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U.S. Climate Change Litigation

A collaboration of:

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law
Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

Cases in the U.S. database are organized by type of claim and may be filtered by the principal laws they address, their filing years, and their jurisdictions. The database is also searchable by keyword. In many cases, the database includes links to decisions, complaints, motions, and other administrative and litigation documents. To browse by claim type, click on categories below. To filter cases or search by keyword, click here.

  • Federal Statutory Claims
    • Clean Air Act[205 Cases]
    • Endangered Species Act and Other Wildlife Protection Statutes[148 Cases]
    • Clean Water Act[47 Cases]
    • NEPA[291 Cases]
    • Freedom of Information Act[70 Cases]
    • Other Statutes and Regulations[137 Cases]
  • Constitutional Claims
    • Commerce Clause[19 Cases]
    • First Amendment[8 Cases]
    • Fifth Amendment[10 Cases]
    • Fourteenth Amendment[13 Cases]
    • Other Constitutional Claims[29 Cases]
  • State Law Claims
    • Freedom of Information/Public Records[19 Cases]
    • Other Types of State Law Cases[16 Cases]
    • Industry Lawsuits[40 Cases]
    • Environmentalist Lawsuits[50 Cases]
    • State Impact Assessment Laws[207 Cases]
    • Enforcement Cases[20 Cases]
    • Utility Regulation[37 Cases]
  • Common Law Claims[27 Cases]
    • No Categories
  • Public Trust Claims[27 Cases]
    • No Categories
  • Securities and Financial Regulation[35 Cases]
    • No Categories
  • Trade Agreements[1 Case]
    • No Categories
  • Adaptation
    • Other Types of Adaptation Cases[1 Case]
    • Reverse Impact Assessment[21 Cases]
    • Actions seeking money damages for losses[28 Cases]
    • Insurance cases[3 Cases]
    • Challenges to adaptation measures[20 Cases]
    • Actions seeking adaptation measures[27 Cases]
  • Climate Change Protesters and Scientists
    • Protesters[35 Cases]
    • Scientists[12 Cases]
  • Archived Categories
    • Challenges to Coal-Fired Power Plants[0 Cases]

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