Principal Law:

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

275 Cases found

Gwich’in Steering Committee v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/24/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to federal review and approval of an oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

National Audubon Society v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/24/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the environmental impact statement (EIS) for a revision to the Integrated Activity Plan for the National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska that would open approximately 6.7 million acres of the Reserve to oil and gas development.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Transportation

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 08/18/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regulations authorizing transport of liquefied natural gas by rail.

National Audubon Society v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/02/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Department of Interior rule that allegedly would expand sand mining projects in coastal barriers.

Cottonwood Environmental Law Center v. Marten

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/21/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging violations of the National Environmental Policy Act for failure to prepare supplemental analyses of national forest plans and projects in light of new information about climate change.

Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. Bernhardt

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to federal approvals for a 211-mile road through the southern Brooks Range and Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve to provide access to a mining district.

Animal Legal Defense Fund v. Azar

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 06/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of a drug intended to reduce the amount of ammonia gas released from the waste produced by cows raised for beef.

AquAlliance v. U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/11/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review and approval of a 2019-2024 water transfer program for the sale of water by sellers upstream of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to buyers south of the Delta.

National Wildlife Federation v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2020
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Ill.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/13/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers failed to conduct an adequate environmental review for activities intended to maintain a nine-foot deep navigation channel in the Middle Mississippi River Reach of the Mississippi River.