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> On May 12, 2:37 pm, HarryNadds yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> On May 12, 10:43 am, Mike Roberts
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>>> Florida governor says no oil drilling off coast
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>>> Wed Oct 3, 2007 8:29am EDT
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>>> MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist said on Tuesday he was
>>> firmly opposed to lifting a moratorium on oil drilling off the state's
>>> Gulf of Mexico coast.
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>>> "No oil drilling in the Gulf," Crist, a Republican who has made a name
>>> as an environmental campaigner since taking office in January, told
>>> the
>>> Reuters Global Environment Summit.
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>>> "I don't want them to drill off Florida's coast," Crist added in a
>>> teleconference call with Reuters correspondents from Miami, New York,
>>> Washington, Houston and London.
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>>> The United States gets around one-quarter of domestically produced
>>> crude
>>> and 15 percent of its domestic natural gas from oil and gas platforms
>>> in
>>> the Gulf of Mexico.
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>>> But potentially rich deposits near coastal areas remain untapped
>>> because
>>> of concerns about pollution, oil leaks and damage to beaches and
>>> tourism
>>> industries.
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>>> The U.S. Congress voted last year to lift a 25-year ban on drilling in
>>> an area 125 miles south of the Florida Panhandle, but extended a
>>> moratorium on drilling in other Florida waters until 2022.
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>>> Some lawmakers have sought to reduce the area covered by the
>>> moratorium
>>> to 50 miles off the coast.
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>>> "Next to Texas," Crist said, when asked how far he would like the
>>> drilling ban to stretch.
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