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

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

Florida lawmakers are moving the pieces into place on whether Florida will ban oil exploration and drilling along the ...

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

HB 1143 includes a drilling ban within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves — Apalachicola Bay, Guana Tolomato Matanzas and Rookery Bay. An oil lobbyist was the only ...

Sheriff Smith expresses concern over potential environmental damage from a proposed oil drilling project near the Apalachicola River. Smith argues an oil spill could devastate the region's ...

Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith has taken a stance against oil drilling in his community. The sheriff invited WCTV on a ...

Protesters gather at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to stop drilling in the Apalachicola River Basin Measures to protect the Apalachicola river and bay are moving in both chambers.

The Florida bill would ban oil and gas drilling within 10 miles of the state’s three National Estuarine Research Reserves.

Plans to drill for oil along the Apalachicola River have Franklin County Sheriff A.J. "Tony" Smith sounding the alarm of a potential death blow to a sparsely populated region increasingly ...