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The Blog for Sunday, June 12, 2005

Oil Drilling

    Mel and "Jeb!" (and Katherine for that matter) will talk the talk, but will they walk the walk? Don't count on it.
    Democratic lawmakers and environmentalists fear the governor is softening his stand to accommodate the administration's push for more domestically-produced oil and natural gas.

    "I think it's reflective of the administration's plan to open the Gulf Coast waters to drilling," said Dan McLaughlin, spokesman for Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat. He said that any drilling off the coast is an "environmental hazard" that increases the risk of gas explosions, oil rig fires and spills from tanker, barge and freighter traffic. ...

    Sen. Mel Martinez, a Florida Republican, opposed the [drilling] proposal in committee but failed to keep it out of the Senate energy plan and then voted for the full bill. Martinez spokesman Kerry Feehery said the senator will ''attempt to take out the inventory'' when the bill comes up for a full Senate vote this month.
    "Coastal oil issue worries lawmakers".

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