Bruce Ritchie
@brucebritchie.bsky.social
Florida environment and energy reporter. I appreciate nature, healthy communities and agriculture..
I realize it's not your story so I'm not quibbling with you. But maybe it should have said new "fee-structure." FWIW.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I realize it's not your story so I'm not quibbling with you. But maybe it should have said new "fee-structure." FWIW.
Correction: New fee for Americans.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Correction: New fee for Americans.
I don't understand what the "new fee" is for "non Americans." That's what the subbed says but I don't see any mention of it in the story. Am I missing something?
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I don't understand what the "new fee" is for "non Americans." That's what the subbed says but I don't see any mention of it in the story. Am I missing something?
We worked together 2000 to 2009 at The Tallahassee Democrat and 2012-14 at The Florida Current.
November 24, 2025 at 7:48 PM
We worked together 2000 to 2009 at The Tallahassee Democrat and 2012-14 at The Florida Current.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said he made it clear to DOI's Doug Bergum “that this moratorium must remain in place, and that in any plan, Florida’s coasts must remain off the table for oil drilling to protect Florida’s tourism, environment and military training opportunities.”
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said he made it clear to DOI's Doug Bergum “that this moratorium must remain in place, and that in any plan, Florida’s coasts must remain off the table for oil drilling to protect Florida’s tourism, environment and military training opportunities.”
"Includes a 100-mile coastal buffer off the coast of Florida and the area eastward of a line extending south from a point approximately 25 miles west of Tallahassee, Florida."
From "11th Nat'l Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program," p. 5: www.boem.gov/sites/defaul...
From "11th Nat'l Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program," p. 5: www.boem.gov/sites/defaul...
www.boem.gov
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Includes a 100-mile coastal buffer off the coast of Florida and the area eastward of a line extending south from a point approximately 25 miles west of Tallahassee, Florida."
From "11th Nat'l Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program," p. 5: www.boem.gov/sites/defaul...
From "11th Nat'l Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Proposed Program," p. 5: www.boem.gov/sites/defaul...