Mealey's (June 8, 2022, 12:45 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — On June 6, Louisiana and a hydraulic fracturing trade group filed separate appellant briefs in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that it should reverse a district court ruling that vacated a federal fracking lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico because the decision runs counter to precedent as to the type of environmental assessments that are required at the lease-sale stage under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)....