Administration: Offshore Fracking Opposition Fails In Light Of Recent Ruling

Mealey's (October 21, 2020, 12:21 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Trump administration on Oct. 19 filed a letter of supplemental authority in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, contending that pursuant to a ruling in a separate case pending in federal court in South Carolina, conservation groups that oppose offshore hydraulic fracturing in the Arctic do not have standing (League of Conservation Voters, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al., Nos. 19-35460, 19-35461 and 19-35462, 9th Cir.)....