Scott PowersMarch 13, 2019
5min532
The poll found some contradictions in Florida voters' attitudes.
Tag: off-shore drillingCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Scott PowersMarch 13, 2019Scott PowersMarch 7, 2019
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They want the same assurances from David Bernhardt that Scott got from Ryan Zinke.
Scott PowersJune 21, 2018
6min632
Earlier in the week, the U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Gov. Rick Scott launched a new TV commercial accusing Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of going negative, even though Nelson hadn’t actually done that, yet. Now he has. Nelson is releasing a one-minute digital ad Thursday called “Oil Slick,” dubbing the governor “Oil Slick Rick” […]
Scott PowersJanuary 29, 2018
4min235
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is seeing Tuesday’s State of the Union speech as an opportunity to push his climate change and off-shore drilling messages. The former Miami Beach mayor’s gubernatorial campaign announced it will be spending $70,000 to air his “Denial” TV commercial during President Donald Trump‘s speech Tuesday night. That’s in addition […]
Scott PowersJanuary 17, 20184min448
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Philip Levine is launching a new television commercial throughout Florida today accusing Gov. Rick Scott of denying climate change and vowing that any threat of oil drilling off Florida’s coast “is going to stop” if Levine is elected governor. The 30-second ad “Denial” is backed by a $375,000 broadcast and cable TV […]
Scott PowersJanuary 5, 2018
5min616
As President Donald Trump and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced plans to allow off-shore oil drilling practically everywhere, Florida’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson appears to have dug in for his best Clint Eastwood “Make my day” impersonation. “The administration is planning to drill off the coast of Florida,” Nelson told reporters in Orlando Friday. “I can […]
Scott PowersJune 22, 2017
4min663
In the U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee, Orlando’s U.S. Rep. Darren Soto pinned down Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke for assurances that the off-shore drilling ban is “in no real jeopardy.” Soto also pressed Zinke on whether he would support a Wild & Scenic River Program designation for the Kissimmee River, and the […]
Scott PowersMarch 15, 2016
3min287
President Barack Obama reversed direction Tuesday and banned oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean through 2022, leading Florida’s U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to hail the move as good news for people who live along the coast. “We are grateful that they did that, for the reasons that we have fought for years to keep […]