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Scott PowersMarch 15, 2016

President Barack Obama reversed direction Tuesday and banned oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean through 2022, leading Florida’s U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to hail the move as good news for people who live along the coast. “We are grateful that they did that, for the reasons that we have fought for years to keep […]

Sally SwartzNovember 2, 2015

You could call Jeff Wittman an eternal optimist. The Hobe Sound resident never has stopped believing that a 46-acre chunk of Florida scrub wilderness between U.S. 1 and Alternate A1A, south of Bridge Road, should belong to the people forever. For almost a decade, the land has been the prize in a tug of war […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 27, 2015

For the first time in decades, the U.S. Atlantic coast will open to oil drilling – with the notable exception of Florida. On Tuesday, the Obama administration expects to open the Atlantic Ocean for new oil exploration, reports Sean Cockerman of McClatchy D.C. While the Interior Department proposal includes Virginia and the Carolinas, the maps […]

Phil AmmannJanuary 27, 2015

For the first time in decades, the U.S. Atlantic coast will open to oil drilling – with the notable exception of Florida. On Tuesday, the Obama administration expects to open the Atlantic Ocean for new oil exploration, reports Sean Cockerman of McClatchy D.C. While the Interior Department proposal includes Virginia and the Carolinas, the maps […]

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Gabrielle Russon

Bill Nelson hails Barack Obama’s ban of Atlantic oil drilling

Sally Swartz: Long-delayed land buy now turns to Joe Negron, Amendment 1

Obama’s Atlantic drilling plan leaves off Sunshine State

Obama's Atlantic drilling plan leaves off Sunshine State