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December 8, 2025

Florida pushes back on oil drilling plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida's Republican-dominated congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to drop a plan that would allow new oil drilling off the state's coast.

A letter Thursday signed by Republican Sens. Rick Scott and Ashley Moody says the Interior Department plan would put the state's thriving tourism industry at risk and disrupt military operations in a key training area.


 
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