27 Cases found

McDonnell v. Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Pa. Commw. Ct.
Status: Application to vacate stay denied. [ 07/25/2022 ]
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.

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.

NECEC Transmission LLC v. Bureau of Parks

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Me.
Status: Brief filed by appellants NECEC Transmission LLC and Avangrid Networks, Inc. [ 02/16/2022 ]
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.

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 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.

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.

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.

The Two Hundred v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: First amended complaint 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.

Smith v. Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Second amended class action complaint filed. [ 07/13/2022 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit alleging that defendant misrepresented the recyclability of single-use "coffee pods," which the complaint alleged have numerous negative effects, including contributing to methane emissions.