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41 Cases found

Colon de Mejias v. Malloy

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Summary judgment for defendants affirmed. [ 06/23/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Connecticut's transfer of funds collected from ratepayers and held by utilities for clean energy and energy efficiency purposes to Connecticut's General Fund.
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Animal Legal Defense Fund v. United States

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by plaintiffs-appellants. [ 10/19/2021 ]
Description: Claims against the federal government alleging violations of a constitutional right to wilderness and seeking order requiring the government to prepare and implement a remedial plan to mitigate climate change impacts.
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Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v. Washington State Department of Ecology

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/24/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of water quality certificate for coal terminal.
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Electric Power Supply Association v. Star

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 04/15/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to Illinois law that created a Zero Emissions Credit program allegedly to support uneconomic nuclear plants.
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Public Citizen, Inc. v. Trump

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment granted and case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. [ 12/20/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to President Trump's executive order on “Reducing Regulation and Controlling Regulatory Costs” as well as interim guidance for the order’s implementation.
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Holmquist v. United States

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Wash.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 07/14/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to Interstate Commerce Commission Termination Act of 1995 preemption of local prohibitions on rail transportation of fossil fuels.
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Lindsay v. Republican National Committee

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wis.
Status: Case dismissed. [ 10/02/2017 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that defendants including President Trump, cabinet officials, other Republican officials, and other individuals violated plaintiff's rights through numerous policy and other actions, including the failure to act on global warming.
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Millennium Pipeline Co. v. Seggos

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D.N.Y.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction granted and motion to dismiss denied. [ 12/13/2017 ]
Description: Action seeking declaratory judgment that federal law preempted state environmental permitting requirements for gas pipeline project and also seeking to enjoin enforcement of state permitting requirements to interfere with project.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Healey

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Appeal dismissed as to the New York Attorney General and dismissal of complaint affirmed as to Massachusetts Attorney General. [ 03/15/2022 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to bar enforcement of civil investigative demand issued by Massachusetts attorney general and subpoena issued by New York attorney general.
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Coalition for Competitive Electricity v. Zibelman

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 04/15/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to component of New York Clean Energy Standard that provided payments to certain nuclear facilities providing "zero-emission" power.
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Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal, LLC v. City of Oakland

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Petitions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc denied. [ 08/03/2020 ]
Description: Action challenging the City of Oakland’s prohibition on the transportation and export of coal and petroleum coke to and through a rail and marine terminal for bulk and oversized cargo.
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TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP v. Kerry

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Motion for voluntary dismissal granted. [ 04/06/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to Obama administration denial of presidential permit for Keystone XL Pipeline.
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Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Walker

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Tex.
Status: Joint stipulation of dismissal filed. [ 06/29/2016 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to quash subpoena issued by the U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General in climate change investigation.
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Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of South Portland

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: 1st Cir.
Status: Appeal voluntarily dismissed. [ 07/15/2021 ]
Description: Pipeline operator's challenge to coastal city's local law prohibiting the loading of oil on tankers.
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Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association v. Stine

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Minn.
Status: Memorandum opinion and order issued. [ 09/29/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota's requirement that diesel fuel sold in the state contain a certain percentage of biodiesel.
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Allco Finance Ltd. v. Klee

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 01/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge by solar energy developer to Connecticut renewable energy programs.
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Cole v. Collier

Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Tex.
Status: Preliminary injunction granted in memorandum and opinion setting out findings of fact and conclusions of law. [ 07/19/2017 ]
Description: Action brought by inmates in a Texas state prison challenging the extreme heat conditions in the prison as a violation of the Eighth Amendment.
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Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC

Filing Date: 2012
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Opinion issued. [ 04/19/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Maryland program that subsidized generation of electricity in the state.
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Building Industry Association of Washington v. Washington State Building Code Council

Filing Date: 2010
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Opinion issued. [ 06/25/2012 ]
Description: Challenge to state building code on federal preemption grounds.
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GenOn Mid-Atlantic, LLC v. Montgomery County, Maryland

Filing Date: 2010
Court/Admin Entity: D. Md.
Status: Final order of judgment issued dismissing action without prejudice. [ 07/12/2010 ]
Description: Challenge to county law taxing carbon dioxide emissions.
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