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October 7, 2019

Trump Admin to Open 725,000 Acres of California to Oil & Gas Drilling
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In the United States, the Trump administration moved Friday to open more
than 720,000 acres of California land to oil and gas drilling.
Environmentalists have vowed to sue to block what would be the first
federal fossil fuel lease sales since 2013. Clare Lakewood, senior
attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity, said, "Turning over
these spectacular wild places to dirty drilling and fracking will sicken
Californians, harm endangered species, and fuel climate chaos."


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