(January 18, 2019, 12:41 PM EST) -- RENO, Nev. — A federal judge in Nevada on Jan. 15 granted a motion for summary judgment by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in a case brought by environmental groups that opposed the agency’s sale of leases for hydraulic fracturing on federal land. The judge said the BLM had conducted a “hard look” required by federal law and, therefore, the groups’ case lacked merit (Center for Biological Diversity, et al. v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, et al., No. 17-553, D. Nev.)....