Sink opposes offshore drilling - Bizjournals.com

Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink took a swing at a proposal to open Florida’s coastline to oil exploration, saying it would jeopardize the state’s public land and threaten the tourist industry.

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Florida speaker designate Rep. Dean Cannon, R-Winter Park, unveiled a proposal April 21 to open the state’s coastline to oil and gas exploration, reversing a 30-year-old ban on such drilling. Environmentalists staunchly oppose drilling, which is scheduled for a vote in the House. A similar measure has been stalled in the Florida Senate Sink said bringing drilling rigs within three miles of the Florida coast would allow pipelines to land on environmentally sensitive beaches. She also said it would threaten fisheries and other marine-related businesses and damage the tourist industry, which heavily promotes the state’s scenic beaches.

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