(January 11, 2024, 3:11 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Proponents of hydraulic fracturing in Alaska have filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia federal court contending that their case against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and other federal agencies related to allegations that they violated federal law when they terminated fracking leases should not be transferred to Alaska because the DOI made the decision under review in the District of Columbia, not Alaska....