Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection is applying to take over duties from the federal government related to protecting its wetlands. But...

A massive algae outbreak is spreading in the Caloosahatchee River in southwest Florida.Calusa Waterkeeper John Cassani tells the Naples Daily News that…

Wrapping up work from the 2018 legislative session, Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed 17 bills and vetoed one measure, which he said could “muddle”…

Sewage has been spilling into Fort Lauderdale’s streets, neighborhoods and waterways for more than three years now. Millions of gallons of waste on the...

For decades during the 20th Century, the City of Fort Myers dumped lime sludge—a byproduct of the water treatment processes—in Dunbar, a predominately...

A major chicken processing plant that has been cited for polluting the Suwannee River settled a lawsuit on Wednesday that was brought by environmental…

Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection used ground penetrating radar on several plots of land in a predominantly black section of Fort Myers...

Parts of Florida's Everglades are so waterlogged that deer, wading birds and other animals are running out of dry ground.Heavy rains this month have left…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is looking into complaints about brown spots that are appearing on cars, boats, air conditioning units…

An administrative law judge has refused to block the Florida Department of Environmental Protection from moving forward with new water-quality standards…