The Florida House Wednesday OK'd a bipartisan proposal that effectively bans oil drilling for 52 miles along the banks of the ...

Amid growing concerns over a plan to drill for oil and gas near the Apalachicola River, a proposal by two North Florida ...

House Bill 1143 gained support after the Florida Department of Environmental Protection permitted an exploratory oil well near the Apalachicola River in Calhoun County last December.

HB 1143 includes a drilling ban within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves — Apalachicola Bay, ...

Florida House unanimously approves bill banning oil drilling near Apalachicola River. The bill now moves to the Senate, where a similar but less restrictive bill awaits. Both bills aim to protect ...

The House bill sponsors said that their legislation is a response to a decision last year by the FDEP to permit an exploratory oil well along the Apalachicola River..

The bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate how oil spills could impact coastal industries.

Many of these waterfalls can be found deep in state parks, along rough hiking trails, or down in steep sinkholes.

The House also passed bills to bar the development of hotels on state parks and ban oil drilling along the Apalachicola River basin – countering actions taken by DeSantis’ administration last ...