Groups:  Fracking Industry’s Federal Leasing Case Would ‘Seriously Impair’ Health

Mealey's (April 22, 2021, 8:18 AM EDT) -- CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Numerous environmental conservation groups on April 19 moved in Wyoming federal court to intervene in a lawsuit brought by a hydraulic fracturing industry trade group seeking review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s decision to suspend the federal oil and gas leasing program.  The groups argue that the relief the industry seeks would “seriously impair” the conservation groups’ ability to protect their interests in safeguarding public health, cultural resources, air and water quality, wildlife and the climate....