State Of Louisiana, Industry Group Say Federal Fracking Lease Case Is ‘Irrelevant’

Mealey's (January 13, 2023, 8:51 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The American Petroleum Institute (API) and the state of Louisiana have filed a reply brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that it should dismiss as moot or reverse a case in which environmental groups challenge a federal hydraulic fracturing lease sale pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) because the lawsuit is now “irrelevant.”...