Mealey's (July 31, 2020, 9:35 AM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Environmental groups on July 27 filed a brief in Alaska federal court contending that the court should vacate regulations including an environmental assessment (EA) performed by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) because it violated federal law when it approved seismic testing for potential hydraulic fracturing operations in the Cook Inlet. The groups say seismic testing threatens marine mammals (Cook Inletkeeper v. Wilbur Ross, et al., No. 19-238, D. Alaska)....