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20 Cases found

Lighthouse Resources Inc. v. Inslee

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: At a hearing on May 30, 2018, the federal district court for the Western District of Washington denied Washington State officials’ motion for partial dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the State’s actions blocking a coal export facility in Longview, Washington. [ 05/30/2018 ]
Description: Action against Washington State officials for allegedly taking unlawful actions to block coal export terminal.

County of Santa Cruz v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Reply filed by plaintiffs in support of motion to remand in response to Marathon Petroleum Corp.'s additional notice of removal. [ 03/23/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuits filed by City and County of Santa Cruz and City of Richmond alleging that fossil fuel companies caused climate change-related injuries.

Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of South Portland

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Me.
Status: City's motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part and plaintiff's motion for summary judgment denied. [ 12/29/2017 ]
Description: Pipeline operator's challenge to coastal city's local law prohibiting the loading of oil on tankers.

Millennium Pipeline Co. v. Seggos

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D.N.Y.
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction granted and motion to dismiss denied. [ 12/13/2017 ]
Description: Action seeking declaratory judgment that federal law preempted state environmental permitting requirements for gas pipeline project and also seeking to enjoin enforcement of state permitting requirements to interfere with project.

City of Oakland v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Supplemental brief submitted by defendants. [ 05/31/2018 ]
Description: Public nuisance actions brought by City of Oakland and City of San Francisco against fossil fuel companies.

County of San Mateo v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Time schedule order issued. [ 03/27/2018 ]
Description: Action by California counties and cities seeking damages and other relief from fossil fuel companies for sea level rise.

Allco Finance Ltd. v. Klee

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Certiorari denied. [ 01/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge by solar energy developer to Connecticut renewable energy programs.

Village of Old Mill Creek v. Star

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: 7th Cir.
Status: Brief filed for the United States and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as amici curiae in support of defendants-respondents and affirmance. [ 05/29/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to Illinois law that created a Zero Emissions Credit program allegedly to support uneconomic nuclear plants.

American Petroleum Institute v. Cooper

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: E.D.N.C.
Status: Order issued granting defendants' motion for summary judgment. [ 12/16/2011 ]
Description: Challenge to state law requiring refineries to sell wholesalers gas unblended with ethanol.

Rocky Mountain Farmers Union v. Corey

Filing Date: 2009
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Memorandum decision and order issued regarding defendants' motions to dismiss. [ 06/15/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard on constitutional grounds.

Minnesota Automobile Dealers Association v. Stine

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: D. Minn.
Status: Memorandum opinion and order issued. [ 09/29/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota's requirement that diesel fuel sold in the state contain a certain percentage of biodiesel.

Wyoming v. United States Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 10th Cir.
Status: Motion for stay pending appeal filed by citizen groups. [ 04/20/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to United States Bureau of Land Management’s final rule concerning methane emissions from oil and gas operations on federal and tribal lands.

Coalition for Competitive Electricity v. Zibelman

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by plaintiffs-appellants. [ 12/01/2017 ]
Description: Challenge to component of New York Clean Energy Standard that provided payments to certain nuclear facilities providing "zero-emission" power.

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Schneiderman

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Notice of appeal filed by Exxon. [ 04/20/2018 ]
Description: Action by Exxon Mobil Corporation to bar enforcement of civil investigative demand issued by Massachusetts attorney general and subpoena issued by New York attorney general.

North Dakota v. Heydinger

Filing Date: 2011
Court/Admin Entity: 8th Cir.
Status: Minnesota said it would not pursue appeal. [ 08/22/2016 ]
Description: Challenge to Minnesota law that prohibits importation of power from large energy facilities that would contribute to statewide greenhouse gas emissions.