The Biden administration moved this week to hike royalties and other fees for companies drilling for oil and gas on public lands.
A rule proposed by the U.S. Interior Department would hike the minimum royalty rate for federal drilling rights by more than a third to 16.67% from the previous 12.5% rate that had been paid by oil and gas companies for a century.
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