As Feds Work on Offshore Drilling Plan, Florida Voters Could Send a Message to Trump

Governing: As the Trump administration works on plans to allow offshore oil and gas drilling in places where it’s been banned for decades, voters in Florida will get a chance to weigh in on the issue this November.

A few days after the Trump administration raised the possibility earlier this year of expanding offshore drilling, U.S. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with Florida Gov. Rick Scott and declared that the state would be exempt from the new policy. “The public comments are being assessed, and the next draft of the plan is being completed,” says Heather Swift, a senior adviser to Zinke. “We expect the next draft to be released by year's end.”

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