Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Round up of WMNF news headlines including hurricane season forecast, saving water for drought season, and updating school materials to Gulf of America.

A federal judge found Piney Point’s operators liable for the major spill of toxic wastewater into Tampa Bay in 2021. HRK Holdings LLC was ordered to pay a fine of $846,900 on Wednesday. But the...

A legal battle is moving forward over a plan to drill for oil and gas in part of rural Northwest Florida in the Apalachicola River floodplain

Florida and South Korea’s National Institute of Environmental Research have reached an agreement aimed at trying to curb algae blooms.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection lashed out at a federal proposal aimed at reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from power plants.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection rejected a proposal to drill an oil well in Big Cypress Swamp in Collier County.

Fresh off a significant court victory in its battle to preserve Florida's freshwater springs, leaders of the Florida Springs Council appeared on WMNF WaveMakers to discuss how the public can get involved. Florida has the highest...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection reports a possible tear in the lining of Mosaic’s New Wales gypstack.

The Florida DEP released a report that shows increased support among Floridians and local governments to regulate single-use plastics.

A group of environmental and conservation organizations Tuesday announced their intent to sue the Florida Department of Environmental protection and others after the State allowed more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water to be...

UPDATE, Friday 6 April 2018: Governor Rick Scott has vetoed this bill. In the veto statement, Scott said “I’m not convinced that this legislation will not muddle Florida’s protection of our aquifers.” A Florida bill recently...

The Public Works Administrator of St. Petersburg insists that stormwater improvements over the next year will allow the city to be prepared for another rain event on the scale of Hurricane Hermine by next August;...