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Center for Biological Diversity v. Federal Energy Management Agency

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/04/2023 ]
Description: Freedom of Information Act lawsuit seeking records related to FEMA funding of fossil fuel-related infrastructure projects as compared to renewable energy and energy efficiency projects.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/26/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's determination that protection of the southern hognose snake under the Endangered Species Act was not warranted.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/08/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the National Park Service’s release of land-use restrictions to facilitate the development of a proposed waterpark, hotel, and retail development in Miami-Dade County.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/31/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decision to list the streaked horned lark as threatened rather than endangered.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2023
Court/Admin Entity: D. Mont.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/30/2023 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's determination that the upper Missouri River population of Arctic grayling did not warrant listing under the Endangered Species Act.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Case stayed and parties ordered to comply with the terms with the stipulated agreement. [ 08/26/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the alleged failure of federal agencies to comply with the Endangered Species Act and Administrative Procedure Act in connection with the authorization and management of offshore oil and gas activities in federal waters off California.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. County of Contra Costa

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/07/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review in connection with repurposing of refinery in City of Martinez as a biofuel refinery.
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Eagle County v. Surface Transportation Board

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Opening brief filed by petitioners Center for Biological Diversity et al. [ 08/18/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to a Surface Transportation Board decision approving construction and operation of an 85-mile rail line in Utah.
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Communities for a Better Environment v. County of Contra Costa

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 06/07/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review in connection with repurposing of refinery in City of Rodeo as a biofuel refinery.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. California Geologic Energy Management Division

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Verified petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 12/01/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the approval of 17 oil and gas wells in Los Angeles and Kern Counties.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/24/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that EPA and other federal agencies violated the Endangered Species Act by failing to ensure that EPA approval of Washington's limits on aquatic cyanide would not jeopardize survival and recovery of endangered species.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. EPA

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 07/20/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) final rule establishing annual renewable fuel standards for 2020, 2021, and 2022.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Parties entered into a stipulated settlement agreement. [ 06/01/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose a rule to revise the Florida manatee’s critical habitat.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: S.D. Fla.
Status: Stipulated settlement agreement and proposed order filed. [ 11/03/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to designate critical habitat for the endangered Florida bonneted bat, which faces threats from rising seas.
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CleanAirNow v. DeJoy

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/28/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Postal Service failed to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act in connection with the Next Generation Delivery Vehicles program to replace its fleet.
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Los Angeles Waterkeeper v. County of Los Angeles

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 07/13/2022 ]
Description: Challenge to environmental review for Los Angeles River Master Plan Update.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Ariz.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 04/21/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had failed to make a mandatory finding of whether the Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebee should be listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D. Haw.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 08/11/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel designation of critical habitat for 49 species listed under the Endangered Species Act.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: D.N.M.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 05/19/2022 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to publish a 12-month finding in response to a petition to list the dunes sagebrush lizard under the Endangered Species Act.
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Haaland

Filing Date: 2022
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Motion to dismiss filed by defendants. [ 01/19/2023 ]
Description: Lawsuit seeking to bar authorization of new oil and gas drilling activities at the Beta Unit on the Pacific Outer Continental Shelf until the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management reviews and revises development and production plans.
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