Florida Department of Environmental Protection

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

Florida has quickly launched an appeal after a U.S. district judge rejected a 2020 decision by the federal government to shift permitting authority to the state for projects that affect wetlands.

Passed by the Florida Legislature, SB 1532 allows private companies to buy the new water quality enhancement credits originally intended only for government agencies.

Pointing to permits in “regulatory limbo,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection asked a judge for a partial stay of a ruling in a legal battle about a 2020 decision that shifted permitting authority from the federal government to the state for projects that affect wetlands.

Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson is seeking $300 million for a program designed to keep swaths of rural land from commercial and residential development, triple the amount vetoed by Gov. Ron DeSantis this year.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection lashed out at a federal proposal aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants, saying it "places the reliability, affordability and capacity of the nation's energy supply at risk."

Trend Exploration is appealing the ruling that no oil is likely to be found in Big Cypress watershed, an area that is critical for the endangered Florida panther.

The storm triggered six sewage spills, include three that likely dumped sewage in the Miami River, Biscayne Bay and waters off Virginia Key.

Mechanical harvesters will be used to collect invasive floating plants and the plants will then be processed and pumped to nearby hayfields to enhance soil.

The plan calls for the former phosphate plant to be permanently shut down by December 2024.

It's the second major purchase since state officials put a priority on preserving natural land in those wildlife corridors.

He said the state court system “already has a running start on the closure of Piney Point” and pointed to $100 million that the Legislature approved last year to help clean up the site.