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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (28427)	3/31/2010 11:35:00 AM
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Environmentalists attack Obama plan to allow oil drilling off Florida's coasts BY LESLEY CLARK lclark@miamiherald.com miamiherald.com WASHINGTON -- Florida environmentalists are blasting the Obama administration's plans to expand offshore oil drilling, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast. President Barack Obama and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar are to unveil the plan Wednesday at Joint Base Andrews Naval Air Facility. Various news reports say the plan includes allowing drilling beyond 125 miles off Florida's Gulf coastline, as well as studying the possibility of drilling off the mid- and southern Atlantic coasts. Progress Florida, which has opposed past efforts to lift bans on offshore oil drilling, reacted quickly to the news. ``Offshore drilling, especially drilling as close as four miles from Florida's Atlantic beaches, tastes bad no matter which president from whatever party is serving it,'' said Progress Florida's Mark Ferrulo. ``The president's support doesn't change the facts. Expanded drilling won't lower gas prices and it represents a dirty and dangerous activity that risks catastrophic damage to our beloved beaches.'' Obama is hoping to get support from Republicans for a climate change bill, but 10 coastal state Democrats -- including Florida's Bill Nelson, who has vehemently opposed offshore drilling -- say they won't support a big expansion of drilling. But Florida's congressional delegation is no longer united against drilling: Republican Sen. George LeMieux has suggested he'd support offshore drilling if Florida could get a cut of the proceeds. LeMieux was among a group of senators invited to the White House earlier this month to talk energy with Obama, Salazar, Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson.