Mealey's ( October 20, 2022, 1:58 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two energy trade groups on Oct. 19 filed a joint amicus curiae brief in the California Supreme Court supporting Chevron USA Inc.’s appeal of a local ordinance that bans hydraulic fracturing operations, arguing that the policy of the state is for its officials to be “in complete charge of determining how oil and gas production will take place.”...