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Florida willing to get tough over oil drilling ban
FT ^
| July 17, 2008
| David Fickling
Posted on 07/17/2008 5:53:38 PM PDT by Fox_Mulder77
The governor of Florida would consider going to court to guarantee his right to permit offshore oil exploration around Florida’s coasts. But Charlie Crist, who has been cited as a possible running mate for presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain, told the Financial Times that in preference to court action it would be “more productive” for Congress to overturn its ban on offshore drilling.
Oil exploration in all but a few sectors of US coastal waters has been prohibited since the 1980s by separate congressional and presidential bans. However, George W. Bush on Monday lifted the White House’s moratorium and called on Congress to do the same.
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TOPICS: Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: crist; drilling; energy; florida; oil
To: Fox_Mulder77
States rights! Secession! It’s 1860 all over again...
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posted on
07/17/2008 5:55:48 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Fox_Mulder77
I’ll see if I can convince Governor “Diamond Jim” Doyle, (D, WI) to allow drilling on The Great Lakes.
Fat chance. It’s been banned for decades...
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posted on
07/17/2008 5:56:57 PM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
To: Izzy Dunne
All it’ll take is one to get the ball rollin’.
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posted on
07/17/2008 5:59:07 PM PDT
by
silentreignofheroes
(Old Dogs and Children,and Watermelon Wine.)
To: silentreignofheroes
Which company owns the rights to Tom Delay’s hair?
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posted on
07/17/2008 6:01:05 PM PDT
by
soupcon
To: soupcon
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posted on
07/17/2008 6:11:34 PM PDT
by
silentreignofheroes
(Old Dogs and Children,and Watermelon Wine.)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
Don’t have to drill on the Lakes, we have the technology to drill under it from shore..
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posted on
07/17/2008 6:16:12 PM PDT
by
richardtavor
(Pray for the peace of Jerusalem in the name of the G-d of Jacob)
To: Fox_Mulder77
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posted on
07/17/2008 6:41:32 PM PDT
by
The_Republican
(Conservatives are in trouble because they hate Scarlett Johanson.)
To: Fox_Mulder77
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posted on
07/17/2008 6:42:10 PM PDT
by
The_Republican
(Conservatives are in trouble because they hate Scarlett Johanson.)
To: Fox_Mulder77
Futures on oil dropped instantly as the Democrat's no drilling firewall to keep oil prices high could crumble.
Too bad for speculator Soros and all those funds that profiteered on oil futures while depending on Democrats to hold up global warming, prohibit drilling, and keep oil futures/prices in the stratosphere.
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posted on
07/17/2008 6:56:35 PM PDT
by
hermgem
(Will Olmr)
To: Izzy Dunne
Nope. Far from it.
The whole point today is polictal environmentalism.
The question in my mind is despite their point being plausibly valid, is their argument sound?
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posted on
07/17/2008 7:44:58 PM PDT
by
raygun
To: Fox_Mulder77
No compromise with the Rats. This election will be Drill or No Drill.
If you like $5/gal, Thank Congress. If you want $10, Vote Obama.
Pray for W and Our Troops
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posted on
07/17/2008 8:23:43 PM PDT
by
bray
(Drill Congress!!)
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