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Oil permits up for auction in Congo's Virunga park, putting endangered gorillas at risk

CNN · Saskya Vandoorne, Tina Burnside · last updated
Despite growing pleas from climate change activists, the Democratic Republic of Congo says it is moving forward with its plans to auction off a vast majority of oil and gas drilling blocks located in the country’s rainforest and peatland.
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