President Donald Trump on Tuesday
signed an order to extending the ban on offshore oil drilling off the
coast of Florida until 2032.
The moratorium on drilling in the
eastern Gulf of Mexico was set to expire in 2022.
The executive order also expands the
ban to Florida’s Atlantic coast and to the coasts of Georgia and
South Carolina.
The Trump administration originally
wanted to expand offshore drilling off Florida's coast, but those
proposals were met with opposition from tourism, real estate, and
environmental interests.
Florida has long opposed oil drilling
of the coasts because of the danger the drilling activity could pose
to our beaches.
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