Florida shellfish industry, communities push governor to ban Apalachicola drilling
House Bill 1143 would block drilling within 10 miles of the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve.
House Bill 1143 would block drilling within 10 miles of the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve.
Only a high-level independent investigative commission can fully unravel this disaster’s interconnected causes.
That's where the U.S. gets most of its offshore oil.
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