(July 27, 2020, 2:04 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An environmental advocacy group on July 24 sued the U.S. Department of the Treasury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) seeking the release of nonexempt information concerning its implementation of the department's COVID-19 relief programs, specifically with regard to money given to special interest groups that include those in the hydraulic fracturing industry (Friends of the Earth, et al. v. U.S. Department of the Treasury, No. 20-2031, D. D.C.)....