Oil Drilling

The U.S. House has passed two bills banning new offshore oil and gas drilling off the Atlantic Coast, Pacific Coast and Florida's Gulf Coast.H.R. 205,…

A measure that would ban the controversial oil- and natural-gas drilling process known as “fracking” is again on the move in the Florida Senate. However,…

Friday on First Coast Connect our weekly Media Roundtable with David Bauerlein from The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville Business Journal Editor Timothy…

General Electric employs more than 400 full-time workers at its oil- and gas-drilling services plant on Jacksonville’s Westside.General Electric shook up…

The federal government is considering 10 applications for offshore oil and gas exploration along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.The Florida Department of…

Seismic airgun testing by the oil industry has received approval by the Obama Administration and should commence this year, followed by potential drilling…

I get it. I truly understand and empathize with the uproar and outrage concerning the two teenaged girls who tortured and stomped to death a gopher…

Environmental advocates and energy companies are at odds in a fight over what should be allowed in the waters of the First Coast.The Florida Times-Union…

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson says he’ll fight any plans to drill for oil and gas off Florida’s Atlantic Coast.Nelson said drilling would be an environmental…