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The Two Hundred v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate and complaint filed. [ 04/27/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that provisions of 2017 scoping plan under the Global Warming Solutions Act are unlawful, unconstitutional, and exacerbate poverty.

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.

Environmental Defense Fund v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 08/22/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA "no action assurance" memorandum that provided assurance that EPA would not enforce greenhouse gas emission and fuel efficiency standards against small manufacturers of glider kits and vehicles.

Free Market Environmental Law Clinic, PLLC v. Schnare

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Va. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/06/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit against founder by limited liability company that pursued freedom of information law requests and litigation in connection with state attorneys general climate change investigations.

Rocky Mountain Wild v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/27/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to 121 oil and gas leases in and around the Uinta Basin in northwestern Colorado and northeastern Utah.

New York v. Pruitt

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Omnibus response filed by defendants to original complaint and intervenor's complaint. [ 07/31/2018 ]
Description: Action to compel EPA to promulgate emission guidelines for methane from existing sources in the oil and gas sector.

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.

California v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to intervene filed. [ 09/20/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of key provisions of the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

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: Notice of appeal filed by City of New York. [ 07/26/2018 ]
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. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/28/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to BLM's repeal of key provisions of the 2016 Waste Prevention Rule for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.