In the past year, the O’Connell Center has taken steps toward running a more eco-friendly venue through paper and plastic recycling incentives.
Mark Dykes isn’t scared of bees.
Despite the pleas coming from both the left and right calling for further government intervention in the energy industry, green and alternative energy sources are still unable to compete with coal and natural gas.
A recent study shows the current generation’s college students are less interested in recycling and the environment than past students.
About 100 people snacked on brownies Tuesday night as they listened to not-so-sweet predictions about the future of climate change.
Researchers led by scientists from UF and the University of Nebraska recently found a link between animals’ body size and global temperatures.
The Alachua County Commission wants Ginnie Springs and other county springs to keep strongly flowing.
Strong winds pushed smoke about 30 miles south from a field in Starke to Gainesville on Monday afternoon.
A leading council on environmental design recognized the first green county fire rescue station in Florida.
A few weeks ago, a mobile exhibition called "America's Farmers" visited UF and parked on the North Lawn. With a mission to celebrate American family farmers, the exhibition offered a pamphlet, a short tour and a video of the lives of these rural Americans.
A few blocks from campus on University Avenue, there lies an inconspicuous little office building.
At a discussion Tuesday night about a controversial Gainesville power plant, even the youngest participant expressed concern.
More than rain is over Spain's plains.
UF students and Gainesville residents will have an opportunity to participate in a rally against National Geographic's lack of using recycled paper for its magazine.
Distinguished atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe will visit UF to talk about a little more than the weather.
One year ago, 20-year-old Shelby Krantz used to drive everywhere.
Students can get tutoring and give aid to a country in need by using one word: Haiti.
MIAMI - Tropical Storm Ophelia has formed in the open Atlantic Ocean but it is far from land.
WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. David Vitter calls the Obama administration "reckless" for awarding billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies for renewable energy projects, including a $528 million loan to a now-bankrupt California solar panel maker. But Vitter was not always so critical of the loan program.
In an era where real wages aren't really increasing much and the rich are getting richer, it seems economically just for unions to protect workers from laws that would open jobs to labor force competition and market wages.
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