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63 Cases found

Responsible Offshore Development Alliance v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Description: Challenge to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approvals for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Resource Renewal Institute v. National Park Service

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/10/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the National Park Service’s adoption of a General Management Plan amendment that expanded lands open to beef and dairy ranching within Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
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Healthy Gulf v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Brief filed by amici curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and Chamber Southwest Louisiana, Inc. in support of respondents and denial of petition. [ 01/25/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to a Clean Water Act Section 404 permit for the Driftwood liquefied natural gas export terminal in southwest Louisiana.
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South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.S.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/17/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the issuance of a Clean Water Act permit authorizing the filling of wetlands for construction of a mixed-use residential and commercial development in South Carolina.
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El Puente v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/16/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Juan Bay Dredging Project, which would allow larger tankers of liquefied natural gas and petroleum to transit the Bay.
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National Wildlife Refuge Association v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/15/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ reinstatement of approved jurisdictional determinations for 550 acres of wetlands “at the doorstep of the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.”
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Indigenous Peoples of the Coastal Bend v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Plaintiffs filed response to Enbridge Ingleside Oil Terminal, LLC's cross-motion for summary judgment. [ 08/22/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to Clean Water Act permit for expansion of crude oil export terminal in Texas.
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Friends of the Headwaters v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: First amended complaint filed. [ 02/16/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits for the Enbridge Energy Line 3 pipeline replacement project.
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Northwest Environmental Advocates v. EPA

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/07/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that EPA had failed to fulfill mandatory obligations to develop total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for the Puget Sound.
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National Wildlife Refuge Association v. Rural Utilities Service

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: 7th Cir.
Status: Response and reply brief filed by American Transmission Co. et al. [ 08/31/2022 ]
Description: Challenges to a 101-mile high-voltage transmission line running from Iowa to a substation in Wisconsin.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Scott

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Case transferred to the federal district court for the District of Columbia. [ 08/18/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the 2021 issuance of nationwide permit to cover oil and gas pipeline projects.
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Protect Our Parks, Inc. v. Buttigieg

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: 7th Cir.
Status: Denial of motion for preliminary injunction affirmed. [ 07/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to federal approvals for the construction of the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park in Chicago.
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Waterkeepers Chesapeake v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: License vacated and case remanded to FERC. [ 12/20/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to FERC's issuance of a new 50-year license for the Conowingo Hydroelectric Project in Maryland, including for failure to supplement the NEPA analysis to consider new information on climate change.
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Memphis Community Against Pollution, Inc. v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Tenn.
Status: Notice of voluntary dismissal filed by plaintiffs. [ 08/13/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to issuance of 2017 Nationwide Permit (NWP) 12 and the verification of the use of NWP 12 for the Byhalia crude oil pipeline.
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Inc. v. County of Henrico

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Va.
Status: Proceedings and deadlines stayed until December 31, 2022. [ 09/19/2022 ]
Description: Citizen suit alleging violations of the Clean Water Act at the Henrico County Water Reclamation Facility.
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Allco Renewable Energy Ltd. v. Haaland (Vineyard Wind)

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Second amended complaint filed. [ 09/02/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging federal review and approvals for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project.
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Conservation Law Foundation v. Shell Oil Co.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Conn.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part. [ 09/16/2022 ]
Description: Citizen suit alleging failures to prepare a bulk storage and fuel terminal in New Haven, Connecticut for the effects of climate change.
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Allco Renewable Energy Ltd. v. Haaland (South Fork Wind)

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Status: Stipulation of dismissal filed. [ 01/11/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to approval and permits for the South Fork Wind Project (severed from challenge to Vineyard Wind).
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Conservation Law Foundation v. Gulf Oil LP

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Conn.
Status: Counts dismissed without prejudice for lack of standing. [ 09/29/2022 ]
Description: Citizen suit alleging failures to prepare a bulk storage and fuel terminal in New Haven, Connecticut for the effects of climate change.
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AquAlliance v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Federal defendants filed memorandum of points and authorities in support of cross-motion for summary judgment and opposing plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. [ 08/26/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to federal authorizations for a multi-use development in the City of Chico.
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