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16 Cases found

Lighthouse Resources Inc. v. Inslee

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: At a hearing on May 30, 2018, the federal district court for the Western District of Washington denied Washington State officials’ motion for partial dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the State’s actions blocking a coal export facility in Longview, Washington. [ 05/30/2018 ]
Description: Action against Washington State officials for allegedly taking unlawful actions to block coal export terminal.

Oakland Bulk & Oversized Terminal, LLC v. City of Oakland

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Judgment entered for plaintiff. [ 05/15/2018 ]
Description: Action challenging the City of Oakland’s prohibition on the transportation and export of coal and petroleum coke to and through a rail and marine terminal for bulk and oversized cargo.

Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of South Portland

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Me.
Status: City's motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part and plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied. [ 12/29/2017 ]
Description: Pipeline operator's challenge to coastal city's local law prohibiting the loading of oil on tankers.

Allco Finance Ltd. v. Klee

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 01/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge by solar energy developer to Connecticut renewable energy programs.

Village of Old Mill Creek v. Star

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 7th Cir.
Status: Brief filed for the United States and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as amici curiae in support of defendants-respondents and affirmance. [ 05/29/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to Illinois law that created a Zero Emissions Credit program allegedly to support uneconomic nuclear plants.

American Petroleum Institute v. Cooper

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: E.D.N.C.
Status: Order issued granting defendants' motion for summary judgment. [ 12/16/2011 ]
Description: Challenge to state law requiring refineries to sell wholesalers gas unblended with ethanol.

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Memorandum decision and order issued regarding defendants' motions to dismiss. [ 06/15/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard on constitutional grounds.

Indeck Corinth, L.P. v. Paterson

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Consent decree announced. [ 12/23/2009 ]
Description: Challenge to state regulations implementing Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Avista Corp. v. Bellon

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Wash.
Status: Order issued granting stipulated motion to stay. [ 10/26/2016 ]
Description: Challenge by utilities and local distribution company to greenhouse gas regulations adopted by Washington Department of Ecology.

Coalition for Competitive Electricity v. Zibelman

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by plaintiffs-appellants. [ 12/01/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to component of New York Clean Energy Standard that provided payments to certain nuclear facilities providing "zero-emission" power.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Schneiderman

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Notice of appeal filed by Exxon. [ 04/20/2018 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to bar enforcement of civil investigative demand issued by Massachusetts attorney general and subpoena issued by New York attorney general.

North Dakota v. Heydinger

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: 8th Cir.
Status: Minnesota said it would not pursue appeal. [ 08/22/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota law that prohibits importation of power from large energy facilities that would contribute to statewide greenhouse gas emissions.