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February 17, 2016

Utah: Author Terry Tempest Williams Buys 1,750 Acres of Oil & Gas Leases to Block Drilling
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In Utah, more than 100 protesters disrupted a federal auction of oil and
gas leases, spontaneously bursting into song until they were forced to
leave. Author and activist Terry Tempest Williams, registered as Bidder
19, successfully bid on 1,750 acres of land to spare it from fossil fuel
extraction. When asked by a Bureau of Land Management official if she
was making a "legitimate bid for energy development," Tempest Williams
said: "You can't define what energy is for us. Our energy development is
fueling a movement." Climate activist Tim De Christopher spent 21 months
in prison when he posed as a bidder in a similar move in 2008.
Topics:Natural Gas & Oil Drilling Utah

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