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52 Cases found

Center for Biological Diversity v. Federal Energy Management Agency

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/04/2023 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records related to FEMA funding of fossil fuel-related infrastructure projects as compared to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
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Friends of the Earth v. U.S. Department of State

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/31/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel disclosure of information related to the Joint Task Force on Energy Security created by the United States and European Union after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Southern Environmental Law Center v. Tennessee Valley Authority

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Tenn.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/24/2022 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking full disclosure of Tennessee Valley Authority contracts for methane infrastructure projects.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Tennessee Valley Authority

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Tenn.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/11/2022 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking Tennessee Valley Authority records regarding the transition to cleaner energy sources.
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Friends of the Earth v. Council on Environmental Quality

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/25/2022 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking information related to the preparation of a U.S. Department of the Interior report on federal oil and gas leasing, including the programs' impacts on climate change.
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California Air Resources Board v. EPA

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Stipulation of dismissal filed by the parties. [ 09/30/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking EPA records supporting determination that CARB’s zero-emission vehicle regulations would not impact emissions of criteria pollutants or interfere with California's attainment of air quality standards.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/15/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records related to the North American Energy Resilience Model project.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
Status: Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment granted. [ 09/16/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to produce public records regarding the Florida Keys mole skink and the Service's decision not to list it as endangered or threatened.
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Democracy Forward Foundation v. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/16/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records regarding removal of acting administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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Sierra Club v. U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/24/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking external communications and internal records from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding shareholder proposals on climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, and the Paris Agreement.
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Sierra Club v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Joint status report filed. [ 01/30/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information lawsuit against EPA seeking records supporting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler's assertions about climate change in a March 2019 television interview.
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Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/31/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records related to establishment of a White House panel to review climate science.
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Gwich’in Steering Committee v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Joint status report filed. [ 02/18/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents in response to nine requests for federal agencies' records related to implementation of an oil and gas leasing program on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/13/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records concerning denial of petition to list the climate change-threatened Pacific Bluefin tuna as threatened or endangered.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/21/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on the determination that vehicle standards rule did not require Endangered Species Act consultation.
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California Air Resources Board v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted. [ 06/03/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking information underlying proposed federal rollbacks of vehicle emission and fuel economy standards.
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Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/22/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel the Department of Interior to update its searches for Interior officials' external communications.
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Sierra Club v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Order issued granting plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment and addressing the production schedule. [ 12/26/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information lawsuit seeking external communications and meeting records for EPA staff that Sierra Club alleged had "troubling ties to polluting industries."
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of State

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/16/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure of records regarding aircraft emissions standards and U.S. participation in the 2016 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) carbon dioxide rulemaking process.
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Ecological Rights Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Plaintiffs' claims dismissed with prejudice and jurisdiction retained to resolve plaintiffs' request for attorneys' fees and costs. [ 07/26/2021 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking EPA disclosure of directives to EPA employees since beginning of Trump administration concerning public communications about EPA work and review of EPA work by political appointees.
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