Oil Drilling

It is the latest development in a controversy that spurred state lawmakers in April to pass a measure aimed at preventing oil drilling near the Apalachicola River and Apalachicola Bay.

The bill on his desk would ban oil drilling within 10 miles of the Apalachicola River Basin

The measure passed Legislature unanimously but has not yet reached the governor's desk.

The judge wrote that a spill "would have catastrophic consequences due to the proximity of the well to nearby streams, wetlands and ponds.”

The policy dispute follows loud opposition to a proposed oil drilling project in the Apalachicola Basin. Opponents worry the project could hurt the environment as well as the economy.

Incoming President Trump has vowed to overturn Biden's executive order.

President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, an effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration to expand offshore drilling.

The citizen group Apalachicola Riverkeeper has challenged the Department of Environmental Protection to prevent drilling in the floodplain.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection has OK'd a draft permit in Calhoun County. But Apalachicola Riverkeeper, a citizens group, contends there is a 100% failure rate of wells drilled there.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection approved a draft permit, but the citizen group Apalachicola Riverkeeper has challenged it.

Apalachicola Riverkeeper is challenging a decision by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to grant initial approval for exploratory oil and gas drilling in the Apalachicola River watershed.

A Louisiana-based company plans to drill a well in an unincorporated area of Calhoun County, between Tallahassee and Panama City. But Apalachicola Riverkeeper contends that the project threatens the Apalachicola River and would be in the river’s floodplain.