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hatrack

(59,587 posts)
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:18 AM Jan 2018

So Very Many "Concerned" Florida Republicans Dress Up As Oil Drilling Opponents - Awwww!!!

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Disapproval poured in from lawmakers in Florida, a state with a massive tourism industry where climate change is made extraordinarily visible by sea-level rise and fierce storms.

“The people of Florida and its leaders have made it clear over and over again,” said Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), the co-chair of Climate Solutions Caucus. “We do not want drilling near our shores.”

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who introduced a bill last year to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, tweeted that he was “100 percent opposed.”

In his own tweet, Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) called drilling off Florida’s coast “extremely alarming & unacceptable.” “Our voice has been clear from start: we will not tolerate drilling near our coast,” he said.

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https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-offshore-oil_us_5a4e8fb1e4b003133ec6852e

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So Very Many "Concerned" Florida Republicans Dress Up As Oil Drilling Opponents - Awwww!!! (Original Post) hatrack Jan 2018 OP
It's all about the tourist dollars Phoenix61 Jan 2018 #1
Until the big blub-blub-blub . . . . hatrack Jan 2018 #2

Phoenix61

(17,006 posts)
1. It's all about the tourist dollars
Sat Jan 6, 2018, 11:33 AM
Jan 2018

This is one time where greed actually encourages people to do the right thing.

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