( August 4, 2023, 11:35 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — The California Resources Production Corp. (CRPC) on Aug. 4 filed an answer in California federal court denying all claims brought against it by environmental advocacy groups that allege violations of federal law as a result of the approval of drilling permits on public land in the San Joaquin Valley of California and asserting affirmative defenses that the plaintiffs lack standing and have failed to exhaust administrative remedies....