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The Trump administration is proposing to open a large area of Florida's Gulf coast to offshore oil drilling.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis opposes the plan, citing a 2020 Trump memorandum that protected the coast until 2032.

Concerns over the plan are heightened by memories of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill's impact on Florida.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing back against the Trump administration's plan to open up Florida's Gulf coast to oil drilling.

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, an agency under the U.S. Department of the Interior, is proposing to open a vast stretch of the Eastern Gulf of America – long considered off limits – to offshore drilling.

A map released Nov. 20 outlines a plan to extend oil exploration and drilling opportunities east from the

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