oil drilling everglades

A plan to buy the preserve's mineral rights from the Collier family is gaining traction with bipartisan support and backing from the Miccosukee Tribe.

A Texas company’s plans to drill for oil in the Everglades may have a tougher time winning approval, now that an administration that’s skeptical of fossil fuels has taken over in Washington. Burnett Oil Co. has proposed drilling at two sites in Big Cypress National Preserve, important Florida panther habitat that sprawls across both sides of Alligator Alley.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has found a Texas company damaged wetlands in Big Cypress National Preserve during its search for oil.In a letter to…

The White House is reportedly considering plans to auction off Florida’s coastal waters to search for oil and natural gas.But that may be a hard sell in…

Increased protections for the Everglades could be added to a controversial measure that would ban the oil- and gas-drilling technique known as…

Next to the airboats at the entrance to Everglades Holiday Park, about thirty people from The Sierra Club, the Broward County League of Women Voters, and…

Overturning a decision by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, an appeals court Tuesday ordered the state to issue a permit to a major…

The boom in U.S. oil production may one day extend to southern Florida, where several companies have proposed operations to extract the valuable black…

A federal court judge in Fort Myers ruled against a consortium of Environmental advocacy groups Monday in a lawsuit against the National Park Service...

It’s been nearly a year since a Miami-based family applied for a permit to build an exploratory oil-drilling well right on the fringes of the Everglades,…

A South Florida company is asking for permission to explore the Everglades west of Broward for oil. Environmentalists say it's a bad idea and some experts…