Feel free to call... as questions arise.

I share your commitment to protect the environment of Florida's coastline as well as the entire eastern Gulf of Mexico, ... At the same time, I must consider our nation's energy needs and appropriate management of the American public's natural resources.

We don't have an international market.

Different states have different attitudes on this.

A very reasonable compromise between those who support further development ... to meet our growing energy demands and the citizens of Florida who oppose drilling in the waters off their coastline.

This new partnership is an example of how the public sector and private industry can work together to help provide for long-term care of these animals, while sustaining the health and productivity of America's public lands.

Our approach has been to have a balanced energy policy, and today's decision indicates that balance. ... This does allow us to prevent the most immediate, most in-shore area of potential oil and gas development.

Without leaving a footprint.

The data suggests that ongoing, intense earthquake activity has weakened the rock dome, increasing the likelihood of an eruption either in the form of more explosions or perhaps lava flow from the dome.