Mealey's (August 4, 2022, 2:03 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The state of North Dakota on July 22 moved in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking to intervene in a lawsuit related to the sale of federal hydraulic fracturing leases, contending that the state should be allowed to intervene “to protect its significant rights and economic interests” in connection with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) approval of the sale of 173 oil and gas lease parcels for fracking on 144,000 acres of public lands across eight western states....