Group:  Stipulated Settlement, Dismissal In Fracking Dispute Should Be Approved

Mealey's (April 8, 2022, 7:52 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An environmental group on March 25 filed a reply brief in District of Columbia federal court contending that it should approve a stipulated settlement agreement between the group and the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) in a federal hydraulic fracturing lease dispute and should reject the arguments of fracking industry intervenors and the state of Wyoming who oppose voluntary dismissal of the lawsuit.  The group maintains that the opposition to voluntary dismissal is “incongruous for several reasons.”...