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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.

Reynolds v. Florida

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Fla. Cir. Ct.
Status: Consolidated response filed by plaintiffs to defendants' motions to dismiss. [ 03/08/2019 ]
Description: Action by eight young people asserting that the State of Florida and its agencies and officials violated fundamental rights to a stable climate system under Florida common law and the Florida constitution.

California v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: State plaintiffs filed opposition to cross-motions for summary judgment and reply in support of motion for summary judgment. [ 10/02/2019 ]
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.

Sound Action v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Motion to dismiss denied. [ 02/05/2019 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decision to reject a recommended change to the "high tide line" used by the Seattle District to determine the scope of its Section 404 jurisdiction.

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.

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. U.S. Department of State

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/16/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure of records regarding aircraft emissions standards and U.S. participation in the 2016 International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) carbon dioxide rulemaking process.

Center for Biological Diversity v. Ross

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/18/2018 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that authorization and management of lobster fishery violated federal law due to impacts on North American right whales.

Western Watersheds Project v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Idaho
Status: Motion for preliminary injunction granted. [ 09/21/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to sale of oil and gas leases within and affecting sage-grouse habitat and to related Bureau of Land Management guidance.

Smith v. Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 09/28/2018 ]
Description: Class action lawsuit alleging that defendant misrepresented the recyclability of single-use "coffee pods," which the complaint alleged have numerous negative effects, including contributing to methane emissions.

Gulf Restoration Network v. Zinke

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Motion to intervene in support of defendants filed by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. [ 09/25/2018 ]
Description: Action challenging federal government's decisions to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales.