Oil-lease Roulette
1989. Oil-lease Roulette. The Miami Herald. Miami, FL. 24 Nov 1989. 64
This article is about Coastal Petroleum trying to convert their leases on 3.7 million acres of Florida coasts and below rivers and lakes for drilling permits. The state officials say no, but the courts have said yes, so mixed signals have been sent. This would be a tremendous environmental threat that could destroy irreplaceable wetlands.
- Type
- Newspaper Article
- Date of Issue
- 1989-11-24
- Units
- SFCN
- Keywords
- Charlotte Harbor, Drilling rights, Environmental threat, Lake Okeechobee, oil leases, Tampa Bay, Wetlands