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50 Cases found

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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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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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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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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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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Sierra Club v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Court entered stipulation and order to vacate settlement conference and stay proceedings. [ 08/21/2018 ]
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.
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Southern Environmental Law Center v. Council on Environmental Quality

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Va.
Status: CEQ ordered to produce unredacted versions of certain records. [ 12/14/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure by the Council on Environmental Quality of records related to its advance notice of proposed rulemaking for amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act.
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Environmental Defense Fund v. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/10/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking disclosure of documents related to efforts to roll back Bureau of Land Management's Waste Prevention Rule.
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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.
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Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
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.
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