( November 5, 2026, 8:15 AM EST) -- SALT LAKE CITY — A 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel affirmed a Utah federal judge’s ruling that the Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation lacked standing to intervene in a settled case involving Clean Air Act (CAA) violations at a fracking operator’s oil and gas production facilities on the tribe’s reservation, writing that the tribe failed to allege that it was injured by the United States’ failure to consult with it before entering the settlement....