Mealey's (March 27, 2024, 12:42 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has partially granted and partially denied several cross-motions for summary judgment in a dispute between environmental groups and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) related to hydraulic fracturing leases, ruling that the BLM erred at times when assessing the Wyoming sale’s impact on groundwater and wildlife but saying that he was “unpersuaded” by the groups’ allegation that the BLM failed to consider a reasonable slate of alternatives when setting the Wyoming lease sale’s scope....