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On the recordJanuary 19, 2022
We are shocked by this administration's decision to sell 80 million acres of public waters to ExxonMobil, BP, and other polluters less than a week after COP26.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal expresses shock over the administration's sale of public waters to oil companies post-COP26.

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