Florida lawmakers are moving the pieces into place on whether Florida will ban oil exploration and drilling along the ...

Their bills would put rules in place for oil companies that drill for oil and gas near vulnerable bodies of water.

Measures to protect the Apalachicola river and bay are moving in both chambers. Lawmakers from Florida’s Big Bend delegation ...

A bill that would require the state to apply a “balancing test” in considering proposed gas or oil drilling permits near ...

Last summer, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced it would permit a Clearwater Land and Minerals ...

Lawmakers are considering the issue after the Department of Environmental Protection last year approved a draft permit for the Louisiana-based Clearwater Land & Minerals Fla. to drill an exploratory ...

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

The Florida bill would ban oil and gas drilling within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves.

Legislation to prohibit oil and gas drilling in the North Florida wilderness along the Apalachicola River ... middle of a 234,715-acre National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR).

TALLAHASSEE — Amid a legal battle about an effort to drill for oil and gas near northwest Florida’s Apalachicola River, state House and Senate panels Tuesday approved proposals aimed at ...

The bill would prohibit oil and gas drilling near three National Estuarine Research Reserves (NERRs), including Apalachicola Bay. Supporters emphasize the economic importance of clean water for ...

Amid a legal battle over an oil and gas drilling effort near Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola River, state House and Senate panels approved Tuesday proposals to shield environmentally sensitive ...