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A US Senate Committee OK's Offshore Drilling Near Florida's Coastline

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Published June 10, 2009 at 11:05 AM EDT

By Trimmel Gomes

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Tallahassee, FL – A U.S. Senate committee has approved opening the eastern Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas drilling within 10 miles to the Florida Panhandle and within 45 miles of the rest of the state's coastline. Trimmel Gomes reports.
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