Jason DelgadoSeptember 16, 2020
3min318
13 Florida counties are under a state of emergency order.
Tag: Gulf Coast
Jason DelgadoSeptember 16, 2020Jason DelgadoJune 5, 2020
3min286
A tropical storm warning was issued for the northern Gulf of Mexico including portions of the Florida panhandle late Friday as Tropical Storm Cristobal moves north. The storm is expected to make landfall late Saturday. “Heavy rainfall will spread into portions of the Gulf Coast, from east Texas to Florida this weekend into early next […]
Associated PressApril 20, 2020
11min306
From Texas to Florida, life changed forever after the “summer of oil.”
Scott PowersDecember 6, 2019
4min284
Rubio intends to block her nomination until his office can talk offshore drilling with her
Scott PowersMarch 7, 20194min512
They want the same assurances from David Bernhardt that Scott got from Ryan Zinke.
Staff ReportsOctober 17, 2018
5min790
AshBritt Environmental, a “rapid-response disaster recovery and special environmental services contractor” in Deerfield Beach, has hired Ballard Partners‘ namesake Brian Ballard and its Christina Daly Brodeur. Veteran influencer Ron Book also remains the company’s lobbyist, according to lobbying registration records accessed Wednesday. Daly Brodeur, formerly Secretary of Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice under Gov. Rick Scott, joined Ballard’s firm last month. The […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 1, 2018
4min683
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 […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 27, 2018
6min516
A group of local environmentalists and community activists are asking Gov. Rick Scott to accept responsibility for what they describe as his poor environmental record they say worsened the ongoing red tide crisis plaguing Florida’s Gulf coast. “Our elected leaders have not only done nothing to help us, but they are making the problem worse,” […]
Scott PowersAugust 3, 2018
5min1216
Rick Scott is blaming his Democratic opponent Bill Nelson for the harmful algae blooms devastating Lake Okeechobee and Florida’s coasts, according to a new TV and internet commercial from Scott’s Senate campaign. “Experts agree: Washington controls the dike at Lake O, so they have to fix it. And so we wait for Washington,” the commercial declares, as CBS News footage […]
Staff ReportsOctober 5, 2017
3min165
Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday declared a state of emergency in 29 Florida counties as Tropical Storm Nate seems headed for the state. Scott issued Executive Order 17-262 declaring a state of emergency in Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton, Holmes, Washington, Bay, Jackson, Calhoun, Gulf, Gadsden, Liberty, Franklin, Leon, Wakulla, Jefferson, Madison, Taylor, Hamilton, Suwannee, Lafayette, Dixie, Columbia, Gilchrist, […]