“President Trump: No Florida Offshore Oil Drilling” This is Something to Think About 11.24.25

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“President Trump: No Florida Offshore Oil Drilling”

Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Monday, November 24, 2025

I just learned of a terrible idea from the Trump Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, a part of the U. S. Department of the Interior.

They’ve hatched an ill-considered scheme to open a large stretch of our Eastern Gulf of America to offshore drilling.

I oppose any offshore drilling along Florida’s Panhandle. We’ve been through this rodeo before.

The last devastating oil spill off Florida's west Gulf Coast was the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, caused by an explosion on a BP-owned oil rig, spilling millions of barrels of oil.

Governor DeSantis announced his opposition, and so should you to our elected officials.

Tourism is a vital part of our economy, and another oil spill will jeopardize that revenue and the environment for years.

Bill Bunkley is a 20-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs on weekdays from 3 to 5 pm across central Florida. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission and the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 29 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. In 2026, he underwent successful open-heart surgery to repair a heart valve. His wife is Toni, his son is Zac, and he attends Idlewild Baptist Church.

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