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A.G. GancarskiJune 29, 2017

On Thursday, over 100 Congress members, many from Florida, signed off on a letter to the Department of the Interior opposing Atlantic Ocean seismic testing. In April, the Trump Administration announced that it is considering opening the Outer Continental Shelf Planning Areas to oil and gas exploration and drilling, via seismic testing Even for Congressmen like John Rutherford, a stalwart […]

Melissa RossApril 1, 2016

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The grassroots push to ban fracking in Florida continues. Activists are mobilizing fracking foes to call and email Calhoun County Commissioners and demand an emergency meeting on the issue. The sparsely populated county is in the Panhandle, west of Tallahassee. “Calhoun County will have the Cholla Petroleum Company begin seismic testing any day now,” reads […]

Guest AuthorJune 29, 2015

When speaking about energy for our country, one is typically labeled either a shill for big oil or a left-wing environmentalist, depending on argument. That’s never been clearer than during the past month when my comments on the topic made the rounds in print and online. To be clear, many Floridians and I, think smart […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 23, 2015

The back and forth on a resolution against seismic testing off the Jacksonville coast has finally ended, as it went down in a 9-9 vote. Historians will find amusing a part of the process, which involved Councilman Reggie Gaffney attempting to not vote, because he didn’t understand the issue, before eventually voting against the resolution. His […]

A.G. GancarskiJune 22, 2015

Last week, Florida Politics published an article about the Jacksonville City Council Rules Committee reversing its previous support of a seismic testing moratorium. The catalyst for that reversal: Councilman Stephen Joost, who changed his position from a vote two weeks prior. We asked Joost via email last week about what went down. On Monday morning, his […]

Ryan RayMay 13, 2015

U.S. Rep. Gwen Graham announced on Wednesday that she has joined several key Florida Democrats – plus one Republican, Congressman Bill Posey – in supporting a new bill on Capitol Hill to prevent seismic testing for oil along Florida’s eastern coast. The bill – H.R. 2276 – would partially contravene a decision made last year by the Obama […]

Guest AuthorMay 12, 2015

As we all know, Florida is an odd state for politics; one where Republicans control the Cabinet, House and Senate, but where voters have supported a Democratic presidential candidate the last two cycles. On the important topic of energy, Florida’s red politicians get very purple. Traditionally, Republicans have supported the notion of offshore energy exploration, […]

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Florida Congresspeople: No to seismic testing in Atlantic Ocean

Florida activists continue to push fracking bans

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Gaffney spikes the ball: Seismic Testing resolution falls in Jacksonville City Council

Why Stephen Joost flipped on seismic testing

Gwen Graham co-sponsoring ban on seismic oil testing along Florida’s Atlantic coast

Barney Bishop: Florida should take head out of the sand, allow offshore seismic surveying