Description: Proceeding concerning the publication of Pennsylvania regulations to implement the State's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 09/30/2008 ]
Description: Challenge to state rule requiring oil refiners to increase corn-based ethanol in gasoline, alleging, among other things, that ethanol production would result in increased greenhouse gas emissions.
Description: Proceeding seeking to compel the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to advance a petition for rulemaking concerning carbon dioxide emissions.
Status: Unpublished opinion issued reversing trial court order that granted relief from judgment. [ 09/05/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to denial of rulemaking petition that asked Department of Ecology to recommend restrictions on greenhouse gas emission to state legislature.
Status: Court's approval of settlement announced. [ 02/25/2019 ]
Description: Action by city, county, and state against the owner and operator of a leaking natural gas storage facility in California seeking penalties and injunctive relief.
Description: Action against owner and operator of a leaking natural gas storage facility in California seeking civil penalties for creation of public nuisance.