Florida’s Proposed Fracking Ban Incomplete Without Acidizing
The proposed fracking ban legislation advancing through the Florida House and Senate fall short of protecting Florida’s sensitive natural resources because th...
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Why Drill for Oil in Florida? Tiny Industry, Huge Risks.
Both current onshore oil production and the prospects for future oil expansion in Florida are minimal. Yet efforts continue to develop small amounts of oil and ...
Oil Search Threatens Endangered Florida Panther
The Florida panther is one of the most endangered mammals in the eastern United States, and now oil exploration and other development around the Florida Evergla...
More Qs than As at EPA Oil and Gas Wastewater Meeting
The oil and gas industry wants to dump its wastewater into our rivers and lakes, and Trump’s EPA is supposed to figure out how to let them do it....
Florida SLAPP Case Threatens Right to Free Speech
Florida's beauty is consistently under threat from those who seek to destroy it for profit. Environmental advocates now face a new threat in this fight in the s...
Oil Hunt Damages Everglades’ Big Cypress National Preserve
New oil development has no place in sensitive wetland habitats in the Florida Everglades. The Burnett Oil Company claimed it could explore for oil in the Big Cy...