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The California division of the Bureau of Land Management said it manages nearly 600 producing oil and gas leases covering more than 200,000 acres and 7,900 usable wells, like the one pictured above. On Aug. 16, the Department of the Interior said it would resume the bureau’s leasing program while it appealed a suit filed by more than a dozen state attorney generals over the government’s recent pause. (Bureau of Land Management)
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Legal Free-For-All Rages Over Oil, Gas And Coal Leases On Federal Lands

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Eventual outcomes of those disputes will have big impact on local budgets, indigenous communities and the environment.
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin, left, waves to supporters while campaigning with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in McLean, Virginia, on July 14. Youngkin is running against former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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Trump At Center Stage As Race For Virginia’s Governor’s Mansion Heats Up

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Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe is seeking a return to office by linking his wealthy GOP rival Glenn Youngkin to the former president.
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Mexican President Backs Cuba During Independence Celebration 

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MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) has called on U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to end the Cuban embargo. “No state has the right to subjugate another,” said AMLO during the […]

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Yo Yo Honey Singh Appears Before Delhi Court In Domestic Violence Case

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NEW DELHI — Bollywood singer and actor Yo Yo Honey Singh appeared before Delhi’s Tis Hazari court on Sept. 3, 2021, in connection with a domestic violence case filed by his wife, Shalini Talwar. Last month on Aug. 28, 2021, […]

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China Rejects Covid-19 Origins Report By US, Terms It ‘Political, Fake’

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BEIJING — Refuting results of a US report tracing the origins of the Covid-19 virus, Beijing has lodged solemn representations with Washington terming the report as “completely political, and having no scientificity and credibility.” “China has lodged solemn […]