Senate bolsters oil and gas lease sales; environmentalists say it locks up public lands

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Senate bolsters oil and gas lease sales; environmentalists say it locks up public lands

Environmental organizations have described the provisions as paving the way for corporations to restrict 200 million acres of public land, an area larger than the state of Montana.