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Jun. 6, 2023

US Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to state’s anti-fracking law

The decision affirmed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last year for environmental groups and California on their National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act and Coastal Zone Management Act claims.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an oil industry challenge to a prohibition of fracking in federal waters off the California coast.

The decision affirmed a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling last year for environmental groups and California on their National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act and Coastal Zone Management Act claims.

A 9th Circuit panel ruled last year that fede...

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