41 Cases found

Warren E&P, Inc. v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief and damages. [ 01/10/2023 ]
Description: Oil companies' challenge to Los Angeles ban on drilling.

Couser v. Story County

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Iowa
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/14/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to an Iowa county's ordinance establishing setback and other requirements for hazardous materials pipelines, including carbon dioxide pipelines.

Shafer v. Sanchez

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Motion for preliminary and permanent injunctions denied. [ 01/17/2023 ]
Description: Texas state prison inmate's lawsuit alleging that exposure to excessive heat and humidty and rodent and roach infestations constituted unsafe and unhealthy conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment.

Pruitt v. Biden

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Dismissal affirmed. [ 01/31/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by pro se plaintiff to stop the United States from reentering the Paris Climate Accord.

NECEC Transmission LLC v. Bureau of Parks & Lands

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Me.
Status: Case remanded for further proceedings. [ 08/30/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging Maine law banning completion and operation of the New England Clean Energy Connection transmission line corridor, which would transport electricity from Canadian hydropower facilities into Maine and the New England electric grid.

Portland General Electric Co. v. NorthWestern Co.

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Findings and recommendations adopted in full and plaintiffs' motions for partial summary judgment granted. [ 10/19/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by out-of-state owners of Montana coal-fired power plant against other owners and Montana Attorney General challenging constitutionality of state laws that created barriers to closure of plant.

Missouri v. Biden

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: 8th Cir.
Status: Petition for rehearing en banc denied. [ 01/27/2023 ]
Description: Challenge brought by states to challenge executive order that required development and application of a social cost of carbon.

Texas v. Biden

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 01/06/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to President Biden's revocation of the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline and associated actions.

Komor v. United States

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Amended complaint filed. [ 07/16/2021 ]
Description: Pro se lawsuit alleging that federal defendants violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights by causing and contributing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

California Trucking Association v. South Coast Air Quality Management District

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint in intervention filed by Airlines for America. [ 01/14/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to block implementation of a South Coast Air Quality Management District rule imposing compliance obligations on warehouses based on the number, type, and emission characteristics of trucks that visit the warehouse facilities.

Levin Richmond Terminal Corp. v. City of Richmond

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted in part and denied in part and motions to intervene and amici motions granted. [ 08/27/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Richmond ordinance that prohibited transloading and export of coal and petroleum coke.

California v. Trump

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted and case dismissed. [ 04/02/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging President Trump's Executive Order 13771 on "“Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” and implementing guidance issued by the Office of Management and Budget.

Indigenous Environmental Network v. Trump

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint dismissed as moot. [ 03/11/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to President Trump's revocation of the presidential permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, issuance of a new presidential permit, and authorization of the balance of the 875-mile project in the U.S.

Komor v. United States

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Motion to stay granted. [ 08/27/2019 ]
Description: Constitutional climate change lawsuit seeking an order requiring the federal government to research and establish a program for direct atmospheric carbon removal.

Wheelabrator Baltimore, L.P. v. Mayor & City Council of Baltimore

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 4th Cir.
Status: Appeals dismissed upon consideration of stipulated motion to voluntarily dismiss. [ 11/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge by operators of waste-to-energy facility and hospital/medical/infectious waste incineration facility to the Baltimore Clean Air Act.

United States v. California

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Appeal voluntarily dismissed. [ 04/22/2021 ]
Description: Federal government's lawsuit challenging California's greenhouse gas emissions cap-and-trade agreement with the provincial government of Quebec, Canada.

California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Brief filed by amicus curiae American Gas Association in support of the California Restaurant Association. [ 03/22/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to a City of Berkeley ordinance banning natural gas infrastructure in new buildings.

Lighthouse Resources Inc. v. Inslee

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Appeal dismissed. [ 03/23/2021 ]
Description: Action against Washington State officials for allegedly taking unlawful actions to block coal export terminal.