Florida’s Apalachicola Bay, once producing 90% of the state’s oysters, has been closed since 2020 due to environmental ...

Environmentalists may have scored a victory Friday in an effort to prevent oil and gas drilling along the environmentally fragile Apalachicola River in Calhoun County, 60 miles west of Tallahassee.

A coalition of about 70 environmental groups commandeered the front entrance of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection Monday to protest the department’s decision to permit an exploratory ...

Once upon a time, the state of Florida did everything in its power to protect the Apalachicola River ecosystem, but now the state is proposing to permit oil drilling in the river floodplain and people ...

An administrative law judge next week will hear several days of arguments over the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's mind-boggling announcement this past spring that it intends to issue ...

The House State Affairs Committee Tuesday unanimously approved a proposal that seeks to protect Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola River by requiring some environmentally sensitive areas to be shielded ...

The Department of Environmental Protection did not adequately consider the sensitive nature of the area, Judge Lawrence P. Stevenson wrote. Saying the Florida Department of Environmental Protection ...

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, ...

Florida’s Apalachicola River, once a symbol of abundance and beauty, is now a battleground for our planet’s future. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) plans to approve a drilling ...

Judge Lawrence P. Stevenson wrote that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection “unreasonably concluded” the proposed drilling site is not in a sensitive area. TALLAHASSEE, Florida — A state ...

Local officials, environmentalists and shellfish farmers in Florida backed the legislation, arguing that a spill would decimate the river and the seafood industry in Apalachicola Bay. TALLAHASSEE, ...