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Biden Administration Moves to Raise the Cost of Drilling on Federal Lands (www.nytimes.com)
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The royalty rates paid by oil, gas and coal companies for the right to drill and mine on land owned by the public have not changed since 1920.

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[-] pizzaiolo@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

Or just fuckin strip their license to operate

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 year ago

That's tough with the current supreme court - there's a bunch of historical jurisprudence treating a drilling lease as a property right, so you need to pay the lessee to end the lease.s

[-] Faendol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Ughhhhhhh, God I fucking hate the supreme court.

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