Description: Lawsuit to compel EPA to undertake rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act to phase out greenhouse gas pollution and to compel removal of residual and legacy greenhouse gas emissions.
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Climate Protection & Restoration Initiative v. Regan
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Action Taken Summary 05/09/2023 Judgment Download Matter dismissed based on joint stipulation of dismissal. Plaintiffs Agreed to Dismissal of Their Lawsuit Challenging EPA Denial of Petition to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under TSCA. After the plaintiffs and defendants filed a joint stipulation of dismissal, the federal district court for the District of Oregon dismissed the lawsuit challenging EPA’s denial of a petition requesting that EPA undertake rulemaking pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to phase out greenhouse gas pollution and remove legacy and residual greenhouse gas emissions. 05/08/2023 Stipulation Download Joint stipulation of dismissal filed. 04/11/2023 Amicus Motion Download Motion filed by states to appear as amici curiae in support of defendants' motion to dismiss. 04/10/2023 Motion to Dismiss Download Motion to dismiss or to transfer venue filed by defendants. 11/12/2022 Complaint Download Complaint filed. Lawsuit Filed Seeking Phase-Out of Greenhouse Gas Pollution Under TSCA. Nonprofit organizations, individual scientists, and a psychiatrist filed a lawsuit in the federal district court for the District of Oregon seeking to compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to issue a rulemaking under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) “to phase out the production and importation and, as warranted, the processing, distribution, use or atmospheric disposal of certain chemical substances and mixtures … as required to secure the phase out of greenhouse gas (‘GHG’) pollution and to compel removal of residual and legacy GHG emissions.” The plaintiffs petitioned EPA to undertake this rulemaking in June 2022, and EPA denied the petition in September 2022.