Neil Sims has a vision. He imagines thousands of red drum fish swimming in the open Gulf, the Florida sun glinting off ...

If the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has its way, a huge swath of the Eastern Gulf, long considered off limits, will be opened to offshore drilling.

Crews battle the blazing remnants of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico after the explosion April 20, 2010, ...

Florida's Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow ...

Florida lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing back on a plan by the Trump administration for new offshore oil drilling.

Florida's entire U.S. congressional delegation on Thursday urged President Donald Trump to leave their state out of a plan by ...

“It affects tourism, and more importantly, it’s just bad for the environment,” said GOP Rep. Vern Buchanan.

A contentious issue that's been fought off several times over the decades, drilling off the Southwest Florida coast is not a popular idea here.

Early one morning in March 2010, Captain Gary Jarvis cast a heavyweight line into the Gulf of Mexico from the deck of his ...

Drilling in the Eastern Gulf could forever change Northwest Florida. It's a fear shared by the vast majority of Floridians ...

Florida Republicans are fuming as the Trump administration proposes to open up new drilling in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico. “The new maps released today by @SecretaryBurgum and @Interior outlining ...