Wyoming, Trade Group: Federal Fracking Lease Cancellation Violates Law

Mealey's (September 2, 2021, 1:58 PM EDT) -- CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The state of Wyoming on Aug. 30 filed a brief in Wyoming federal court contending that President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s pause on federal hydraulic fracturing lease sales was “unlawful,” and a fracking industry trade group filed a separate brief in which it argues that the cancellation of lease sales was “arbitrary and capricious.”...