Bruce Ritchie
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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...
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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...
From POLITICO's Florida Playbook: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
From POLITICO's Florida Playbook: www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Sierra Club Florida's Javier Estevez said the bill's "preemption and land-use provisions present significant long-term risk for Florida's environmental stewardship."
October 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Sierra Club Florida's Javier Estevez said the bill's "preemption and land-use provisions present significant long-term risk for Florida's environmental stewardship."