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Thanks for visiting. On a semi-daily basis we scan Florida's major daily newspapers for significant Florida political news and punditry. We also review the editorial pages and political columnists/pundits for Florida political commentary. The papers we review include: the Miami Herald, Sun-Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Naples News, Sarasota Herald Tribune, St Pete Times, Tampa Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, the Daytona Beach News-Journal, Tallahassee Democrat, and, occasionally, the Florida Times Union; we also review the political news blogs associated with these newspapers.

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The Blog for Thursday, June 02, 2005

One Very Small Step

    "Coastal Petroleum, the company that owns the last offshore-drilling leases that the state issued in the 1940s, will receive the money [$12.5M] in exchange for dropping efforts to drill along the state's west coast." "Deal to disallow drilling OK'd".
    Environmental advocates embraced the deal Wednesday, but the enthusiasm was tempered becaused the protection extends only to state waters. Escalating oil costs are increasing congressional pressure to expand domestic drilling in federal waters.

    Last month, U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., unveiled a proposal to redraw federal water maps so oil-rig-friendly Louisiana's seaward boundary is moved east to encompass 3-million acres of submerged lands off Florida's Panhandle. [See "Martinez, Big Oil's Guy In Florida".]

    The state has enjoyed a presidential moratorium against any new drilling leases since 1995. But there still are nearly 100 in federal waters off Florida's shore.

    "Twelve million is a small price to pay to guarantee there will be no drilling within state waters forever," said Mark Ferrulo, director of Florida Public Interest Research Group. "But I hope it doesn't create a false sense of security. We have 99 active (federal) leases off the Florida coast that could mean oil rigs just beyond state waters, within 11 miles."
    "State wards off drilling".

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