Florida Department of Environmental Protection

The state wants to increase the amount of toxins it can put in Florida’s surface waters. State officials said they’re doing this based on federal...

It’s been nearly a year since a Miami-based family applied for a permit to build an exploratory oil-drilling well right on the fringes of the Everglades...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection says an algal bloom in the St. Lucie River near the southern part of the Indian River Lagoon is not…

With billions of dollars coming to Florida in reparation for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, a Senate panel Tuesday tried to get a better feel for how…

Florida will begin a nationwide search to find the heads of two state agencies.Gov. Rick Scott called for the search Tuesday after the Florida Senate…

A lawyer for the state Florida Department of Environmental Protection says he was unfairly fired, the Tampa Bay Times reports. Chris Byrd says it’s…

Attorney Christopher T. Byrd says he was removed from his position as Department of Environmental Protection attorney because he worked hard to enforce…

An administrative law judge is backing a wetlands expert who was suspended after she objected to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection’s plan…