‘Keep it in the ground’: Environmentalists gather in DC, demand end to oil drilling on public land

‘A group of more than 40 protesters gathered in front of the White House in a demonstration against the Department of the Interior, demanding that President Barack Obama end the practice of leasing public lands for fossil fuel extraction.
Protesters representing communities in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming all gathered in front of the Department of the Interior on Thursday. More than 40 people participated in the “Keep it in the Ground” campaign, and some were arrested.
Referring to themselves as “protectors, not protesters” the group aimed to occupy the Department of the Interior to protest lease sales. The protest was also meant to show solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, according to a press release from the Center for Biological Diversity.’
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