News List

  • Castor Calls on EPA to Further Review Cypress Creek Development
    Sep 29, 2009  - Congresswoman Kathy Castor, who first raised concerns about Cypress Creek Town Center when she was a county commissioner, continues to be deeply worried about the impact of the proposed new shopping mall on Tampa’s water supply. Castor has called upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a f... More
  • Castor Statement On Historic American Clean Energy and Security Act
    Jun 26, 2009  - Congresswoman Kathy Castor released the following statement today regarding the historic American Clean Energy and Security Act:   “The stakes are very high for Florida when it comes to our clean energy future and climate change. The American Clean Energy and Security Act will help rebuild Florida... More
  • Rep. Castor Votes For Green Schools, Creating New Jobs
    May 14, 2009  - Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced passage today of the 21st Century Green High-Performing Public Schools Facilities Act, which will make innovative, energy efficient investments in our local schools by updating buildings and classrooms. The bill also ensures students have up-to-date educational t... More
  • U.S. REP. CASTOR'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH LIFTING PRESIDENTIAL MORATORIUM ON OIL DRILLING
    Jul 14, 2008  - President Bush and VP Cheney continue to side with Big Oil over the interests of the American people. Bush’s claim that drilling off of coastal Florida will lower gas prices is a hoax and a sham. Even Florida’s biggest pro business lobby states that drilling off our coast will not do anything to low... More
  • Castor, other Democrats blast Bush's oil drilling plan
    Jul 14, 2008  - U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor says if oil companies are interested in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, they should consider millions of acres already available to them that's not being tapped. Castor, a Tampa Democrat, called President Bush's executive order to lift the ban on oil drilling off the coast... More
  • Floridians Should Not Be Panicked Into Sacrificing Their Coast
    Jul 11, 2008  - Big oil interests are using big lies to promote oil drilling off Florida's coast. Trying to capitalize on the public's dismay over high gas prices, the drill-everywhere crowd is misleading citizens about the likely consequences. Drilling, they say, represents no threat. Keep the rigs out of sigh... More
  • Declaring Independence From Big Oil
    Jul 4, 2008  - Hardworking Tampa Bay area families are being squeezed by the rising costs of health care, housing, property insurance and, of course, gas prices. Many reformers have been standing up to the White House and urging them for years to change direction and focus on long-term solutions to our energy chal... More
  • Core Of Energy Bill Promotes Conservation And Independence
    Dec 10, 2007  -   The energy bill just passed by the U.S. House is far from perfect, but it would give the nation a hearty push toward energy conservation, a push Congress has avoided for too long. The most important features would, by 2020, raise vehicle fuel-economy standards to 35 miles per gallon and req... More
  • Castor tours Clean Energy Research Center
    Dec 10, 2007  -  WMNF Evening News Monday Listen to this entire show: Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a landmark energy bill that could increase vehicle fuel efficiency standards and require that 15 percent of electricity be generated from renewable sources by 2020. But the Senate is exp... More
  • Energy Conservation Recommendations
    Aug 22, 2007  - Today U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor held the second of two meetings to develop recommendations for energy conservation.  Click here to see photos of the event Turning Green for the Red, White, and Blue The following information is designed to provide practical information to improve the energy effic... More