Company May Intervene Case Over Fracking Leases In National Forest, Judge Says

(May 4, 2018, 1:47 PM EDT) -- COLUMBUS, Ohio — A federal judge in Ohio on April 18 granted a hydraulic fracturing company’s motion to intervene in a dispute over the U.S. government’s decision to authorize oil and gas leasing in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest, ruling that the interests of other industry intervenors “do not adequately represent” the interests of the fracking company (Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. United States Forest Service, et al., No. 17-372, S.D. Ohio)....