185 Cases found

Food & Water Watch v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Motion for leave to intervene filed by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C. [ 09/08/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to authorization of a project to increase the natural gas capacity of an existing pipeline, including modifications to existing compressor stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and construction of a new compressor station in New Jersey.

Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 09/06/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s grant of a request for an extension of time to construct and place into service additional facilities at an existing liquefied natural gas terminal in Texas.

Louisiana v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Opening brief filed by state petitioners. [ 07/06/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to revocation of Trump administration Energy Conservation Program rules that established separate product classes for certain short-cycle dishwashers and clothes washers and dryers.

Sierra Club v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 09/06/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's grant of a request for an extension of time for construction and placement into service of a natural gas pipeline project in New York.

Resource Renewal Institute v. National Park Service

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/10/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the National Park Service’s adoption of a General Management Plan amendment that expanded lands open to beef and dairy ranching within Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/28/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to bar authorization of new oil and gas drilling activities at the Beta Unit on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf until the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reviews and revises development and production plans.

Dakota Resource Council v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Memorandum filed by States of Montana, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming supporting motion to intervene as defendant-intervenors. [ 08/26/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to approval of 173 oil and gas lease sales across eight states.

Diné Citizens Against Ruining the Environment v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.M.
Status: Petition for review of agency action filed. [ 10/26/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's decisions to re-affirm the Trump administration's authorization and issuance of oil and gas leases on 42 parcels as well as the approval of 120 Applications for Permit to Drill in the Greater Chaco area in New Mexico.

Air Products Blue Energy, LLC v. Livingston Parish Government

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: M.D. La.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/18/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit brought by company developing carbon sequestration project challenging local ordinance that attempted “to improperly place a 12-month moratorium on the construction and drilling of Class V well, as well as seismic surveying.”

Greater Hells Canyon Council v. Wilkes

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 06/14/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Forest Service approval of the Forest Plans Amendment to Forest Management Direction for Large Diameter Trees in Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington that allegedly would remove protections for large and old trees.

Eagle County v. Surface Transportation Board

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Opening brief filed by petitioners Center for Biological Diversity et al. [ 08/18/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to a Surface Transportation Board decision approving construction and operation of an 85-mile rail line in Utah.

Wyoming v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Wyo.
Status: Amended petition for review filed. [ 12/01/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the federal government's failure to hold oil and gas quarterly lease sales on three occasions in 2021 and 2022.

American Gas Association v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Case held in abeyance pending further order of the court. [ 04/08/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to a U.S. Department of Energy final interpretive rule regarding what constitutes a “feature” for purposes of establishing energy conservation standards.