( June 9, 2025, 10:17 AM EDT) -- FRESNO, Calif. — Chevron USA Inc. and another oil company on June 6 filed a joint reply brief in California federal court arguing that it should dismiss a lawsuit brought by environmental groups challenging federal approval of permits to drill in the San Joaquin Valley because they fail to plausibly allege standing. The same day, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) filed a reply brief contending that dismissal is warranted because there is no causal connection between the plaintiffs’ purported air pollution-related injury and the small amount of future air pollution that might be attributable to the challenged permit....