--- title: Trump Administration Will Not Allow Florida Coast Drilling description: The Trump administration will not use the Florida coast for offshore drilling after encountering opposition from the state's Governor canonical: https://time.com/5096349/rick-scott-ryan-zinke-offshore-drilling-florida/ author: Alana Abramson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-10T00:43:18.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:53:45.672Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Trump Administration Will Not Allow Drilling Off the Florida Coast og:description: Florida's GOP Governor opposed the idea og:url: https://time.com/5096349/rick-scott-ryan-zinke-offshore-drilling-florida/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a7a15d62419cc5/6988cbe986f68e51a16e48d2/170502-housing-prices-daytona-beach-residential.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2100 og:image:height: 1181 og:image:alt: 170502-housing-prices-daytona-beach-residential og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Trump Administration Will Not Allow Drilling Off the Florida Coast twitter:description: Florida's GOP Governor opposed the idea twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a7a15d62419cc5/6988cbe986f68e51a16e48d2/170502-housing-prices-daytona-beach-residential.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Trump Administration Will Not Allow Drilling Off the Florida Coast > Sponsored content. 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Deborah Maxemow—Getty Images  by [Alana Abramson](https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/)  ## Alana Abramson Jan 10, 2018 12:43 AM UTC The Trump administration will not permit offshore drilling off the Florida coast after encountering opposition from the state’s Governor, Rick Scott Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced on Tuesday. “President Trump has directed me to rebuild our offshore oil and gas program in a manner that supports our national energy policy and also takes into consideration the local and state voice. I support the governor’s position that Florida is unique and its coasts are heavily reliant on tourism as an economic driver. As a result of discussion with Governor Scott’s and his leadership, I am removing Florida from consideration for any new oil and gas platforms,” Zinke said in a statement Tuesday night. The statement came shortly after Zinke met with Scott to discuss offshore drilling. Zinke [announced a proposal on January 4](https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/secretary-zinke-announces-plan-unleashing-americas-offshore-oil-and-gas-potential) to open nearly the entirety of the Outer Continental Shelf for offshore drilling, in areas ranging from Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. But Scott, who is said to be weighing a run for Senate in 2018, had publicly voiced his opposition to using Florida as an offshore drilling site, and had requested the meeting with Zinke. “My top priority is to ensure Florida’s natural resources are protected, which is why I proposed $1.7 billion for the environment in this year’s budget,” Scott [said in a statement the day Zinke announced his proposal.](https://twitter.com/FLGovScott/status/948965079093010433) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5096349/rick-scott-ryan-zinke-offshore-drilling-florida/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5096349/rick-scott-ryan-zinke-offshore-drilling-florida/"},"headline":"The Trump Administration Will Not Allow Drilling Off the Florida Coast","datePublished":"2018-01-10T00:43:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:53:45.672Z","description":"Florida's Governor opposed the idea","url":"https://time.com/5096349/rick-scott-ryan-zinke-offshore-drilling-florida/","keywords":["White House","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a7a15d62419cc5/6988cbe986f68e51a16e48d2/170502-housing-prices-daytona-beach-residential.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alana Abramson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alana-abramson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt89a7a15d62419cc5/6988cbe986f68e51a16e48d2/170502-housing-prices-daytona-beach-residential.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"170502-housing-prices-daytona-beach-residential","caption":"170502-housing-prices-daytona-beach-residential","creditText":"Deborah Maxemow—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5096349/rick-scott-ryan-zinke-offshore-drilling-florida/","name":"The Trump Administration Will Not Allow Drilling Off the Florida Coast"}}]}] ```