MISSOULA, Mont. — Siding with the Western Organization of Resource Councils, a federal judge enjoined the secretary of the interior from relying on recommendations of his Royalty Policy Committee, as it “operates in secret and works to advance the goals of only one interest: the extractive industries that profit from the development of public gas, oil, and coal.”
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