'End the Circus': Big Oil Group Plots to Exclude US Public from Public Lands Bidding at IOGCC Meeting

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<p>‘At the I terstate Oil a Gas Compact Commissio (IOGCC)‘s 2016 meeti g i De ver, Colora o this week, a represe tative from a promi e t oil a gas lobbyi g gro p a vocate that a ctio s of fe eral la s sho l happe o li e “eBay”-style — a clear attempt to sh t the p blic o t of the bi i g process for fossil f el leases o p blic la s.</p>
<p>Speaki g o p blic la s iss es i fro t of IOGCC’s p blic la s committee, Kathlee Sgamma — Wester E ergy Allia ce’s (WEA) vice presi e t of gover me tal affairs — compare e viro me tal gro ps’ Keep It I The Gro campaig actio s atU.S. B rea of La Ma ageme t (BLM) bi s to a “circ s.” Sgamma sai WEA was i co tact with both BLM a Co gressio al members to p sh the a ctio s o t of the p blic sphere a o to the i ter et.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www. esmogblog.com/2016/05/17/keep-it-i -gro -circ s-o li e-p blic-la s-bi i g-iogcc" target="_bla k">Rea more: ‘E the Circ s’: Big Oil Gro p Plots to Excl e US P blic from P blic La s Bi i g at IOGCC Meeti g</a></p>