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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.
Birckhead v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc filed. [ 07/19/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to FERC approval of project involving construction and replacement of natural gas compression facilities in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
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.
Sierra Club v. County of San Diego
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate and complaint for declaratory relief filed. [ 08/23/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to San Diego County's approval of residential developments, allegedly without complying with requirements for enforceable measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted in part and denied in part. [ 03/30/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to recovery plan for Mexican wolves.
Natural Resources Defense Council v. Wheeler
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Reply brief filed by petitioner Natural Resources Defense Council. [ 03/15/2019 ]
Description: Challenge to EPA's decision to suspend the 2015 final rule prohibiting or restricting certain uses of HFCs under Clean Air Act's safe alternatives policy.
Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/27/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that EPA violated Clean Water Act by failing to identify waters off the coast of Oregon as impaired by ocean acidification.
Southern Environmental Law Center v. EPA
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Va.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/15/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking EPA communications with Heartland Institute regarding potential red team/blue team climate science exercise and other matters.
WildEarth Guardians v. Chao
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Motion to dismiss denied. [ 05/23/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the Department of Transportation and Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration unlawfully failed to cause annual examinations of oil and gas pipelines on public lands.
New York City Employees’ Retirement System v. TransDigm Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Stipulation of settlement and dismissal filed. [ 01/18/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit by New York City pension funds to compel aerospace company to include climate change-related shareholder proposal in its proxy materials.
California v. EPA
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Oral argument scheduled for September 6, 2019. [ 06/21/2019 ]
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.
Columbia Riverkeeper v. U.S. Department of Energy
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/22/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking disclosure of documents related to proposed methanol refinery.
Lighthouse Resources Inc. v. Inslee
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenor's Rule 54(b) motion denied. [ 05/28/2019 ]
Description: Action against Washington State officials for allegedly taking unlawful actions to block coal export terminal.
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.
Barnes v. Edison International
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 11/16/2018 ]
Description: Securities class action against utility company in Southern California alleging misrepresentations regarding exposure to wildfire risk.
Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of State
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motion to partially dismiss granted. [ 06/12/2019 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking Department of State records regarding U.S. Climate Action Report.
Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Energy
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/06/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking correspondence and other documents related to the U.S. Department of Energy's alleged efforts to bail out the coal and nuclear industries.
Friends of Animals v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Stipulated settlement agreement filed. [ 12/21/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the western distinct population segment of the yellow-billed cuckoo.
King County v. BP p.l.c.
Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Order issued granting partially unopposed motion to stay proceedings. [ 10/17/2018 ]
Description: Public nuisance and trespass action brought by King County in Washington State against fossil fuel companies seeking funding of climate change adaptation program.