( September 12, 2025, 1:03 PM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A federal judge in California has denied a hydraulic fracturing operator’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by environmental groups that allege that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is in violation of federal law related to the fracking company’s offshore drilling permit. The judge held that the BOEM’s decision not to require the fracking company to revise its development and production plans (DPPs) does not strip the district court of jurisdiction....