20 Million Acres for Sale in Gulf for Offshore Drilling While U.S. Talks Big at UN Climate Summit

EcoWatch: Today as part of Obama's "All of the Above" energy strategy, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management will hold an oil and gas lease sale that will make more than 20 million offshore acres available to oil and gas drilling in the Western Gulf of Mexico Planning Area. At the UN climate talks in Doha, the U.S. is claiming credit for "enormous" efforts on climate change. Jonathan Pershing, a senior negotiator for the U.S., said: "Those who don't know what the U.S. is doing may not be informed of...

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