My contempt for President Trump grows every day.

Wall Street Journal - Trump Administration Proposes Massive Expansion of Oil Drilling

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration wants to open up nearly all the country’s offshore areas for oil drilling, leasing areas off places like Florida and California for the first time in decades, and reversing an Obama-era policy.

Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke announced Thursday that his department is planning the largest number of oil-lease sales in U.S. history starting next year. It would open up 90% of offshore land for drilling as part of a five-year plan. It reverses an Obama-era plan that would have kept only 6% of the same acres available for drilling.

“We’re going to become the strongest energy super power,” Mr. Zinke said in a call with reporters. “We certainly have the assets to do that.”

While the plan is likely to please the oil industry and its supporters who want more access to domestic oil lands, it is already meeting opposition even from Republicans. Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday he opposes opening drilling off Florida, and he has support from environmental groups and the tourism industry.

“It’s absolutely radical,” said Diane Hoskins, climate and energy campaign director at Oceana, an environmental group focusing on the world’s oceans and an opponent of expanded coastal drilling. “Expanding offshore drilling threatens the livelihood and the coastal economies that rely on a healthy ocean.”