From Modern Hiker. First mentioned to me by Charlie Malone of Matter Daily today! The video brought tears to my eyes.
"In 2008, when the George W. Bush administration was on its way out
the door, it decided to launch one final giveaway to oil and gas
companies by leasing hundreds of thousands of acres
of land in Utah overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. Frustrated
opponents protested outside the BLM building in Salt Lake City while the
auction was being held in December of ’08, but Tim DeChristopher, a 27
year old University of Utah economics student, took action.
DeChristopher went into the auction as a bidder, and despite not
having any money, successfully bid on 148,598 acres of land for over $7
million. When he wasn’t able to win a bid, he was able to drive up the
costs of leases for oil and gas companies. By the time the paperwork
was done on the land DeChristopher successfully bid on, a new
administration was in office – one that agreed most of the land up for sale should never have been put up for auction in the first place."
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