Groups, Government Agencies: Tribe’s Motion To Dismiss Fracking Appeal Fails

Mealey's (January 23, 2018, 3:00 PM EST) -- DENVER — Environmental advocacy groups and the U.S. government filed briefs in the 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Jan. 22 arguing that an Indian tribe’s motion to dismiss an appeal of the court’s decision vacating and remanding a lower court ruling that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) exceeded its authority when it promulgated new regulations regarding hydraulic fracturing on public lands should be denied (Wyoming, et al. v. Ryan Zinke, et al., No. 16-8068, 10th Cir.)....