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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.

WildEarth Guardians v. Chao

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/14/2018 ]
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.

Lighthouse Resources Inc. v. Inslee

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. Wash.
Status: Amended notice of appeal filed by plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenor. [ 05/10/2019 ]
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.

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.

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.

California v. EPA

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Brief filed by intervenors Association of Global Automakers, Inc. and Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. [ 04/15/2019 ]
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.

People of the State of New York v. Exxon Mobil Corporation

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Oral argument on motions to dismiss affirmative defenses, to seal, and for protective order adjourned to June 12, 2019. [ 05/21/2019 ]
Description: Action alleging fraudulent scheme by Exxon Mobil Corporation to deceive investors about the company's management of risks posed by climate change regulation.

Northern Alaska Environmental Center v. U.S. Department of the Interior

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D. Alaska
Status: Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment denied and intervenor-defendant's and federal defendants' cross-motions for summary judgment granted. [ 12/06/2018 ]
Description: Challenge to decision to lease lands in National Petroleum Reserve–Alaska for oil and gas drilling.

Rhode Island v. Chevron Corp.

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.R.I.
Status: Letter filed by defendants concerning appropriate procedure for staying the action to permit appeal of court's determination of remand motion and providing update on status in other pending climate change actions. [ 03/27/2019 ]
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.

Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Department of State

Filing Date: 2018
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Memorandum filed in support of federal defendants' motion to partially dismiss second amended complaint. [ 12/21/2018 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking Department of State records regarding U.S. Climate Action Report.