( November 8, 2024, 10:24 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Biden administration on Nov. 7 filed a brief in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals opposing a motion by drilling proponents in a long-running, complex dispute over hydraulic fracturing in the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) in Alaska who want to hold their own appeal in abeyance. The administration argues that “it makes little sense to hold this appeal in abeyance when its resolution may help resolve issues that could arise in subsequent litigation.”...