Citing ‘Irreparable Injury,’ Judge Overturns Pause On New Federal Fracking

Mealey's (August 22, 2022, 1:10 PM EDT) -- MONROE, La. — A federal judge in Louisiana on Aug. 18 enjoined the Biden administration from implementing a pause on new oil and gas leases on public lands and in offshore waters, ruling that states that rely on hydraulic fracturing revenue, such as Louisiana, have shown that the losses they would suffer constitute “a substantial threat of irreparable injury.”...