(November 21, 2016, 10:06 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia on Nov. 18 ruled that a petroleum industry trade association was not permitted to intervene in a lawsuit brought by environmental advocacy groups that contend that the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency failed to meet her duty to review and revise regulations for wastes associated with hydraulic fracturing (Environmental Integrity Project, et al. v. Gina McCarthy, No. 16-842, D. D.C.)....