"4 Arrested In Protest Against Federal Oil Lease Sales

"HARAHAN, La. — Four protesters opposed to federal oil lease sales were arrested Tuesday at the suburban New Orleans building where the leasing agency has offices, an attorney said.

The four were among about a dozen protesters who walked to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management office building with a copy of an online petition they said had garnered 184,000 electronic signatures in six days. They want an end to all new drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

'We are not just selling the Gulf. We are selling our children’s future,' said Renate Heurich, a retired teacher in suburban Jefferson Parish. 'We are refusing to change our lifestyle and our children will have to deal with immense problems once the climate gets more and more extreme.'"

Janet McConnaughey reports for the Associated Press August 23, 2016.

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"Feds Move Oil & Gas Lease Auctions Online in Effort to Stifle Opposition" (Earth Island Journal)