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189 Cases found

Powder River Basin Resource Council v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/07/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Converse County Oil and Gas Project in Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
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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.
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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.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Joinder filed by State of Wyoming in support of defendant-intervenors' motion to sever and transfer. [ 01/20/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to approval of at least 3,535 applications for permit to drill (APDs) for oil and gas in the Permian Basin in New Mexico and in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.
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Air Products Blue Energy, LLC v. Livingston Parish Government

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: M.D. La.
Status: Joint motion for consent judgment granted. [ 02/14/2023 ]
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.”
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Greater Hells Canyon Council v. Wilkes

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Brief filed by amicus curiae Nez Pierce Tribe in support of plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment. [ 01/20/2023 ]
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.
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Kinsella v. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Appeal dismissed. [ 02/23/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to approval of the South Fork offshore wind energy project.
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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.
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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.
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Don’t Cage Our Oceans v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/14/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issuance of Nationwide Permit 56 authorizing industrial finfish aquaculture structures in federal waters.
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Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection v. Federal Highway Administration

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Joint stipulation filed dismissing plaintiffs' Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act claim. [ 09/20/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the Federal Highway Administration conducted an inadequate review for a proposed 280-mile interstate corridor in southern Arizona.
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Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative v. Regan

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/12/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel EPA to undertake rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out greenhouse gas pollution and to compel removal of residual and legacy greenhouse gas emissions.
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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.
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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.
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CANA Foundation v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Nev.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/02/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management decision to remove wild horses and burros from Herd Management Areas in Nevada.
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National Parks Conservation Association v. Federal Aviation Administration

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/19/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Federal Aviation Administration's issuance of a launch site operator license for operation of a proposed commercial spaceport in Camden County, Georgia.
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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.
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Responsible Offshore Development Alliance v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mass.
Description: Challenge to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approvals for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project off the coasts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
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Western Energy Alliance v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Wyo.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 12/05/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to compel federal defendants to adopt an oil and gas lease sale schedule pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act.
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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.
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