Jacob OglesJanuary 16, 2019
4min479
Will a fracking ban advance with support from the governor's mansion?
Tag: Floridians Against FrackingElizabeth Martinez Strauss. Image via campaign.
Jacob OglesJanuary 16, 2019
Drew WilsonJanuary 7, 2019
3min291
Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis made a campaign promise that he would pursue a fracking ban in Florida, and a Clearwater-based group is making sure he doesn’t forget. Floridians Against Fracking (via Food & Water Watch) said in a Friday news release that it would set up “large visuals throughout Tallahassee in coordination with the Governor’s inauguration […]
Associated PressMarch 19, 2017
5min226
Citing unresolved health concerns, Florida lawmakers are weighing the fate of a measure that would ban fracking across the state. Legislators are pushing the bill to safeguard Florida’s clean water supply, which is the drinking water source for 90 percent of Floridians and a major player in the state’s economy, from agriculture to tourism. If […]
Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterJanuary 27, 2016
7min1160
The state House passed a controversial measure to regulate fracking, despite significant opposition from Democrats who said the practice could harm the state’s natural resources. The House voted 73-45 after more than an hour of passionate debate to approve the bill (HB 191), with just a few Republicans joining Democrats in opposing it. “Yesterday, over […]