Fracking Trade Groups Say Biden Administration’s Lease Moratorium Is ‘Unlawful’

Mealey's (May 23, 2022, 3:34 PM EDT) -- MONROE, La. — Hydraulic fracturing industry trade groups on May 6 filed an amicus curiae brief in Louisiana federal court arguing that the court should grant summary judgment to the state of Louisiana in its lawsuit against the Biden administration because the state and the amici have been adversely affected by the administration’s “unlawful implementation” of a moratorium on all new federal oil and natural gas leasing onshore and on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)....