{"article":{"id":244777,"heading":"BTL:Environmental Activist who Derailed Public Land Sale to Oil and Gas Developers Faces 1","author":"Distributed by Squeaky Wheel Productions http","created":"2011-03-12 13:08:57","modified":"2011-03-12 13:08:57","last_modified":"Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:08:57","article":"

Environmental Activist who Derailed Public Land Sale to Oil and Gas Developers Faces 10 Years in Prison

Interview with Tim DeChristopher, environmental activist, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

On March 3, Tim DeChristopher was convicted by a federal jury in Salt Lake City, Utah on two felony counts of interfering with a government auction and making false statements when he placed bids at the auction in December 2008. DeChristopher had the winning bid on several parcels of land comprising thousands of acres that were being opened for oil and gas drilling during the last days of the outgoing Bush administration. In his bid, he won the rights to 22,500 acres out of 116,000 acres up for auction. Story continues

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