(April 3, 2018, 2:41 PM EDT) -- ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A federal judge in New Mexico on March 31 ruled that citizen groups that contest the decision made by the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to approve permits for hydraulic fracturing have standing to sue the agency because they have shown an “alleged increased environmental risk” or an aesthetic injury, which are constitutionally cognizable injuries (Dine Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment, et al. v. Sally Jewell, et al., No. 15-209, D. N.M.)....