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Indigenous Leaders Disrupt Auction Persuading Companies Acquiring Fracking Blocks in Brazil
2015-10-09 18:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday, indigenous leaders and activists against fracking interrupted the auction of oil and gas exploration blocks organized by the Brazilian Agency of Oil and Gas to talk about climate change, indigenous rights, divestment and climate justice. Their intervention was followed by unionized oil workers who also spoke against the auction, which was described as a failure by local media, as only 37 out of the 266 blocks being auctioned were sold. Later in the day, a press conference was organized...
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