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Activist accused of 'tainting' drilling lease sale

Source: Macleans

Salt Lake City : UT : USA | 11 months ago

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An environmental activist spoiled an auction of oil and gas drilling leases Friday by bidding up parcels of land by hundreds of thousands of dollars without any intention of paying for them, a U.S. government official said. The process was thrown into chaos and the bidding halted for a time before the...

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