Oil companies bid on just 1 percent of available plots at America’s largest offshore lease sale

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By Megan JulaMar 22, 2018, 1:44 pm158 pts
This story was originally published by Mother Jones and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The largest offshore oil and gas lease sale in U.S. history, which included all available areas in the Gulf of Mexico, garnered only tepid interest from oil and gas companies on Wednesday.…

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