Native American Councils Say Fracking Lease Cancellation Was Lawful

(June 18, 2024, 1:41 PM EDT) -- ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Three Native American governing bodies that are intervenor defendants in a federal hydraulic fracturing lease dispute have filed a response brief in Alaska federal court arguing that the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) and others exercised their authority lawfully when they canceled fracking leases because the leases were issued “based on the agencies’ legally deficient process.”...