77 Cases found

Earth Island Institute v. Coca-Cola Co.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motion to remand granted. [ 03/24/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that Coca-Cola engaged in false and deceptive marketing by representing itself as a “sustainable and environmentally friendly company" despite being one of the world's largest contributors to plastic pollution.

Friends of Grays Harbor v. State

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Ct. App.
Status: Approval of the Grays Harbor County Shoreline Master Program update affirmed. [ 12/12/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Shorelines Hearing Board's approval of the Grays Harbor County Shoreline Master Program (SMP) update.

350 Seattle v. Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Ct. App.
Status: Summary judgment for the agencies affirmed. [ 01/30/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that local clean air agencies in Washington were unlawfully shifting decision-making authority for new source approval to technical staff and undermining the State's ability to achieve greenhouse gas reduction targets.

Held v. State

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Mont. Dist. Ct.
Status: Claims involving the de facto State Energy Policy dismissed without prejudice for redressability and prudential standing issues and defendants' motion for summary judgment denied. [ 05/23/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking declaration of right under the Montana constitution to a stable climate system and to compel Montana to prepare and implement a remedial plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Beyond Pesticides v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for permission to appeal denied. [ 04/23/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that Exxon Mobil Corporation's representations regarding its investment in clean energy violated D.C. Consumer Protection Procedures Act.

Conservation Northwest v. Commissioner of Public Lands

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Wash.
Status: Dismissal of case affirmed on alternative grounds. [ 07/21/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that Washington State's management of public lands granted to the State violated the Washington Constitution's mandate that granted lands be "held in trust for all the people."

Columbia Riverkeeper v. Oregon Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Or. Cir. Ct.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part. [ 11/04/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the Oregon Department of Energy unlawfully allowed construction of a natural gas plant.

In re Enbridge Energy, LP

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
Status: Petition for review of Court of Appeals decision filed by Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians et al. [ 07/14/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota Public Utilities Commission authorization of Line 3 pipeline project.

Richardson v. Clarno

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Or. Cir. Ct.
Status: Decision to reject initiative petitions set aside. [ 01/16/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Oregon Secretary of State's rejection of two clean energy ballot measures.

Greenpeace, Inc. v. Walmart Inc.

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Parties stipulated to dismissal without prejudice. [ 06/03/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that Walmart's marketing of plastic and plastic-packaged products as recyclable violated California's Unfair Competition Law.

Clean Wisconsin, Inc. v. Public Service Commission

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Wis. Cir. Ct.
Status: Notice of appeal filed by Clean Wisconsin and Sierra Club. [ 06/30/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s decision approving a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for a proposed 625-megawatt natural gas-powered generating facility.

Keep the North Shore Country v. Board of Land & Natural Resources

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Haw.
Status: Supreme Court affirmed circuit court decision rejecting challenge to habitat conservation plan for wind power plant. [ 02/22/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Hawai'i Board of Land and Natural Resources’ approval of a habitat conservation plan for an eight-turbine wind power plant.

Duryea v. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: R.I. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 08/24/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s 2018 denial of a petition requesting that the agency initiate rulemaking to address climate change.