45 Cases found

California Air Resources Board v. EPA

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/15/2020 ]
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.

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.

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.

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.

California Air Resources Board v. EPA

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/05/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking information underlying proposed federal rollbacks of vehicle emission and fuel economy standards.

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.

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/15/2019 ]
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.

Ecological Rights Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Amended complaint filed. [ 08/06/2018 ]
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.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: First amended complaint filed. [ 03/26/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking disclosure of external communications of Department of the Interior officials.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/06/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel EPA to disclose records regarding policies put in place and other measures taken after EPA cancelled scientists' and consultant's participation in Rhode Island climate change conference.

Southern Environmental Law Center v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Va.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/15/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking EPA communications with Heartland Institute regarding potential red team/blue team climate science exercise and other matters.

Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Transportation

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/19/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking U.S. Department of Transportation officials' calendars and correspondence related to proposed and anticipated actions to roll back greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for vehicles.

Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment granted, defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment denied, and defendant ordered to produce the OMEGA v.1.4.59 core model to plaintiffs by June 7, 2020. [ 05/28/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records related to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's model for assessing the cost and effectiveness of greenhouse gas emission standards.