News List

  • Florida Universities to Receive $10 Million from BP for Research
    Jun 11, 2010 - Florida university researchers will receive $10 million from BP to fund the ongoing academic research into the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster, Congresswoman Kathy Castor announced today. Castor met with BP executives this week to convey the request in person following her written request to BP a wee... More
  • Castor Testifies Before Committee Regarding Oil Liability; Meets With BP Executives in Her Office
    Jun 9, 2010 - In testimony today before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Congresswoman Kathy Castor told members that Florida’s businesses are suffering as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster and urged Congress to eliminate the liability cap on oil companies. “This has demonst... More
  • Castor to Meet with BP Vice President
    Jun 8, 2010 - Congresswoman Kathy Castor released the following statement today: “USF's findings of deepwater oil plumes are of grave concern to the tourism and fishing industries, which rely on clean beaches and clean water for their livelihoods. We must hold BP accountable for this environmental and economic di... More
  • Academics flexing research muscles to analyze extent, effects of oil spill
    May 27, 2010 - The current in the Gulf of Mexico has begun flowing in a clockwise circle, a temporary shift that spins a massive oil spill away from the Florida Keys and the East Coast, a group of academics said Wednesday. But Robert Weisberg, an oceanography professor at the University of South Florida, warned th... More
  • Castor Calls on EPA to Further Review Cypress Creek Development
    Sep 29, 2009 - Congresswoman Kathy Castor, who first raised concerns about Cypress Creek Town Center when she was a county commissioner, continues to be deeply worried about the impact of the proposed new shopping mall on Tampa’s water supply. Castor has called upon the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a f... More
  • Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008
    Jun 21, 2007 - ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2008 -- (Extensions of Remarks - June 21, 2007) SPEECH OF HON. KATHY CASTOR OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 2007 The House in Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union had under conside... More