Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

Filing Date: 2010
Case Categories:
Principal Laws:
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Description: Challenges to failure to analyze greenhouse gas consequences of clear-cutting plans.
  • Center for Biological Diversity v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
    Docket number(s): N/A
    Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
    Case Documents:
    Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary
    01/27/2010 Petition for Writ of Mandate Petitions for writs of mandate filed. The Center for Biological Diversity filed seven lawsuits alleging that state forestry officials violated CEQA by approving a logging company’s plans to clear-cut 5,000 acres of forests without properly analyzing the project’s greenhouse gas impacts.  The complaint alleged that state officials arbitrarily and unlawfully concluded that greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the logging projects would be minimal.