Description: Challenge to the Tennessee Valley Authority's decision to replace a coal-fired power plant that it was retiring with a combined-cycle gas plant.
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Forest Service’s authorization of a logging project on public lands in the Colville National Forest’s Kettle Range, which is one of the last-remaining areas still occupied by the Canada lynx in the lower 48 states.
Description: Lawsuit challenging the Federal Emergency Management Agency's adoption of a new methodology for calculating flood insurance rates in the National Flood Insurance Program.
Description: Challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit for a confined aquatic disposal (CAD) facility in Newport Harbor in California for disposal of dredged sediment deemed unsuitable for open ocean disposal.
Description: Challenge to the National Marine Fisheries Service's adoption of annual catch limits for groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
Description: Lawsuit alleging that FEMA and other defendants prepared flawed environmental assessments of the impacts of using federal disaster aid to repair, reconstruct, and relocate Puerto Rico’s fossil fuel-based electricity infrastructure after hurricanes.
Status: Plaintiff's motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part and defendants' motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part. [ 03/30/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to project authorizing 2,485 acres of timber harvest in Wayne National Forest in southeast Ohio.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment granted, FONSI set aside, and matter remanded for preparation of EIS. [ 02/21/2024 ]
Description: Challenge the Bureau of Reclamation's approval of a partial assignment and transfer of a Colorado River water entitlement to an Arizona town from a company that diverts water for agricultural purposes.
Status: Memorandum filed by intervenor-defendants Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and American Petroleum Institute in opposition to plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment and in support of their cross-motion for summary judgment. [ 08/14/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to Gulf of Mexico oil and gas lease sale covering more than 73 million acres of public waters.
Description: Challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approval of the Calumet Harbor Dredged Material Disposal Facility, which would enable continued disposal of dredged materials from Chicago Area Waterway System.
Status: Opposition to emergency motion to stay filed by FERC. [ 03/28/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorizations for the Regional Energy Access Expansion project, a natural gas infrastructure project to expand natural gas transportation service to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Status: Judgment entered in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendants in the amount of $70,000. [ 06/27/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review of Houston South Vegetation Management and Restoration Project in the Hoosier National Forest; review was conducted on remand from earlier decision of the court.