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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.

California v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 05/01/2018 ]
Description: Challenges to EPA determination to withdraw its Mid-Term Evaluation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards for Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicles because the standards appeared to be too stringent.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Interior

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/06/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking disclosure of external communications of Department of the Interior officials.

Western Watersheds Project v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/30/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to sale of oil and gas leases within and affecting sage-grouse habitat and to related Bureau of Land Management guidance.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/08/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the determination that the listing of the Pacific walrus as endangered or threatened was not warranted.

Friends of the River v. Delta Stewardship Council

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 05/25/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to amendments to the Delta Plan for long-term management of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.

King County v. BP p.l.c.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Notice of removal filed. [ 05/25/2018 ]
Description: Public nuisance and trespass action brought by King County in Washington State against fossil fuel companies seeking funding of climate change adaptation program.

Aji P. v. State of Washington

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Wash. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/16/2018 ]
Description: Action by young people under 18 years of age claiming that the State of Washington and state agencies and officials violated plaintiffs' rights by creating and maintaining fossil fuel-based transportation and energy systems.

Sierra Club v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 03/16/2018 ]
Description: Environmental groups' challenge to San Diego County's Climate Action Plan.

Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: R.I. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 07/02/2018 ]
Description: State of Rhode Island lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel companies liable for causing climate change impacts that adversely affect Rhode Island and jeopardize State-owned or -operated facilities, real property, and other assets.

In re PennEast Pipeline Co.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: FERC
Status: Request for rehearing filed. [ 02/12/2018 ]
Description: Request for rehearing of authorization for natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New Jersey and related facilities

California v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Statement of recent decision filed by California. [ 06/18/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of 2015 regulations governing hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.

Reynolds v. Florida

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Fla. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/16/2018 ]
Description: Action by eight young people asserting that the State of Florida and its agencies and officials violated fundamental rights to a stable climate system under Florida common law and the Florida constitution.

Sierra Club v. County of Tulare

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for peremptory writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief filed. [ 01/11/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for Animal Confinement Facilities Plan, Dairy Feedlot and Dairy Climate Action Plan, and related actions approved by Tulare County in California to streamline approval process for dairies.