Oil Drilling Axis Targets Florida's Offshore

Oil's money men lubricate efforts to open up state's waters to drilling

by David Guest
unEARTHED
Earthjustice
September 15, 2009

News that "a secretive group of powerful legislators, business groups and Texas oil companies has been laying the groundwork" to open Florida's shores to oil and gas drilling should make all of us sit up and pay attention.
A story by St. Petersburg Times/Miami Herald delves into the machinations of the "Florida Energy Associates," a shadowy group that "identifies itself only by saying it is financed by a group of independent oil producers."

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Oil spills still a threat

Editorial
Pensacola News Journal
September 4, 2009

One of the arguments made by those who favor offshore drilling for oil near Florida's coastline is that modern drilling equipment is so advanced, safe and effective that oil spills from rigs are virtually a thing of the past, so there's no real risk to Florida's beaches.

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A drilling company today is fighting a spreading oil slick — it had covered about 1,800 square nautical miles of surface by earlier this week — in the Timor Sea near Australia. The rig responsible for the leak is reported to be one of the most modern in the world...

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