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20 Cases found

County of Butte v. Department of Water Resources

Filing Date: 2008
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Opinion issued dismissing appeal with directions to trial court to vacate its judgment and dismiss the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. [ 12/20/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging failure to consider the environmental effects of climate change on the operation of the Oroville Dam and related facilities.

Lighthouse Resources Inc. v. Inslee

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Amicus brief filed by states in support of defendants' motion for summary judgment on Commerce Clause issues. [ 02/14/2019 ]
Description: Action against Washington State officials for allegedly taking unlawful actions to block coal export terminal.

Portland Pipe Line Corp. v. City of South Portland

Filing Date: 2015
Court/Admin Entity: 1st Cir.
Status: Brief filed by 13 states and the District of Columbia as amici curiae in support of appellees. [ 04/22/2019 ]
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: 9th Cir.
Status: Amicus brief filed in support of plaintiff-appellants by States of California, Connecticut, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington and the District of Columbia. [ 03/20/2019 ]
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: Reply brief filed by appellants. [ 03/14/2019 ]
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.

Electric Power Supply Association v. Star

Filing Date: 2017
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Brief filed by amici curiae industrial customers in support of petitioners. [ 02/07/2019 ]
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: 9th Cir.
Status: Opinion issued directing dismissal of challenges to 2011 and 2012 LCFS as moot and affirming dismissal of challenges to 2015 LCFS. [ 01/18/2019 ]
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: Order issued referring motion to dismiss to merits panel. [ 10/26/2018 ]
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: U.S.
Status: Brief in support of petitioners filed by amici curiae American Petroleum Institute and Natural Gas Supply Association. [ 02/08/2019 ]
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. Healey

Filing Date: 2016
Court/Admin Entity: 2d Cir.
Status: Memorandum of law filed by plaintiff-appellant in opposition to New York attorney general's motion to dismiss appeal. [ 12/17/2018 ]
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.