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242 Cases found

Sierra Club v. City of Glendale

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint filed. [ 03/18/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a project to repower a power plant with five new natural gas-fired engines.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Paramount

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 05/16/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a biofuels project at an existing refinery site.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. County of Contra Costa

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/07/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review in connection with repurposing of refinery in City of Martinez as a biofuel refinery.
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West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project v. Port of Oakland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 03/24/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Port of Oakland’s approval of the Eagle Rock Aggregates Oakland Terminal Project and the environmental review of the project.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. County of Contra Costa

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/07/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review in connection with repurposing of refinery in City of Rodeo as a biofuel refinery.
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Zinderman v. City of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and for administrative mandamus filed. [ 02/25/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the City of Los Angeles's approvals of a project that included eldercare and daycare facilities.
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Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. County of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 07/13/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for Los Angeles River Master Plan Update.
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Make UC a Good Neighbor v. Regents of University of California

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 08/20/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for the University of California, Berkeley’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan and two housing projects.
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Sierra Club v. City of North Tonawanda

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted. [ 03/17/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to site plan approval for a Bitcoin mining facility.
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Citizens for the Preservation of Wainscott, Inc. v. Town Board of East Hampton

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted. [ 02/24/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to an easement granted by the Town of East Hampton Town Board for the landing site of a transmission cable from a proposed offshore wind facility.
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San Leandro Workers Alliance v. San Leandro City Council

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 08/06/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to approvals for a mixed-use residential development, including for failure to consider the greenhouse gas emissions created by the project.
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Kaupiko v. Board of Land & Natural Resources

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Haw. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/13/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to revised environmental impact statement for commercial aquarium fishing.
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Community Members for Environmental Justice v. City of Minneapolis

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Dist. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/28/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the environmental review for redevelopment of the Upper Harbor Terminal on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
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Town of Copake v. New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Petition/complaint dismissed. [ 10/07/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to regulations establishing procedural and substantive requirements for permit applications for major renewable energy facilities.
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Advocates for a Cleaner Tacoma v. Puget Sound Clean Air Agency

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for judicial review filed by Puyallup Tribe of Indians. [ 12/16/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to Washington Pollution Control Hearings Board decisions affirming approvals for a liquefied natural gas facility.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. California Geological Energy Management Division

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: CalGEM and industry group motions for judgment on the pleadings denied. [ 12/22/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the Geologic Energy Management Division of the California Department of Conservation issued permits for oil and gas drilling and other oil and gas activities without complying with the California Environmental Quality Act.
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In re Determination of Need for Environmental Impact Statement for Pavilion Estates Subdivision

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Minn. Ct. App.
Status: Negative declaration affirmed. [ 06/06/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to Rochester Township's negative declaration on the need for an environmental impact statement for a 10-lot residential development.
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Sane Energy Project v. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Verified petition filed. [ 03/18/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to negative declaration issued in connection with an air permit application for expansion of a gas facility in Brooklyn.
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Montana Environmental Information Center v. Montana Department of Environmental Quality

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Mont. Dist. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/21/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to air quality permit for construction and operation of a gas-fired power plant.
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Berkeley Citizens for a Better Plan v. Regents of the University of California

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 10/27/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for the University of California, Berkeley’s 2021 Long Range Development Plan and two construction projects.
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