Environmentalists Converge on New Orleans To Disrupt Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale

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By Julie DermanskyMar 24, 2016, 4:58 am141 pts
Hundreds of Gulf Coast residents and environmentalists from across the country protested against a federal lease sale of 44.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to the oil and gas industry yesterday in New Orleans. The group marched from Duncan Plaza to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome — where the sale was…

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