Mealey's (June 24, 2022, 2:52 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A hydraulic fracturing operator on June 13 filed an amicus curiae brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that the appropriate analysis of the federal fracking lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico, which is being contested by environmental groups, must focus “solely on the consequences of the Lease Sale itself,” leaving the consideration of the environmental effects of fracking activity for a later stage in the proceedings....