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77 Cases found

WildEarth Guardians v. Chao

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/14/2018 ]
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: Motion to intervene filed. [ 09/20/2018 ]
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.

California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Order issued denying motion to transfer and granting motions to intervene. [ 07/17/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of 2015 regulations governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.

In re PennEast Pipeline Co.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: FERC
Status: Rehearing denied. [ 08/10/2018 ]
Description: Request for rehearing of authorization for natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and related facilities

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.

California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Appellants' motion to dismiss granted. [ 03/15/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Bureau of Land Management decision to postpone compliance dates for waste prevention rule.

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.

League of Conservation Voters v. Trump

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Defendants filed memorandum of points and authorities in support of their motion for summary judgment and in opposition to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. [ 07/18/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to executive order reversing President Obama’s withdrawal of lands in the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans from future oil and gas leasing.

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.

Appalachian Voices v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Amicus brief filed by American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers in support of FERC and denial of petition for review. [ 11/27/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to FERC order approving Mountain Valley Pipeline extending from West Virginia to Virginia.