Coastal states to Trump: why is Florida exempt from drilling and not us?
by Oliver Milman in New York from Environment | The Guardian on (#3CY8B)
Ryan Zinke confirmed Florida would be exempt from massive offshore plan - which other states claim is simply a favor for Republican governor Rick Scott
Governors of coastal states have urged the Trump administration to scrap its plan to usher oil and gas drilling into almost all US waters, in an unusual bipartisan backlash against the surprise proposal itself - and the controversial twist that suddenly saw Florida, alone, excused from going along with it.
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