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Scott PowersJanuary 17, 2018

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is launching a new television commercial throughout Florida today accusing Gov. Rick Scott of denying climate change and vowing that any threat of oil drilling off Florida’s coast “is going to stop” if Levine is elected governor. The 30-second ad “Denial” is backed by a $375,000 broadcast and cable TV […]

Scott PowersDecember 27, 2017

Enterprise Florida Business Development Director Cori Henderson was selected Wednesday to oversee which Florida Gulf Coast will get some of the hundreds of millions of dollars BP PLC has agreed to pay for damages from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Henderson, who’s also a former legislative aide to state Sen. Tom Lee among others, […]

Shannon NickinsonApril 15, 2014

City officials are finalizing a lease agreement to build a fish hatchery and research facility on city-owned property at Bruce Beach. We’ve been talking about this since June of 2011. The agreement would allow the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission to lease Bruce Beach for $1 a year from the city. In exchange, the state […]

Guest AuthorApril 2, 2014

The Environmental Protection Agency lifted in March its ban imposed on BP. For me, the decision felt like hearing a serial killer had been granted a pardon and released into our community. BP’s history shows how it has repeatedly put American lives and our environment at risk. Lifting the ban allows them back in our […]

Tag: BP oil

New Philip Levine TV ad focuses on off-shore drilling threat

Cori Henderson selected to evaluate Deepwater Horizon settlement applications

Shannon Nickinson: Here we go again, another Pensacola ‘what-if?’

Rick Outzen: Lifting ban on BP is like granting a pardon to a serial killer