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Environmental groups challenge plan to lease public lands for oil, gas exploration

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//July 16, 2019//

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Environmental groups challenge plan to lease public lands for oil, gas exploration

Environmental groups challenge plan to lease public lands for oil, gas exploration

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//July 16, 2019//

Petrified Forest National Park (Photo courtesy U.S. Department of the Interior) Environmental groups are trying to halt a plan by the Bureau of Land Management to...

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