Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Evacuation orders were given late Friday to homes and businesses surrounding the leaking Piney Point processing plant in Manatee County.

Workers at the closed Piney Point phosphate processing plant in Manatee County continue to take emergency measures to reduce the amount of water inside a giant gypsum stack used to hold byproducts of the production of fertilizer.

The leak could signal a repeat of a breach in the gypstack retention pond that killed untold numbers of fish and marine life a decade ago.

The maxing-out, bulging-at-the-seams, gridlock you feel on the highway — is happening underground, too. Infrastructure across the state isn't measuring up to Florida's growing population. And that's not only happening in Fort Lauderdale.

Last month, reef organizations were told the $10 million was no longer available. But within weeks of WLRN inquiring, the grant money was reinstated.

The groups say Florida's application was riddled with errors and fast-tracked to get a decision before the Trump Administration leaves office.

The state has been looking into assuming control of the federal wetlands permitting program off and on since 1992. Wednesday, the EPA held the first of two public hearings on the state application submitted in August.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law Tuesday a proposal expected to improve water quality across the state.The Republican governor called the measure “one of…

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is closing all state parks to the public effective Monday.In the announcement, which came Sunday night,…

This has been a frustrating week for one of the Legislature's most outspoken members – Sen. Tom Lee (R-Brandon), is in his 20 th year in the chamber,...

State leaders have agreed to acquire more than 5,000 acres of land in Sarasota County for conservation.Environmentalists have long had their eyes on…

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday he intends to keep Noah Valenstein as the state’s environmental secretary, a move that quickly drew praise from a…