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    Under Trump, You Can Drill On Public Land For $1.50 Per Acre. Who's Buying?

    Apr 03, 2019 4 minutes
    In this April 24, 2015 file photo, pump jacks work in a field near Lovington, N.M. (Charlie Riedel, File/AP)

    With Meghna Chakrabarti

    America’s public lands are being leased for oil and gas speculation for less than a cup of coffee per acre. We look at the push and the pushback.

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    Carl Segerstrom, contributing editor at High County News. (@Carlschirps)

    , David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment, and director of the program on energy security and climate. Co-author of “.” (

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