(April 2, 2024, 2:16 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has filed a brief in support of a cross-motion for summary judgment seeking a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) complied with federal laws when it approved federal permits to drill for hydraulic fracturing and arguing that the groups opposing drilling have failed to demonstrate that the BLM’s decision was “arbitrary and capricious.”...