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A 2006 congressional moratorium bans drilling within 125 miles of the Florida coast, but only until 2022. (Pixabay)

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DC Tells Trump Administration: No New Offshore Drilling

by eNews Park Forest on February 22, 2018

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Offshore drilling — A 2006 congressional moratorium bans drilling within 125 miles of the Florida coast, but only until 2022. (Pixabay)

Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—February 22, 2018

By: Gabby Brown

This afternoon, DC residents and District officials gathered to send a strong message of opposition to the Trump administration’s offshore drilling plan.

In early January, Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke released a draft offshore drilling plan that proposed an unprecedented expansion of offshore drilling into nearly all…