( June 3, 2026, 10:31 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ruling that hydraulic fracturing proponents were “unlikely to succeed” on appeal, a federal judge in the District of Columbia has denied motions to stay a long-running dispute over federal fracking permits pending appeal of the court’s February ruling that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) violated the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) when it approved permits for an oil and gas development project in Wyoming....