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National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

194 Cases found

Appalachian Voices v. Bodman

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Stipulation of dismissal filed. [ 08/31/2010 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging failure to comply with NEPA and the Endangered Species Act when allocating tax credits for experimental coal-based energy projects and asking for revocation of credits pending NEPA review, including review of carbon emissions.

Montana Environmental Information Center v. Johanns

Filing Date: 2007
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Parties filed joint stipulation of dismissal without prejudice. [ 03/20/2008 ]
Description: Action to bar the Rural Utilities Service from issuing loans for the construction of new coal-fired power plant pending compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act and National Historic Preservation Act.

Sierra Club v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/28/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of key provisions of the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

California v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to intervene filed. [ 09/20/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of key provisions of the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

Rocky Mountain Wild v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/27/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to 121 oil and gas leases in and around the Uinta Basin in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah.

Tongass Conservation Society v. Cole

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted in part. [ 12/07/2009 ]
Description: Action to compel preparation of a site-specific supplemental environmental impact statement for a timber sale in the Tongass National Forest based on, among other things, new information about the role of climate change in yellow cedar decline.

Gulf Restoration Network v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motion to intervene in support of defendants filed by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. [ 09/25/2018 ]
Description: Action challenging federal government's decisions to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales.

Otsego 2000 v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Dominion Energy Transmission, Inc.'s motion for leave to intervene granted. [ 09/06/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to FERC authorization of natural gas infrastructure project in New York.

In re Dominion Transmission, Inc.

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: FERC
Status: Letter filed by New York attorney general regarding FERC order denying rehearing. [ 07/10/2018 ]
Description: Request for rehearing of FERC's authorization of a natural gas compressor station project in New York.

Western Watersheds Project v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction granted. [ 09/21/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to sale of oil and gas leases within and affecting sage-grouse habitat and to related Bureau of Land Management guidance.

Conservation Congress v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2013
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Defendants' motion to dissolve the injunction and amend the judgment granted. [ 03/02/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to timber sale project in Mendocino National Forest that allegedly threatened Northern spotted owl.