12 Cases found
Genesis B. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 12/10/2023 ]
Description: California youth plaintiffs' lawsuit asserting that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has violated the U.S. Constitution by allowing harmful levels of climate pollution to accumulate in the air.
Alaska Industrial Development & Export Authority v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 10/18/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Department of the Interior’s September 2023 termination of seven oil and gas leases on the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Delaware Riverkeeper Network v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review denied. [ 08/02/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's approval of the Adelphia Gateway Project, a project involving acquisition of an existing natural gas pipeline system and construction of new lateral pipeline segments and facilities.
Komor v. United States
Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Description: Action by pro se plaintiff (1) alleging federal defendants violated his fundamental constitutional rights by causing or contributing to climate change and (2) seeking to compel defendants to undertake actions to remove carbon from the atmosphere.
Clark v. Haaland
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.M.
Status: Motions to dismiss granted. [ 09/28/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking seeking declarations regarding the application of federal law to certain reclamation and irrigation projects.
Komor v. United States
Filing Date: 2021
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Amended complaint filed. [ 07/16/2021 ]
Description: Pro se lawsuit alleging that federal defendants violated the plaintiff's constitutional rights by causing and contributing to the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Animal Legal Defense Fund v. United States
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by plaintiffs-appellants. [ 10/19/2021 ]
Description: Claims against the federal government alleging violations of a constitutional right to wilderness and seeking order requiring the government to prepare and implement a remedial plan to mitigate climate change impacts.
Clean Air Council v. United States
Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Pa.
Status: Defendants' motion to dismiss granted. [ 02/19/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit against United States and other federal defendants asserting constitutional claims to block deregulatory actions by Trump administration.
Margate City, New Jersey v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
Filing Date: 2014
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.J.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction denied. [ 01/15/2015 ]
Description: Challenge to dune project planned for city beaches.
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Walker
Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Tex.
Status: Joint stipulation of dismissal filed. [ 06/29/2016 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to quash subpoena issued by the U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General in climate change investigation.
Juliana v. United States
Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Real parties in interest directed to file an answer to the petition for writ of mandamus within 21 days and petitioners' motion for a stay denied without prejudice to renewal. [ 02/29/2024 ]
Description: Action by young plaintiffs asserting that the federal government violated their constitutional rights by causing dangerous carbon dioxide concentrations. [Due to a technical issue, some documents are currently not available.]