President Barack Obama's executive order putatively tackling regulations may have handed the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency another tool to bash Florida on water rules.

One-hundred and 60 of Gov. Charlie Crist’s not-so-closest friends gathered this week to give him a parting gift on his way out of Florida’s Governor’s Mansion.

With a little more than seven weeks until he takes office, Gov.-elect Rick Scott is getting involved in the fight over the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's numeric nutrient standards set to take effect Sunday.

As the Florida Department of Environmental Protection prepares to discuss proposed water pollution standards that are opposed by businesses and farmers, Florida ’s two United States senators – who don’t often agree – both think federal officials should back off.