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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.

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.

Natural Resources Defense Council v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: S.D.N.Y.
Status: Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment granted, defendant’s cross-motion for summary judgment denied, and defendant ordered to produce the OMEGA v.1.4.59 core model to plaintiffs by June 7, 2020. [ 05/28/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records related to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's model for assessing the cost and effectiveness of greenhouse gas emission standards.

Sierra Club v. County of San Diego

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Ct. App.
Status: Trial court judgment for plaintiff affirmed. [ 12/21/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to San Diego County's approval of residential developments, allegedly without complying with requirements for enforceable measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.

Bark v. U.S. Forest Service

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: 9th Cir.
Status: Request granted to publish memorandum disposition that reversed district court's judgment and remanded case to the district court with instructions to remand to the U.S. Forest Service for further proceedings. [ 05/04/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to forest thinning project.

In re Exxon Mobil Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Tex.
Status: Petition for review denied. [ 02/18/2022 ]
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.

Natural Resources Defense Council v. Wheeler

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: n/a [ 04/07/2020 ]
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.

Sowinski v. California Air Resources Board

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Fed. Cir.
Status: Dismissal affirmed. [ 08/21/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit—the second one brought by this plaintiff—alleging that California cap-and-trade program infringed on patent held by plaintiff.

WildEarth Guardians v. Chao

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Federal defendants' cross motion for summary judgment granted. [ 04/15/2020 ]
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.

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.

California v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Court reissued opinion dismissing petitions for lack of jurisdiction. [ 11/14/2019 ]
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.

WildEarth Guardians v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: WildEarth Guardians et al.'s motion for summary judgment denied, Center for Biological Diversity et al.'s motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part, defendants' cross-motions for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part and Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan First Revision remand for further action, including inclusion of site-specific management actions. [ 10/14/2021 ]
Description: Challenge to recovery plan for Mexican wolves.

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.

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.

Smart Growth Minneapolis v. City of Minneapolis

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Minn.
Status: Court of Appeals decision reversed and district court ordered to reinstate complaint. [ 02/10/2021 ]
Description: Lawsuit asserting that the City of Minneapolis’s adoption of a municipal comprehensive plan violated the Minnesota Environmental Rights Act.