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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of Energy

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to compel denied parties ordered to meet and confer in person. [ 05/02/2019 ]
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.

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.

Willmeng v. City of Thornton

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Colo.
Status: Stipulation filed. [ 10/20/2018 ]
Description: First Amendment lawsuit brought by two Colorado residents against Colorado city and its mayor pro tem for blocking their comments about hydraulic fracturing.

Duryea v. Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: R.I. Super. Ct.
Status: Motion to dismiss granted. [ 08/24/2020 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management’s 2018 denial of a petition requesting that the agency initiate rulemaking to address climate change.

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.

Rhode Island v. Shell Oil Products Co.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: U.S.
Status: Petition for writ of certiorari denied. [ 04/24/2023 ]
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.

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.