Bush Supports Oil Drilling In Protected Waters

Asking critics to "rest easy" President Bush pledged to prevent oil drilling within 100 miles of the Florida coast even as he supported a proposal to expand drilling to areas that are now protected.

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February 21, 2006, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Telling a Florida crowd to 'rest easy,' he pledges to keep rigs away from the coast. But his stance would allow exploration in waters now protected...But despite the reassuring language, Bush in fact was embracing the very drilling expansion proposal that had riled environmentalists and Florida politicians of both parties. Bush said he was committed to preventing oil drilling within 100 miles of the state's Gulf Coast. But that stance would allow a dramatic encroachment by oil rigs, which under an administration proposal would be permitted to move into parts of the eastern Gulf of Mexico that are off-limits now."

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