West Coast, Florida foes resist Trump offshore drilling plan
Story Date: 1/8/2018

 

Source: ROLL CALL, 1/5/18

There is a reason the last federal sale of oil or gas drilling leases off Florida’s Gulf Coast or California’s Pacific coast was in the 1980s: The local and congressional opposition is bipartisan and intense. That’s also why the Trump administration can expect a fight over its new offshore strategy, which calls for drilling in areas once thought to be sacrosanct.

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