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August 24, 2016

4 Activists Arrested Protesting Plan to Sell Offshore Oil Leases
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But while Obama was speaking in Baton Rouge, four environmental
activists were arrested in New Orleans on Tuesday while occupying the
headquarters of the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy
Management in New Orleans. They were protesting the Interior
Department's decision to go ahead with a lease sale of up to 24 million
acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration and development.
The sale is being held in the Superdome-the very building where
thousands of displaced residents of New Orleans sought refuge during
Hurricane Katrina 11 years ago. We'll have more on the protests with
Antonia Juhasz after headlines.


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