Category: Environment

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Knee-deep in the final stages of its work, the Escambia County RESTORE Advisory Committee continued Monday afternoon to wade through potential projects in line for…

Escambia County Commissioner Doug Underhill yesterday appeared on News Talk 1370’s ‘Pensacola Speaks’ to talk about the brewing controversy surrounding the dredging of Bayou Chico….

Attorney General Pam Bondi defended Florida’s environmental record and called former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg a “billionaire bully” after she became a target…

The Escambia County RESTORE Advisory Committee will meet Monday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m., at the Central Office Complex (3363 West Park Pl.) to discuss…

Last night, I ran into Robert Turpin, Escambia County’s Marine Resources manage . He said the Red Tide appears to be impacting the lion fish….

Last month, the State Auditor General issued a report that pointed out several operational issues with the Northwest Florida Water Management District (NFWMD), which manages…

FDEP External Affairs Manager Brandy M. Smith sent this email to Dr. Gloria Horning and the Wedgewood Homeowners Association outlining what is happening with the…

Alexandra Cousteau advocates the importance of conservation and sustainable management of water in order to preserve a healthy planet. The WSRE Public Square Speakers Series…

Wedgewood Homeowners Association wants to know what happens with the closure and clean-up of the Rolling Hills C&D Recycling landfill now that the company has…

According to Escambia County Administrator Jack Brown, the bonding company for Rolling Hill C&D landfill has surrounded the bond for the closure of the facility…

by Jeremy Morrison The Escambia County RESTORE Act Advisory Committee Tuesday stepped into the home stretch of its lengthy journey as members convened for the…

The University of West Florida Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation, in collaboration with the University of South Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, was…