5-point plan aims to help rid nation of 'oil addiction' U.S. Rep. Ron Klein announced a "Declaration of Energy Independence" Thursday, a plan he hopes to push through Congress that he says will help the country with what he calls an "addiction to

U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert has questions about how to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil. On Wednesday, she went to Packer Engineering looking for answers.

The ominous drumbeat of rising energy prices is becoming more like a clarion for more forms of energy, opening up increases in biofuels, a trend not expected to diminish, say forest industry insiders.

Companies such as Green Circle Bio Energy represent the region's present as far as renewable energy production.Renewable energy's Northwest Florida future might lie in green energy parks.

between US$1 billion and $2.5 billion. In comparison, a coal power plant costs up to $1.5 billion, while a gas-fired plant costs between $500 milllion and $1 billion.