Mealey's (July 10, 2019, 2:08 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A clerk in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on July 5 issued an order indicating that a lawsuit regarding offshore hydraulic fracturing was not selected for mediation, as environmental groups and the Trump administration contest a district court’s previous ruling that approved a permanent injunction against well stimulation treatments (WST) until the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) consults with a federal agency and completes a process mandated under federal law (Environmental Defense Center, et al. v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, et al., No. 16-8418, C.D. Calif.)....