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The Scoop: Fri. June 28th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF

DeSantis discussed strategies to reduce gun violence and vetoed a bill regarding property rental. There was also a food drive in Palm Harbor.

WaveMakers: Changing Climates with Rep. Kathy Castor

As the world continues to see climate change become a pressing (though controversial) issue, the U.S. has seen Tampa’s own House Representative Kathy Castor take charge in leading the fight. Castor chairs the House Select...
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on oil drilling off Florida

Zinke: “no new oil and gas platforms off the coast of Florida”

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said again Thursday that there will be no new oil and gas platforms off the state of Florida; his position on drilling off the coasts of Florida has been confusing this...
Center for Biological Diversity

Enviro groups sue feds to stop oil exploration in Florida’s Big Cypress

Several environmental groups are suing the National Park Service to stop oil and gas exploration in Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve. Jaclyn Lopez is Florida director of the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the...
USF Weatherbird marine science ship

Update on Gulf ecosystem 6 years after BP oil disaster

One question that remains six years after the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is how the use of dispersants affected the Gulf ecosystem. To find out, Thursday morning WMNF News interviewed David Hollander, a...
Hands Across the Sand against oil drilling

Ocean lovers will hold Hands Across the Sand this weekend in Florida and elsewhere

Ocean lovers will hold Hands Across the Sand this weekend in Florida and elsewhere
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Southwest Florida drilling plan faces new bump in the road

Southwest Florida drilling plan has new bump in the road

NOAA Fisheries representative promotes RESTORE Act to help Gulf after BP disaster

The Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout last year was one of the most damaging events for Gulf of Mexico ecosystems. Wednesday night Eckerd College hosted a lecture about the impact of the oil disaster by...

Tampa activists demand cleaner air rules from the EPA

Environmentalists rallied for clean air this morning in downtown Tampa. Their demand for less smog goes hand in hand with their call for reducing the rising rates of asthma in children. About twenty protesters gathered...

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