Mealey's (June 2, 2023, 2:36 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the U.S. Chamber of Commerce permission to file an amicus curiae brief in a hydraulic fracturing lease dispute, and a proposed version of the brief that the U.S. Chamber filed with its motion for leave argues that the “rule of reason” in the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) does not require the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to conduct the additional analysis on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) that environmental groups demand....