Mealey's ( November 29, 2022, 10:07 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — An environmental group has filed a brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals contending that its lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) related to the federal lease sale for hydraulic fracturing in the Gulf of Mexico is not moot because, contrary to the DOI’s argument, the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) does not affect a court’s ability to grant effective relief for the claims in the case, and it is silent on the central question in the appeal....