Clean Energy

Clean energy advocates say it's not much relief after average bills have gone up 62 percent in four years.

The funding is part of a nearly $3.7 billion allocation to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program through next September.

The top 10 companies alone are responsible for about 30% of greenhouse gas emissions in the country, and the top 50 account for about 70%.

Residents of Progress Village are going solar as part of a microgrid project for residents there. We speak to the leaders behind this initiative.

"In the last four years, we've seen TECO rates go up 62%. And folks, income has not gone up at 62% at the same time, so that energy burden continues to increase,” said Brooke Ward with Food and Water Watch.

Nature and culture set the stage for December events during the two-day expo.

"As we enter the summer, heat is rising, bills are rising, our energy burden becomes more and more unaffordable," said Brooke Ward of Food and Water Watch.

Here are the top five climate issues on Tampanians' minds: the need for canopies at bus stops and adequate transportation, affordable and weatherproof housing, a clear emergency preparedness plan for the community, farming and food assistance, and the consistent street flooding.

A former phosphate mine in Central Florida's Bone Valley has a new role as the home for Duke Energy's first floating solar array. It's a small-scale pilot project that can have big implications for the future of power generation.

Construction started in Polk County Tuesday on what is being billed as the state's first "clean carbon" hydrogen production facility. Florida officials brokered the deal with companies in Tampa and South Korea.

What would it look like to shift from risky development and wasteful design? Some of the world’s most forward-thinking designers weigh in.

Said state Sen. Lori Berman: "What better way to reduce carbon emissions and energy costs than harnessing the power of the sun on our educational facilities?"