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Activists on the move in Reno on Tuesday. (Photo: Valerie Love/Center for Biological Diversity)
Auction Ends with No Bids as Protesters Disrupt Fossil Fuel Lease Sale
Protesters marched from the landmark Reno arch to the casino, holding banners and signs that read "Stand up to big oil" and "Keep it in the ground."
Mar 08, 2016
Environmental activists on Tuesday protested the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) auctions of fossil fuel leases in Nevada, which the activists say will contribute to carbon pollution and devastate habitats of imperiled species.
The auction at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino reportedly ended without any bids for more than 50,000 acres of publicly owned oil and gas leases in Elko and Eureka counties.
Protesters marched from the landmark Reno arch to the casino, holding banners and signs that read "Stand up to big oil" and "Keep it in the ground."
\u201cStand Up to Big #Oil and #KeepItInTheGround. Citizens call on Obama to end fossil fuel leasing on public lands, Reno\u201d— Amanda *$ (@Amanda *$) 1457454831
\u201cDisrupting the public lands auction in Reno Nevada! #NoFracking on our land!!! #keepitintheground\u201d— Monique Normand (@Monique Normand) 1457459007
\u201cProtest at BLM lease auction in #RENO kicks off with casino-sized slideshow. #KeepitintheGround\u201d— Tom Brown (@Tom Brown) 1457453835
The action is part of the growing climate movement calling on President Barack Obama to halt new federal fossil fuel leases on public lands and oceans, which altogether hold about 450 billion tons of carbon emissions, according to the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), an environmental nonprofit which helped organize the action. Similar protests have taken place across the country and seem to gaining steam.
Demonstrations are also planned for upcoming auctions in Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. CBD also filed two formal administrative protests against the BLM plan to auction more than 28,000 acres of publicly owned oil and gas leases in Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas in May.
"Each new federal fossil fuel lease takes us closer to climate disaster," said CBD public lands campaigner Taylor McKinnon. "Leaving a livable climate for future generations requires keeping fossil fuels in the ground now, and we should start with the public lands that President Obama controls."
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Environmental activists on Tuesday protested the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) auctions of fossil fuel leases in Nevada, which the activists say will contribute to carbon pollution and devastate habitats of imperiled species.
The auction at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino reportedly ended without any bids for more than 50,000 acres of publicly owned oil and gas leases in Elko and Eureka counties.
Protesters marched from the landmark Reno arch to the casino, holding banners and signs that read "Stand up to big oil" and "Keep it in the ground."
\u201cStand Up to Big #Oil and #KeepItInTheGround. Citizens call on Obama to end fossil fuel leasing on public lands, Reno\u201d— Amanda *$ (@Amanda *$) 1457454831
\u201cDisrupting the public lands auction in Reno Nevada! #NoFracking on our land!!! #keepitintheground\u201d— Monique Normand (@Monique Normand) 1457459007
\u201cProtest at BLM lease auction in #RENO kicks off with casino-sized slideshow. #KeepitintheGround\u201d— Tom Brown (@Tom Brown) 1457453835
The action is part of the growing climate movement calling on President Barack Obama to halt new federal fossil fuel leases on public lands and oceans, which altogether hold about 450 billion tons of carbon emissions, according to the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), an environmental nonprofit which helped organize the action. Similar protests have taken place across the country and seem to gaining steam.
Demonstrations are also planned for upcoming auctions in Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. CBD also filed two formal administrative protests against the BLM plan to auction more than 28,000 acres of publicly owned oil and gas leases in Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas in May.
"Each new federal fossil fuel lease takes us closer to climate disaster," said CBD public lands campaigner Taylor McKinnon. "Leaving a livable climate for future generations requires keeping fossil fuels in the ground now, and we should start with the public lands that President Obama controls."
Nadia Prupis
Nadia Prupis is a former Common Dreams staff writer. She wrote on media policy for Truthout.org and has been published in New America Media and AlterNet. She graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in English in 2008.
Environmental activists on Tuesday protested the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) auctions of fossil fuel leases in Nevada, which the activists say will contribute to carbon pollution and devastate habitats of imperiled species.
The auction at the Silver Legacy Resort Casino reportedly ended without any bids for more than 50,000 acres of publicly owned oil and gas leases in Elko and Eureka counties.
Protesters marched from the landmark Reno arch to the casino, holding banners and signs that read "Stand up to big oil" and "Keep it in the ground."
\u201cStand Up to Big #Oil and #KeepItInTheGround. Citizens call on Obama to end fossil fuel leasing on public lands, Reno\u201d— Amanda *$ (@Amanda *$) 1457454831
\u201cDisrupting the public lands auction in Reno Nevada! #NoFracking on our land!!! #keepitintheground\u201d— Monique Normand (@Monique Normand) 1457459007
\u201cProtest at BLM lease auction in #RENO kicks off with casino-sized slideshow. #KeepitintheGround\u201d— Tom Brown (@Tom Brown) 1457453835
The action is part of the growing climate movement calling on President Barack Obama to halt new federal fossil fuel leases on public lands and oceans, which altogether hold about 450 billion tons of carbon emissions, according to the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), an environmental nonprofit which helped organize the action. Similar protests have taken place across the country and seem to gaining steam.
Demonstrations are also planned for upcoming auctions in Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. CBD also filed two formal administrative protests against the BLM plan to auction more than 28,000 acres of publicly owned oil and gas leases in Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas in May.
"Each new federal fossil fuel lease takes us closer to climate disaster," said CBD public lands campaigner Taylor McKinnon. "Leaving a livable climate for future generations requires keeping fossil fuels in the ground now, and we should start with the public lands that President Obama controls."
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