9th Circuit Vacates Fracking Lease Case As ‘Moot’ Amid Changed Legal Landscape

Mealey's (August 25, 2021, 11:57 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A panel of the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Aug. 24 vacated and remanded a lawsuit challenging hydraulic fracturing activity in the Arctic, saying the case was moot because, among other reasons, the legal landscape has changed and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) has been updated....