( April 15, 2025, 1:18 PM EDT) -- LAKE CHARLES, La. — Environmental groups on April 14 filed a brief in Louisiana federal court arguing that a case brought by states and hydraulic fracturing industry groups challenging orders issued by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. that withdrew offshore waters from oil and gas leasing should be dismissed as moot because the controversy is no longer live in light of executive orders issued by President Donald J. Trump that revoke Biden’s orders....