Interior to push drilling in Florida waters after November election

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(Politico.com, 6/10/2020)

According to reporter, Ben Lefebvre, “Interior has spent years working on a proposed drilling plan that would expand oil companies‘ access to waters around the country’s coastline, including a draft plan issued in 2018 by the Trump administration that considered opening the federal waters off both of Florida’s coasts.  Once Interior releases the plan proposal, it will take public comment before implementing a final version.”  Read the full story here.