Status: CEQ ordered to produce unredacted versions of certain records. [ 12/14/2020 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking to compel disclosure by the Council on Environmental Quality of records related to its advance notice of proposed rulemaking for amendments to the National Environmental Policy Act.
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.
Description: Challenge to EPA "no action assurance" memorandum that provided assurance that EPA would not enforce greenhouse gas emission and fuel efficiency standards against small manufacturers of glider kits and vehicles.
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.
Status: Summary judgment for defendants reversed in part and case remanded to the district court with instructions to remand it to the agency for further consideration; administrative orders left in place. [ 08/30/2022 ]
Description: Action challenging federal government's decisions to hold offshore oil and gas lease sales.
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking EPA communications with Heartland Institute regarding potential red team/blue team climate science exercise and other matters.
Status: Trial court judgment reversed and trial court instructed to enter a new judgment granting the petition for writ of mandate and specifying actions the County must take to comply with CEQA. [ 04/20/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the California Environmental Quality Act review for a facility that extracted groundwater to produce bottle water.
Status: TVA motion for judgment on the administrative record granted and case dismissed without prejudice. [ 09/30/2020 ]
Description: Challenge to Tennessee Valley Authority's changes to rate structure, which plaintiffs alleged would discourage investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency.
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.
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking U.S. Department of Transportation officials' calendars and correspondence related to proposed and anticipated actions to roll back greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for vehicles.
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.
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.
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.