Fossil Fuels

Today is Earth Day, and the Caloosahatchee River is 100 pounds lighter, so to speak, than it was before Megan Parsons and her friends got together last weekend for one of the region's first Earth Day celebrations and cleanups

With Hurricane Debby having little effect on oil production in the Gulf of Mexico, average gasoline prices dropped 14 cents a gallon in Florida during the past week. The AAA auto club AAA said Florida motorists Monday paid an average of $3.32 for a gallon of regular unleaded, down from $3.46 a week earlier.

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has identified a fuel contamination issue caused by human error at the Port of Tampa that could impact fuel sold in Southwest Florida.

Florida gas prices increased as projected last week with the state average jumping 11 cents per gallon, reaching a new 2023 high of $3.85 per gallon on Thursday.

The average price of a gallon of gas increased for the second consecutive week after OPEC cut oil supply.

According to new research from Harvard University, 8.7 million people died from fossil fuel pollution in 2018.