As Escambia County nears the end of its RESTORE journey, local officials have decided to “tweak†the process that will help determine how best to use about $70 million of oil spill…
Category: Environment
DEP blasts Rolling Hills owner for blocking closure efforts
Today, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection sent a letter to Scott Miller of South Palafox Properties, LLC, the owner of the Rolling Hills C&D Recycling Center that lost its operating permit…
Bayou Chico Restoration update meeting Jan. 13
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection invites stakeholders – government representatives, scientists, environmental organizations and others – to attend a meeting that will provide updates on the ongoing efforts to restore Bayou…
Viewpoint: Grover on improving environment
A viewpoint by Escambia County Commission Chairman Grover Robinson: It’s 8:15 a.m. on the Saturday before Christmas at the Bayou Texar boat launch at the foot of the Cervantes Bridge. My feet…
Arsenic found in Wedgewood and Perdido ballparks
The Wedgewood/Rolling Hills/Olive Heights Homeowners Association has written the Environmental Protection Agency for help. A recent soil report indicates the Lewis Powell ballparks near the opening gate of Rolling Hills landfill are…
Town Hall meeting on Bayou Chico dredging
Emeraldcoastkeeper Laurie Murphy is hosting a meeting to discuss the proposed dredging of Bayou Chico. “As you know, there is currently a very controversial and heavily debated dredging issue on Bayou Chico,”…
Three local projects get RESTORE funding
The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council recently approved the initial Funded Priorities List, or FPL, of projects to be funded pursuant to the RESTORE Act during a meeting at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum &…
RESTORE pitches begin
Having whittled the list of projects vying for local RESTORE dollars down to a manageable 62, the Escambia County RESTORE Advisory Committee heard from about half the hopeful applicants during its Dec….
EPA Superfund needs financial stability
Center for Health, Environment & Justice has called for Congress to reinstitute its “polluter’s pay fees†to give the EPA Superfund the financial stability to cleanup toxic sites around the country. One…
Escambia County chair warns state politics could syphon away BP settlement dollars
From Escambia County Chairman & District 4 Commissioner Grover Robinson: As the federal government’s and five Gulf States’ settlements with British Petroleum become imminent, the fight to control those dollars and where…
Environmental group set to report on EPA Superfund mismanagement
On the 35th anniversary of Superfund, the environmental group Citizens Against Toxic Exposure (CATE) plans to release a new study of Superfund activity and what they call mismanagement of the program. CATE…
Broxson speaks in favor of fracking bill as it gains House support
House Republicans continued moving forward Wednesday with a bill that would create a new regulatory structure for oil and natural-gas drilling in Florida, with most of the attention focused on the controversial…