The National Climate Assessment, jointly released by 13 federal agencies in November, noted that across all climate risks, low-income communities, communities of color, and those experiencing discrimination are disproportionately affected by extreme weather and climate events. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Castor announced today a new grant of $1,951,773 to continue to support a fisheries and spawning habitat research effort launched from a previous grant award. In addition, this grant will support the competitive selection of several new projects to focus on science, monitoring and technology related to marine wildlife research, seafloor mapping and science support for the northwest Florida estuary programs. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) voted on one of the numerous U.S. Senate Republican-passed bills to reopen the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other critical agencies, including the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, to prevent the degradation of Florida’s national parks and monuments, allow EPA to resume its critical activities in protecting Florida’s clean air and waters that are inextricably linked to our state’s economy, and protecting the nation’s public health. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) reintroduced her bipartisan Florida Coastal Protection Act today, which would make permanent the moratorium on oil drilling that exists now but is slated to expire in 2022. U.S. Rep. Castor is joined by several of her Florida colleagues in standing up for Florida’s natural resources and economy and in taking on powerful oil and gas companies. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) announced the inclusion of several water quality provisions she fought for in the bipartisan 2018 Farm Bill that passed the Congress today in response to the devastating red tide and toxic green algae that is plaguing Florida: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) announced today that the University of South Florida (USF) School of Architecture and Community Design’s Florida Center for Community Design and Research (FCCDR) is teaming up with community partners to tackle how we build and design Florida communities following the dire Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report and the cluster of ominous… Read more »

U.S. Rep. Castor (FL14) released the following statement after the resignation of Scott Pruitt as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator: Read more »

House Republicans once again block U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor’s bipartisan amendment to ban oil drilling off the coast of Florida and protect vital military missions in the Gulf of Mexico: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL-14) released the following statement following Republicans’ blocking of a bipartisan amendment to ban offshore drilling off the Gulf of Mexico: “House Republicans blocked my bipartisan amendment to ban oil drilling off the coast of Florida late last night – meaning they will not allow a vote at all.  The amendment with U.S. Rep. Francis Rooney… Read more »

Today, on the heels of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s anti-democratic step barring news organizations from covering an EPA event, U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor (FL14) and her co-chairs of the House Democratic Environmental Message Team, Earl Blumenauer (OR3), Jared Huffman (CA2), and Donald McEachin (VA4), released ‘Trump’s Toxic Team,’ detailing the extent of the corruption, self-dealing and abuse of taxpayer money at the EPA, Department of Interior, and Department of Energy and the impact it is having on the health and safety of the American people. Read more »