Groups Seek Intervention In Federal Fracking Lease Case, Dispute Wyoming’s Claims

(February 10, 2023, 11:20 AM EST) -- CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Environmental conservation groups moved in Wyoming federal court to intervene in a hydraulic fracturing lease dispute, arguing that the state of Wyoming’s lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) claiming that its decision to pause federal lease sales is unlawful “flies in the face of the plain language” of the Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) and would impair the groups’ interests....