Status: Petition and complaint filed. [ 06/09/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Coastal Commission's approval of an amendment to the City of Half Moon Bay's Local Coastal Plan/Program, which would prohibit long-term shoreline protective devices.
Description: Challenge to denial of rulemaking petition requesting that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection adopt rules setting a 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target 50% below 2005 levels and taking other actions.
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the permitting of fossil fuel infrastructure by Virginia and Virginia agencies and officials violated youth plaintiffs' rights under the Virginia Constitution.
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings denied and defendants' cross-motions for judgment on the pleadings allowed. [ 12/30/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act approvals for the proposed reconstruction of a bridge between Moon Island in Quincy Bay and Long Island in Boston.
Status: Supreme Court affirmed circuit court decision rejecting challenge to habitat conservation plan for wind power plant. [ 02/22/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Hawai'i Board of Land and Natural Resources’ approval of a habitat conservation plan for an eight-turbine wind power plant.
Status: Notice of voluntary dismissal filed by Energy Policy Advocates. [ 10/19/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the Minnesota Attorney General's production of records, including correspondence between attorney general staff members and two law professors, allegedly related to the State's lawsuit against fossil fuel industry defendants.
Description: Natural gas-fired power plant operator's challenge to denial of Title V air permit application for a new, more efficient electricity generating plant.
Status: Commission's decision vacated and remanded. [ 01/12/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the Illinois Commerce Commission's approval of three new pumping stations on the Dakota Access Pipeline to increase the pipeline's throughput.
Status: Petition denied in part and granted in part and respondent directed to provide supplemental declaration and log information. [ 01/20/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the University of California failed to comply with the California Public Records Act in response to requests for law professors' correspondence with the Massachusetts attorney general's office and certain donors.
Status: Memorandum filed by plaintiff in support of motion for summary judgment. [ 10/26/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel disclosure of University of Minnesota data allegedly related to the University's contributions to public debate about climate change and involvement in developing theories for attorney general's lawsuit against fossil fuel entities.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted with leave to file an amended complaint. [ 11/18/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that Coca-Cola's advertising, marketing, and sale of water in plastic bottles labeled as "100% recyclable" constitutes unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 02/04/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the California Department of Housing and Community Development to supplement its regional housing needs determination for the San Francisco Bay Area to consider jobs-housing balance.
Description: Lawsuit alleging that defendants engage in unlawful, unfair, and deceptive business practices by marketing products and packaging made from single-use plastics and other difficult-to-recycle materials as recyclable.