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   Bernie Sanders Pushes Bill to Limit Fossil Fuel Extraction on Public Land

   by Isabela Cocoli

   Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders and fellow
   Democrat Senator Jeff Merkley unveiled a climate-change bill on
   Wednesday aiming to aggressively tackle oil, gas and coal extraction on
   federal public lands.

   The bill is expected to face fierce opposition in the Republicans
   controlled U.S. Congress and therefore is unlikely to become law.

   Sanders intends to halt new leases for fossil fuel extraction on public
   lands and for offshore drilling in the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico.  He
   also wants to prohibit drilling in the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean.

   Sanders pushed for the proposal at a U.S. Capitol rally Wednesday.
   "You can not talk the talk ... and at the same time say we are going to
   extract," Sanders said, adding that the U.S. must protect workers as it
   moves away from fossil fuels.

   Sanders spoke alongside environmental activists, such as Bill McKibben,
   co-founder of the grassroots climate group[1] 350.org; Aaron Mair,
   president of the Sierra Club; and tribal rights attorney Tara Houska.

   Sanders, who calls himself a democratic socialist, has been Hillary
   Clinton's main rival to win party's nomination for president in the
   November 2016 elections.
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References

   1. http://350.org/
   2. http://www.voanews.com/content/bernie-sanders-pushes-bill-to-limit-fossil-fuel-extraction-on-public-land/3036896.html