Status: Joint stipulation for dismissal without prejudice filed. [ 10/20/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging a May 2023 ordinance passed by Story County, Iowa, that imposes setback and other requirements for carbon dioxide pipelines.
Status: Concurring opinion issued in affirmance of decision rejecting power purchase agreement for biomass facility to supply energy to Hawai'i Island. [ 03/13/2023 ]
Description: Biomass power plant developer's challenge to Hawai'i Public Utilities Commission's denial of approval to supply energy to Hawaiʻi Island.
Description: Lawsuit brought by a developer of an interstate carbon dioxide pipeline and a farmer and part-owner of an ethanol production facility to challenge a county ordinance concerning pipeline permitting and safety.
Status: Petition for declaratory judgment filed. [ 02/28/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the Washington State Building Code Council’s amendments of the State Energy Code to ban or restrict the use of natural gas appliances in commercial and residential buildings and other State Building Code Council rules.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted and defendants' motion for summary judgment denied. [ 12/04/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to an Iowa county's ordinance establishing setback and other requirements for hazardous materials pipelines, including carbon dioxide pipelines.
Status: Administrative law judge issued ruling on issues and party status. [ 09/22/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the denial of an application for renewal of a Title V air permit for natural gas-fired power plant used to power cryptocurrency mining.
Description: Challenge to Minnesota's adoption of the Clean Car Rule, which incorporated by reference certain California motor-vehicle emission standards.
Description: Industry challenge to regulations implementing Pennsylvania's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Status: Exxon's motion for summary judgment denied and Board of Supervisors' and environmental group intervenors' motions for summary judgment granted. [ 09/27/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the denial of a permit that would allow Exxon to temporarily truck crude oil from Exxon’s Santa Ynez Unit, consisting of three offshore platforms and an onshore processing center.
Status: Summary judgment granted to defendants with respect to the claims brought under the CAA, ADA, and FAAAA. [ 12/14/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to block implementation of a South Coast Air Quality Management District rule imposing compliance obligations on warehouses based on the number, type, and emission characteristics of trucks that visit the warehouse facilities.
Description: Natural gas-fired power plant operator's challenge to denial of Title V air permit application for a new, more efficient electricity generating plant.