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.
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.
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.
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel the Department of Interior to update its searches for Interior officials' external communications.
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.
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records regarding removal of acting administrator of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Status: Motion to compel denied parties ordered to meet and confer in person. [ 05/02/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking correspondence and other documents related to the U.S. Department of Energy's alleged efforts to bail out the coal and nuclear industries.
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."
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.
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.