Drilling protesters: 'The Gulf is not for sale!'
NEW ORLEANS - About 50 opponents of continued oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico rallied on the sidewalk and then brought their chants into a public meeting about potential impacts of continuing the lease program for five more years.For a few minutes, they stood in a circle in a hotel meeting room where the federal agency in charge of oil and gas leases had set up stations for its officials to talk with people. After a couple of short speeches, they chanted "The Gulf is not for sa
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