Florida and fracking

Florida has a long history of oil drilling in parts of southwest Florida and the Panhandle. Fracking is not taking place in the state, however in October 2013, the Fort Myers News-Press reported that it had obtained emails from the Department of Environmental Protection indicating discussions had been taking place about the possibility of fracking in Florida.

In March 2013, the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee voted unanimously to approve a measure (HB 743) that would direct the state Department of Environmental Protection to set up a registry to collect the information about chemicals and volumes of water used in the fracking process, should fracking occur in the state. The Senate version (SB 1028) had been filed but not yet heard in a committee. The Florida Petroleum Council expressed support for the bill.

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 * United States and fracking

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