Jacob OglesSeptember 8, 2023
5min0
Coast Guard officials have cleaned more than 19,000 gallons of contaminated water since last week.
Tag: oil spill
Jacob OglesSeptember 8, 2023
Associated PressSeptember 6, 2021
6min909
Hurricane Ida dislodged the pipeline from a trench, rupturing it.
Associated PressSeptember 4, 2021
4min1173
The Coast Guard believes it to be crude oil from an undersea pipeline owned by Talos Energy.
Scott PowersMarch 9, 2020
3min326
$1 million request is in the House's budget proposal, not Senate's.
Ryan NicolApril 2, 2019
8min897
“Why should we, as a country, sit here with our arms tied behind our back?"
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 8, 2019
4min402
Congress members Charlie Crist, Kathy Castor, Francis Rooney and Vern Buchanan reintroduced Tuesday the Florida Coastal Protection Act seeking to ban offshore drilling around the state. The bill would make the current federal moratorium permanent. The current ban is set to expire in June of 2022. The reintroduced act would also extend the ban into […]
Staff ReportsApril 24, 2017
3min220
A Northwest Florida Republican plans to amend the Senate’s version of a bill to send millions of dollars to the Panhandle communities impacted by the 2010 BP oil spill to allow money to be spent on economic incentives. The Panama City News Herald reported this weekend that Sen. George Gainer said he plans to file […]
Mark FerruloDecember 15, 20145min185
The health of Florida’s environment and economy is inextricably linked to the health and well-being of our coastline. Florida’s coasts and marine waters provide the economic lifeblood for hundreds of tourism and fishing communities, providing billions of dollars of economic activity and millions of jobs. That’s why for decades Floridians have successfully thwarted efforts to […]