29 Cases found
Ziadeh v. Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Pa. Commw. Ct.
Status: Petition dismissed as moot. [ 01/19/2023 ]
Description: Proceeding concerning the publication of Pennsylvania regulations to implement the State's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
The Two Hundred for Homeownership v. California Air Resources Board
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint and petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 11/14/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging California's regulation requiring all new cars and light trucks sold in California to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035.
HOPE of Kentucky, LLC v. Cameron
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Ky.
Status: Memorandum filed by plaintiffs in support of their motion to abstain, dismiss, and remand. [ 11/18/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to block the Kentucky Attorney General's investigation of banks' ESG investment practices.
Dwyer v. Allbirds, Inc.
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 04/18/2022 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit alleging that shoe company made misleading claims regarding the environmental impacts of its wool shoes as well as misleading animal welfare claims.
City of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Case stayed pending Second Circuit's decision in Connecticut v. Exxon Mobil Corp. [ 11/12/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit against oil and gas companies and trade group alleging they systematically and intentionally misleading consumers about their products' role in causing climate change.
Uetricht v. Chicago Parking Meters, LLC
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Ill.
Status: Notice of appeal filed by plaintiffs. [ 02/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to agreement between the City of Chicago and a private company granting the company control over the City's parking meter system for 75 years.
Yes in My Back Yard v. California Department of Housing and Community Development
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 02/04/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the California Department of Housing and Community Development to supplement its regional housing needs determination for the San Francisco Bay Area to consider jobs-housing balance.
NECEC Transmission LLC v. Bureau of Parks & Lands
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Me.
Status: Case remanded for further proceedings. [ 08/30/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging Maine law banning completion and operation of the New England Clean Energy Connection transmission line corridor, which would transport electricity from Canadian hydropower facilities into Maine and the New England electric grid.
Wilkey v. WED Portsmouth One, LLC
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: R.I. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction denied. [ 03/23/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that wind turbine constituted a public and private nuisance.
Hurst v. Rosenblum
Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Or.
Status: Ballot title referred to attorney general for modification. [ 04/09/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the drafting of a ballot title that would amend Oregon law to establish a greenhouse gas emissions reduction mandate.
City of Arcata v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/21/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit by California cities and county against utility for withholding amounts collected as greenhouse gas credits from electricity users from taxes paid to the plaintiffs under their electricity ordinances.
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Foster Poultry Farms
Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/02/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that a chicken slaughterhouse’s use of millions of gallons of groundwater was unreasonable in violation of Article X, Section 2, of the California Constitution.
Jacob v. Bloom Energy Corp.
Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Del. Ch.
Status: Judgment entered in favor of defendant with respect to one plaintiff and in favor of a second plaintiff. [ 02/25/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel company to allow stockholders to inspect books and records for multiple purposes, including to investigate potential misrepresentations regarding performance of "green energy" technology.
Tracer Lane II Realty, LLC v. City of Waltham
Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Mass.
Status: Judgment that prohibition was improper affirmed. [ 06/02/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to local restriction on commercial uses in residential zones that prohibited access road for a solar energy facility.
Zevon v. Rossi
Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: R.I. Super. Ct.
Status: Request to disqualify denied. [ 05/27/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to Cranston City Plan Commission approval of application for a solar farm but remanding for new public comment period.
City of Torrance v. Southern California Edison Co.
Filing Date: 2019
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Judgment of dismissal reversed. [ 03/17/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit by California city against utility for withholding amounts collected as greenhouse gas credits from electricity users from taxes paid to the City under its electricity tax ordinance.
Leach v. Reagan
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Ariz.
Status: Plaintiffs' appeal denied and trial court judgment affirmed. [ 08/29/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to constitutional amendment initiative that would required 50% of all electricity sales to come from renewable energy.
The Two Hundred v. California Air Resources Board
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: First amended petition filed. [ 11/21/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that provisions of 2017 scoping plan under the Global Warming Solutions Act are unlawful, unconstitutional, and exacerbate poverty.
Free Market Environmental Law Clinic, PLLC v. Schnare
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Va. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/06/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit against founder by limited liability company that pursued freedom of information law requests and litigation in connection with state attorneys general climate change investigations.