ignoring the law and playing favorites, he should treat california the way he's treating florida. >> reporter: environmental concerns, memories of oil spills like the 2010 deep water horizon oil spill and its devastating impact on local economies is what's behind the opposition. nearly every governor with a coastline opposes it, including several republicans. maine's governor the lone one to show some support. an interior department spokeswoman said there is no politics behind the florida waiver. if other governors would like to request meetings with the secretary, they're absolutely welcome to do so. zinke has pitched the plan as a step towards energy independence and potential $15 billion in federal revenue. this dramatic drilling plan is a proposal for now and has yet to be finalized, but this could open the administration to legal challenges. some states could argue that these decisions are being made