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It'll Coast Ya
Senate hammers out compromise on offshore drilling |
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13 Jul 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| It'll Coast Ya Senate hammers out compromise on offshore drilling GOP leaders in the Senate unveiled a compromise yesterday that would allow offshore oil and gas drilling in the eastern and southern Gulf of Mexico, but protect waters within 125 miles of the Florida coast until 2022 and keep the drilling ban that's been in place in most of the rest of the country's offshore waters. Hoping to attract mo ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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Curses, Fideled Again
U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out |
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09 May 2006 |
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| Curses, Fideled Again U.S. lawmakers see offshore drilling near Cuba and feel left out The U.S. has a years-old ban against offshore drilling in the Florida Straits, but it looks like the area might get drilled anyway -- by Cuba. The island country has rights to resources in half of the straits under a 1977 agreement, which President Bush renewed for two years in December. Inste ... |
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| Topics: China, Cuba, Florida, India, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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Stick It Where the Sun Does Shine
Senate panel clears drilling expansion off Florida coast |
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09 Mar 2006 |
Daily Grist |
| Stick It Where the Sun Does Shine Senate panel clears drilling expansion off Florida coast The specter of new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico loomed a little larger yesterday, as the Senate Energy Committee approved a bill to open millions of acres about 100 miles off the Florida coast to oil and gas exploration. Now, please get out your scorecards and sharpen your No. 2 pencils: Florida Sens. Mel Martinez (R) ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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Beswitched
Jeb Bush's switcheroo on drilling causes rift in Florida delegation |
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11 Oct 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| Beswitched Jeb Bush's switcheroo on drilling causes rift in Florida delegation Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) is backing a bill in the House of Representatives that would open some new federal waters, including the eastern Gulf of Mexico, to oil rigs -- and in so doing, he's fractured the state's long-standing bipartisan political consensus against offshore drilling. Jeb's flip-flop, after years of advocat ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, oceans, politics (all these topics) |
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The Swamp Bling
Bushies sought to overpay GOP supporters for Everglades mineral rights |
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09 Jun 2005 |
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| The Swamp Bling Bushies sought to overpay GOP supporters for Everglades mineral rights The Bush administration agreed to grossly overpay Florida's family-owned Collier Resources Co. for oil and gas rights on 400,000 acres in the Everglades, according to Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney. In 2002, Interior Secretary Gale Norton triumphantly announced the deal as "a win for all sides" ... |
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| Topics: Florida, mining and drilling, news, politics (all these topics) |
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