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84 Cases found

California v. Chao

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/20/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's final regulation preempting state regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles.

In re Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: IBLA
Status: BLM's decision set aside and remanded. [ 09/16/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to vegetation management plan on BLM-administered lands in southern Utah.

Earth Island Institute v. Nash

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Response-reply filed in opposition to motion to dismiss/change venue and in support of plaintiffs' motion for TRO and preliminary injunction. [ 10/01/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to federal and state authorizations for a logging project and biomass power plant on public forestland burned during the Rim Fire in 2013.

Environmental Defense Fund v. Chao

Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/27/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration regulation preempting state regulation of carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles.

California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Plaintiffs' motions to complete and/or supplement the administrative record granted in part and denied in part. [ 04/02/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of 2015 regulations governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.

In re Appalachian Voices

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 4th Cir.
Status: Petition denied. [ 03/21/2018 ]
Description: Petition seeking to stay order of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorizing the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline project.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Opposition to motion to admit extra-record evidence filed by respondents. [ 05/17/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to federal actions authorizing oil and gas development project in the Beaufort Sea offshore of Alaska.

WildEarth Guardians v. Chao

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Motion to dismiss denied. [ 05/23/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration unlawfully failed to cause annual examinations of oil and gas pipelines on public lands.

California v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Western Energy Alliance and Independent Petroleum Association of America's unopposed motion to intervene granted. [ 11/08/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of key provisions of the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

Colorado River Ecosystem v. State of Colorado

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Plaintiff's motion to dismiss case with prejudice granted. [ 12/04/2017 ]
Description: Action seeking judicial declaration that Colorado River ecosystem is a "person" possessing rights.