94 Cases found

American Lung Association v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Unopposed motion filed by coordinating petitioners for extension and modification of briefing schedule. [ 03/19/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to final rule repealing the Clean Power Plan and replacing it with the Affordable Clean Energy rule.

California v. Chao

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motion hearing scheduled for April 16, 2020 vacated. [ 02/11/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's final rule preempting state regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles.

Environmental Defense Fund v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Motion for voluntary dismissal without prejudice granted. [ 11/22/2019 ]
Description: Protective petition for review filed to challenge National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's rule withdrawing California’s waiver for its greenhouse gas and zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) program and preempting state programs.

Union of Concerned Scientists v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Motion to complete administrative record filed by petitioners. [ 02/27/2020 ]
Description: Proceedings challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's rule preempting state limits on tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions and zero-emission vehicle mandates and EPA's withdrawal of California's waiver.

Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 10/23/2019 ]
Description: Challenges to EPA’s final rule extending certain implementation deadlines for the 2016 emission guidelines for municipal solid waste landfills.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 02/08/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to prevention of significant deterioration air permit for natural gas-fired power plant in Palmdale, California.

Growth Energy v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Opening brief filed by petitioners American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, Monroe Energy, Small Retailers Coalition, and Valero Energy. [ 10/04/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA’s 2019 percentage standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard program and volume requirements for cellulosic biofuel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel for 2019, and the applicable volume of biomass-based diesel for 2020.

New York v. Wheeler

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Opposition filed by plaintiffs to defendants' motion to stay pending conclusion of rulemaking. [ 10/18/2019 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to promulgate emission guidelines for methane from existing sources in the oil and gas sector.

California v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Court reissued opinion dismissing petitions for lack of jurisdiction. [ 11/14/2019 ]
Description: Challenges to EPA determination to withdraw its Mid-Term Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicles because the standards appeared to be too stringent.

California v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Opening brief filed. [ 02/14/2020 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to implement and enforce emission guidelines for existing municipal solid waste landfills.

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Wheeler

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by petitioner Natural Resources Defense Council. [ 03/15/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA's decision to suspend the 2015 final rule prohibiting or restricting certain uses of HFCs under Clean Air Act's safe alternatives policy.

Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 08/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA "no action assurance" memorandum that provided assurance that EPA would not enforce greenhouse gas emission and fuel efficiency standards against small manufacturers of glider kits and vehicles.

Sierra Club v. Wheeler

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Notice published of proposed partial consent decree. [ 02/22/2019 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to submit reports on the Renewable Fuel Standard program's environmental and resource impacts and to complete an "anti-backsliding" study.

Humane Society of United States v. Pruitt

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/23/2017 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to respond to 2009 petition requesting that concentrated animal feeding operations be regulated as sources of air pollution.

Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/13/2017 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to respond to petition seeking objection to Title V permit for natural gas plant in California.

Clean Air Council v. Pruitt

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Rehearing en banc denied. [ 08/10/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA's administrative stay of portions of the 2016 new source performance standards for sources in the oil and gas sector.