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Environmental Defense Fund v. Department of the Interior
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/10/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking disclosure of documents related to efforts to roll back Bureau of Land Management's Waste Prevention Rule.
New York v. Pruitt
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/05/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to promulgate emission guidelines for methane from existing sources in the oil and gas sector.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Zinke
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/02/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to oil and gas lease sales in National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska.
Wilderness Society v. U.S. Department of Interior
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/09/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking documents related to the Interior Department's implementation of President Trump's executive order on energy independence.
Center for Biological Diversity v. Zinke
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/12/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel determination on 2013 petition to list the Tinian monarch as endangered or threatened.
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. EPA
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/06/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel EPA to disclose records regarding policies put in place and other measures taken after EPA cancelled scientists' and consultant's participation in Rhode Island climate change conference.
City of New York v. BP p.l.c.
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Amicus brief filed by Niskanen Center in support of plaintiff City of New York. [ 06/01/2018 ]
Description: Action brought by New York City against fossil fuel companies seeking damages for climate change-related injuries.
In re Appalachian Voices
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 4th Cir.
Status: Petition denied. [ 03/21/2018 ]
Description: Petition seeking to stay order of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorizing the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline project.
Sierra Club v. City of Fontana
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to City of Fontana's approval of the Southwest Fontana Logistics Project, which involves development of two industrial warehouse buildings totaling approximately 1.6 million square feet on 73.3 acres.
Atchafalaya Basinkeeper v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 5th Cir.
Status: Opening brief filed by pipeline developers. [ 04/02/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permits and authorizations for crude oil pipeline in Louisiana.
Appalachian Voices v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 4th Cir.
Status: Appeal dismissed and stay denied. [ 03/21/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's authorization of the Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline.
In re Exxon Mobil Corp.
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Tex. Dist. Ct.
Status: Findings of fact and conclusions of law issued in support of denial of special appearances. [ 04/24/2018 ]
Description: Exxon Mobil Corporation petition seeking pre-suit depositions and documents in anticipation of potential claims of abuse of process, conspiracy, infringement of Exxon's rights in connection with California municipalities' climate change lawsuits.
Sierra Club v. EPA
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/19/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure of communications between EPA employees hired at the beginning of the Trump administration and the EPA Administrator or external parties.
Martin County, Florida v. U.S. Department of Transportation
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/13/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to federal allocation for passenger railroad in Florida.
California v. EPA
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/31/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to implement and enforce emission guidelines for existing municipal solid waste landfills.
WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/30/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to recovery plan for Mexican wolves.
Wilderness Workshop v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/26/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to federal approval of 53 oil and gas lease parcels on public lands in the Upper Colorado River Basin in western Colorado.
Conservation Law Foundation v. Ross
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/07/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to ongoing federal authorization and management of the American lobster fishery for failing to prevent jeopardy and unlawful takes of North Atlantic right whales.
Ecological Rights Foundation v. EPA
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/18/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking EPA disclosure of directives to EPA employees since beginning of Trump administration concerning public communications about EPA work and review of EPA work by political appointees.