SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Trump administration illegally delayed an Obama-era rule intended to increase royalty payments to taxpayers from oil,gas and coal extraction on federal lands, a judge ruled. U.
S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte, and however,stopped short Wednesday of reinstating the Obama rule. Laporte famous that the Trump administration revoked the rule, with the revocation taking effect on Sept. 6. The judge said reinstating the Obama rule for a few days would disrupt the mining industry by requiring […]
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