Environmental Protection Agency

Florida’s environmental groups have petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to use its authority under the Clean Water Act to step in and set water-quality standards to protect Florida’s residents, and visitors from the health dangers posed by harmful algae blooms

The Florida Senate on Monday gave final approval to a bill that could be a step toward using phosphogypsum, a byproduct of the phosphate industry, in building roads. Senators voted 34-4 to approve the bill (HB 1191), which passed the House last week. It is now ready to go to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The federal council appointed to oversee the restoration of states affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill approved $302 million dollars for restoration projects Wednesday.Environmental Protection Agency Associate Deputy Administrator Doug Benevento said 73 million of those dollars have been allocated for projects along Florida’s Gulf Coast.

A federal program that funds the clean-up of abandoned and leaking underground fuel tanks could be cut if the Trump Administration’s proposed budget for…

Every county in Southwest Florida has logged at least one violation according to a new report on the nation’s tap water. Some had as many as six.Those…

Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz is reportedly drafting a bill to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency.

An administrative law judge has refused to block the Florida Department of Environmental Protection from moving forward with new water-quality standards...

The Seminole Tribe of Florida is asking an administrative law judge for more time to fight the state’s controversial new water quality standards.

Federal environmental regulators want to add an abandoned toxic waste site in Florida's Big Bend to the nation's list of most polluted places, a...

Environmentalists are taking legal action aimed at stopping Florida sugar growers from burning their fields before harvesting.They say the practice emits…