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

Florida House unanimously approves bill banning oil drilling near Apalachicola River. The bill now moves to the Senate, where a similar but less restrictive bill awaits. Both bills aim to protect ...

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

While relatively unusual for Florida ... They are part of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint river system, which starts in northern Georgia, crosses into Alabama and ends in Apalachicola ...

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.

Sheriff A.J. 'Tony' Smith hosted a two-hour boat ride to explain why North Florida is no place for oil drilling.

Florida outrages even some Republican lawmakers Lawmakers push to ban oil drilling near Apalachicola Bay Environmental groups protest Apalachicola River oil drilling at Florida DEP headquarters ...