The 742 square miles of Pasco would prove to have a colorful growth, including conflagrations, snowfall, lynchings, assassinations, nudist communities and political corruption. The increasing land value and development in west Pasco led to upscale Tampa bedroom communities that traded cattle for three-piece business suits and briefcases. With the loss of the citrus industry during the freezes in the 1980s, ranching and farming now protect the current character of East Pasco. However, that...

It's clear why Greenpeace picks on Apple so incessantly: The unique place that Apple and its chief executive officer, Steve Jobs, occupy within popular culture and the technology industry make them both convenient whipping boys for publicity-hungry environmental organizations. However, while the goal is itself laudable, its means of trying to move the debate forward with dubiously argued press releases borders on dishonesty. Greenpeace certainly isn't doing a bad thing in trying to...

Residents on the Stewarton to Darvel route will be given free containers to pour their used fat into and so that they can bring it to a council recycling point. In return, they will get 20p off their next bus journey, and Stagecoach will cut its carbon emissions by up to 82 per cent and its fuel costs by 40 per cent. When they start, they will run on mineral diesel until the engine reaches the right temperature, when they will automatically switch over to biodiesel, which will power the...

asp The United Nations Environment Programme says in a press release announcing the report that "major threats to the planet such as climate change, the rate of extinction of species, and the challenge of feeding a growing population are among the many that remain unresolved, and all of them put humanity at risk. asp The United Nations Environment Programme says in a press release announcing the report that "major threats to the planet such as climate change, the rate of extinction of...

The idea of increasing use of crops for fuel seemed to have it all the outward virtues of reducing foreign oil use and helping the climate and the political reality of letting both parties duke it out for the farm vote. With Congress still wrestling behind closed doors over energy legislation, people are starting to take a closer look at the issue. Though reduced global warming emissions was supposed to be a side benefit of the mandate, the Task Force concluded that it actually led to the...

Timber fallers are under-appreciated in our society for the risks they take to provide such a necessary product for our society. But she wasn't quite prepared for a surprise that he had put in a garbage bag and left on top of their washer-dryer after returning from a hunting trip not long after they married. At this time, I guess there are no words, only prayers that the Lord will comfort your hearts and surround his wife, children, friends and family with his love. Daniel, who was...