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52 Cases found

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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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."
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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.
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Ecological Rights Foundation v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
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.
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Columbia Riverkeeper v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Court issued 60-day order of dismissal. [ 11/21/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking disclosure of documents related to proposed methanol refinery.
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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.
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Union of Concerned Scientists v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/13/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking correspondence and other records related to potential federal coal and nuclear subsidies.
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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.
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Defenders of Wildlife v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/08/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seek documents about plans for fossil fuel development on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
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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.
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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.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of State

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motion to partially dismiss granted. [ 06/12/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking Department of State records regarding U.S. Climate Action Report.
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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.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/23/2017 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit to compel disclosure of directives and communications regarding removal of climate change-related words from formal agency communications.
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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.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/03/2017 ]
Description: Action to compel disclosure of records regarding the termination of the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment.
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WildEarth Guardians v. U.S. Department of the Interior Office of the Secretary

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/20/2017 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against Department of the Interior to compel production of records related to Secretarial Order on onshore mineral leasing program
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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.
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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.
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