple solutions to very real problems such as famine and healthcare. Barefoot College was founded in 1972 to solve problems plaguing villages in India. Now its focus is bringing solar energy to rural villages.

India native and founder of Barefoot College Sanjit “Bunker” Roy began his efforts in his home country. He has now expanded the organization to at least 22 countries worldwide. Bill Duryea, National Editor for the *St. Peters...

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Progress Energy being bought by Duke forming mega-utility listen

01/10/11 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Progress Energy, Duke Energy, power, energy

Progress Energy is being bought by Duke Energy to become one of the country’s largest utilities. When combined, the two North Carolina companies will serve more than 7 million electric customers in six states including Florida. Progress Energy Florida is a subsidiary of Progress Energy and serves customers in Pinellas, Pasco, and Polk counties and other parts of Florida.

Suzanne Grant, a spokesperson for Progress Energy Florida, says customers won’t notice immediate changes.

"Progress...

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Hillsborough County hosts "Art of Sustainability" forum listen

09/17/10 Joshua Lee Holton
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Tags: sustainability, energy, environment, conservation, efficiency

Hillsborough County is looking for ways to get greener as environmental awareness and sustainability grow ever more popular in marketing and politics. Local planning officials and businesses proposed ways to make the region more sustainable this morning at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Tampa. It was the 2nd annual “Art of Sustainability” forum called E3: Energy, Environment, and Economics. County Commissioner Rose Ferlita said that the region will begin to look at its o...

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Richard Heinberg on BP oil leak and a post-carbon world listen

05/04/10 Kelly Benjamin
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Tags: BP oil spill, BP, Gulf Oil Spill, Energy, environment

Richard Heinberg is senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute, former advisor to the National Petroleum Council on Peak Oil, and author of several books on ecology and oil depletion.

WMNF asked Heinberg how the Deepwater Horizon spill will effect the Gulf of Mexico.

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Tampa will not renew waste to energy deal with TECO listen

04/01/10 Seán Kinane
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Tags: Tampa City Council, TECO, Energy

Tampa burns some of its garbage at the McKay Bay Refuse-to-Energy plant to create power. Some of that energy is used to run the plant; the city sells the excess to Tampa Electric.

This morning, Tampa City Council voted unanimously to terminate that agreement with TECO when the current contract expires in August...

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Utility companies denied rate increases, threaten project cuts listen

02/01/10 Concetta DeLuco
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Tags: Progress Energy, Florida Power and Light, Energy, Public Service Commission

Over the past month, the Public Service Commission (PSC) has rejected rate hikes for both Progress Energy and Florida Power and Light. In response, both utility companies say they will cut or delay future projects.

The PSC is in charge of regulating utility companies. On January 12, the PSC denied Florida Power and Light (FPL) a $1.3 billion annual increase. FPL was not happy with the decision and announced in a press release the next day that it would “suspend” several projects, includin...

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Public Service Commission Could Strengthen Energy Efficiency Incentives listen

11/11/09 Kate Bradshaw
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Tags: Public Service Commission, Nathan Skop, Nancy Argenziano, Energy conservation, energy efficiency, Energy, Conservation, Natural Resources Defense Council, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

On the heels of a summer of record breaking highs – and amid an ongoing recession, cutting energy costs is on the minds of many consumers. The Florida Public Service Commission was asked to come up with energy conservation goals for the state’s seven major utility providers. Yesterday, the commission sent its staff back to the drawing board, citing that the goals were weak. Southern Alliance for Clean Energy Attorney George Cavros says the goals were not anywhere near where they should be. ...

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