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32 Cases found

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.

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of State

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Memorandum filed in support of federal defendants' motion to partially dismiss second amended complaint. [ 12/21/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking Department of State records regarding U.S. Climate Action Report.

Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/03/2018 ]
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.

Sierra Club v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/19/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure of communications between EPA employees hired at the beginning of the Trump administration and the EPA Administrator or external parties.

Wilderness Society v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/09/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents related to the Interior Department's implementation of President Trump's executive order on energy independence.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/06/2018 ]
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.

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."

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.

Ecological Rights Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/18/2018 ]
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: Complaint filed. [ 02/06/2018 ]
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.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/14/2017 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act action to compel disclosure of documents related to the U.S. Department of Energy's study of U.S. electricity markets and the reliability of the electrical grid

California v. EPA

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/11/2017 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to compel disclosure of records concerning EPA’s process to ensure that Administrator Scott Pruitt was in compliance with federal ethics regulations and obligations with respect to participation in rulemaking.