The policy dispute follows loud opposition to a proposed oil drilling project in the Apalachicola Basin. Opponents worry the ...

The measure was prompted, in part, by a draft permit issued by DEP last year for exploratory drilling in Calhoun County along ...

The Florida Senate has joined the House in passing a bill (HB 1143) banning oil exploration and drilling near the ...

HB 1143 includes a drilling ban within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves — Apalachicola Bay, ...

In March 2024, a tug and barge transporting sand and stones for the Baker’s Bay development on Great Guana Cay ran aground on the reef. Supreme Court filings reveal that Executive Marine ...

Amid growing concerns over a plan to drill for oil and gas near the Apalachicola River, a proposal by two North Florida ...

Deanna Dione wanted to set the Florida Trail record, partly to show that a woman could do it, partly to advocate for a worthy ...

The House bill sponsors said that their legislation is a response to a decision last year by the FDEP to permit an exploratory oil well along the Apalachicola River..

Florida has three NERRs, Guana Tolomato Matanzas NERR, south of St. Augustine, and the Rookery Bay NERR near Naples. They are ...

the Guana Tolomato Matanzas reserve north of St. Augustine and the Rookery Bay reserve south of Naples. The bill also would direct the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to create a ...

The bill would prohibit oil and gas drilling near three National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs), including Apalachicola Bay. Supporters ... a buffer around the Guana Tolomato Matanzas ...