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

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A bipartisan effort to ban oil drilling near the Apalachicola River took another step forward Tuesday. The bill unanimously passed the House State Affairs Committee Tuesday, ...

Last summer, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection announced it would permit a Clearwater Land and Minerals exploratory well in Calhoun County at Dead Lakes, in the middle of the ...

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

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

Lawmakers filed bill to ban oil drilling within 10 miles of Apalachicola Bay, aiming to protect vital ecosystem.

Nearly 20 years ago, he backed a plan to move the North Florida Fairgrounds to the national forest. The Apalachicola National Forest, the largest national forest in Florida, is a popular place for ...

Plans to drill for oil along the Apalachicola River have Franklin County Sheriff A.J. "Tony" Smith sounding the alarm of a potential death blow to a sparsely populated region increasingly dependent on ...

Protesters gather at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to stop drilling in the Apalachicola River Basin Measures to protect the Apalachicola river and bay are moving in both chambers.