Peter SchorschApril 17, 2025
The House version offers a protective shield. The Senate bill does little.
Tag: BP Oil SpillTALLAHASSEE, FLA. 4/18/25-Candles and remembrances are left near the Unconquered statue a few hours after the Florida State University Gathering of Unity Vigil held Friday to honor victims of the recent mass shooting.
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Peter SchorschApril 17, 2025
Associated PressDecember 4, 2021
4min474
Florida is getting nearly $33 million for one new project.
Jason DelgadoDecember 18, 2020
3min1699
The non-profit noted the significance amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jacob OglesSeptember 1, 2020
5min539
'Joe Biden will stop all new oil drilling, including off Florida’s coast.'
Guest AuthorJuly 1, 2020
7min676
We are not in the minority on this issue among our constituents either
Associated PressApril 20, 2020
11min306
From Texas to Florida, life changed forever after the “summer of oil.”
Associated PressApril 19, 2020
22min426
Safety rules adopted in the spill’s aftermath have been eased under the Trump administration.
Drew WilsonJanuary 9, 2019
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Rep. Brad Drake filed a bill Wednesday that would redirect settlement money from the BP oil spill into a new economic development fund in Northwest Florida. HB 191 would create the Northwest Florida Rural Inland Affected Counties Recovery Fund, which would receive 5 percent of all payments the state receives from BP after July 1, […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 1, 2018
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The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council approved nearly $300 million in projects to restore and protect Florida’s Gulf Coast after the BP oil spill, Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday. The Council is comprised of the five Governors from the states affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon/BP spill and several federal agencies. Congress created the council through […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 25, 2018
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Vern Buchanan has fired off a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, urging the agency to preserve offshore drilling safety regulations adopted after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Longboat Key Republican’s letter is a formal protest to the proposed weakening of federal rules requiring better emergency shutdown systems, new guidelines regulating acceptable drilling […]