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253 Cases found

Sierra Club v. City of Fontana

Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Stipulation for final judgment on consent filed. [ 04/14/2022 ]
Description: CEQA lawsuit challenging the review for a warehouse project in the City of Fontana.
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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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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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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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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: Case dismissed as untimely. [ 07/27/2022 ]
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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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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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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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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Community Environmental Advocates v. City of Grass Valley

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Judgment denying the petition for writ of mandate reversed. [ 01/30/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review for a mixed-use development on the site of a former mine.
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Preserve Wild Santee v. City of Santee

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Judgment entered in favor of petitioners. [ 04/06/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for a development in the City of Santee that allegedly would be located on a 2,638-acre site and include 2,900 to 3,000 residential units, commercial structures, a road network, and other infrastructure.
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Gallaher v. City of Santa Rosa

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Notice of appeal filed (with ruling and judgment attached). [ 06/21/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Santa Rosa law restricting natural gas appliances in new homes.
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California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 07/30/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to California's Advanced Clean Truck Regulation, which requires an increasing percentage of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emissions vehicles.
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Western States Petroleum Association v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 09/28/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to California Air Resources Board’s adoption of amended emission control measures for ocean-going vessels at berth in California ports.
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AquAlliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Reply filed by San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority in support of cross-motion for summary judgment. [ 01/17/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental review and approvals for a 2019-2024 water transfer program from sellers upstream of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta to downstream buyers that allegedly would exacerbate climate change impacts on groundwater resources.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Kern

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 01/10/2020 ]
Description: Challenges to approvals of a project in California that would include 12,000 dwelling units, up to 5.1 million square feet of commercial land uses, and a development footprint of 4,643 acres.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. County of Lake

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Request for dismissal of appeal filed by California Attorney General. [ 01/11/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for the Guenoc Valley Mixed Use Planned Development Project.
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