The Apalachicola Bay used to supply 90% of Florida's oysters, but after a drought and a major oil spill, it collapsed in 2012. An administrative law judge is considering allowing a permit to drill ...

Locals are close to stopping oil drilling near the Apalachicola River Basin as a key protection bill heads to Governor Ron ...

The Apalachicola Riverkeeper has argued to state ... How is jamming an oil rig in a fragile river basin clearly in the public interest? The fierce, bipartisan backlash against the proposal from ...

“From a broader perspective, the ‘lands involved,’ i.e. the area of the well pad and the parcel described in the application, are within the Apalachicola River basin,” the department ...

I urge those who stood up for our state parks to now stand with the people of the Apalachicola River Basin and pressure DEP to abandon this reckless plan before it’s too late. As with Jonathan ...

The Apalachicola Riverkeeper has asked the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to delay permitting an exploratory oil well in the sensitive Apalachicola River basin as it weighs a ...

Apalachicola Riverkeeper Board Member Katie ... the project because of potential economic benefits. “So the river and the basin can be used in multiple ways,” McCormack said.

According to the bill’s analysis, Florida has three—one being the Apalachicola Reserve—which sits in Shoaf’s district of Franklin County. He told the panel of lawmakers Tuesday that the ...

APALACHICOLA, Fla. (WMBB) — People in Franklin County are voicing their opposition to an exploratory oil well drilling request in the Apalachicola River Basin. The Florida Department of ...

The Apalachicola Riverkeeper has argued to state ... find oil hardly sounds like a better alternative future for the river basin. "(T)he type of oil found elsewhere in West Florida must be ...