44 Cases found

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.

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.

Sierra Club v. EPA

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/18/2017 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to disclose senior officials' external communications.

Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Cross-motion for summary judgment and opposition to defendant's motion for summary judgment filed by plaintiff. [ 08/26/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel response to Freedom of Information Act requests for documents related to EPA administrator ethical issues, EPA public communications about scientific research, and EPA officials' schedules.

Project Democracy Project, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Parties' motions for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part. [ 09/17/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel response to Freedom of Information Act request to the U.S. Department of Energy seeking Trump transition team questionnaires regarding climate change.

Clement v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/14/2017 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by former Department of Interior employee who alleged that the agency reassigned him in retaliation for raising concerns regarding climate change risk to Native Alaska communities.

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. EPA

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Summary judgment granted to plaintiff. [ 06/01/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel a response by EPA to a Freedom of Information Act request regarding remarks about climate change made by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in a televised interview.

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