Environment

Six new Nissan LEAFs, an all-electric model, are now available for Gainesville city employees to use. This is the first phase of a two-year pilot program.

While utility bills are steadily rising in Gainesville and Ocala, the Community Weatherization Coalition is looking to make homes more energy efficient to cut what residents will need to pay each month. For Yvonne Dowers, a resident of southeast Gainesville, her electric bill can be nearly one-third of her monthly …

A church effort from Florida will bring more relief to the Wilmington, N.C., area, starting with a small town called Whiteville.

Farmers can apply for funding through an agricultural cost-share program to update their farms and reduce runoff into the Silver Springs watershed.

Sunday's storm left Whitney Mobile Home Park in worse condition than Hurricane Irma, according to some of the residents.

Gainesville is looking to become a zero-waste city by 2040. According to Gainesville city commissioner Adrian Hayes-Santos, eliminating plastic straws may be a big step toward that goal.