U.S. Attorney:  Stay Of Fracking Lease Cases Would Have A Negative Effect

Mealey's (July 2, 2021, 1:48 PM EDT) -- CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The acting U.S. attorney for the District of Wyoming on June 23 filed a brief in Wyoming federal court contending that the court should not enter a stay of proceedings in two consolidated hydraulic fracturing lawsuits brought by a fracking trade group and the state of Wyoming, which seek injunctions against President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s decision to suspend the federal oil and gas leasing program, contending that a stay would have a negative effect....