Groups Say Federal Fracking Lease Approval Was ‘Arbitrary And Capricious’

Mealey's ( March 13, 2023, 9:32 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia arguing that they are entitled to summary judgment in their dispute with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) over the sale of oil and gas lease parcels for hydraulic fracturing because the DOI’s analysis that found that there was no significant impact from fracking was “arbitrary and capricious.”...