( March 8, 2023, 10:35 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has filed a brief in the District of Columbia Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals arguing that oil and gas industry trade groups have not established standing and have not shown that there has been an unlawful delay in the DOI’s program for oil and gas leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)....