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United States v. Green
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Criminal charges announced. [ 03/01/2024 ]
Description: Criminal prosecution of two individuals who allegedly dumped a red powder on the U.S. Constitution's case at the National Archives.
Mountain Area Preservation Foundation v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/09/2024 ]
Description: Challenge to the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s (TRPA’s) adoption of amendments to the Regional Plan and TRPA Code of Ordinances that would facilitate high-density development.
Columbia Riverkeeper v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Petition for review filed. [ 01/04/2024 ]
Description: Environmental groups' challenge to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s authorization for natural gas compression facilities in Idaho, Washington, and Oregon to enable expansion of pipeline system transportation capacity.
Save Carbon County v. Commonwealth
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: Pa. C.P.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/26/2024 ]
Description: Local organization's lawsuit against Commonwealth of Pennsylvania entities and cryptocurrency companies seeking relief from and damages for alleged injuries from operation of power plant used in cryptocurrency mining.
Signal Peak Energy, LLC v. Haaland
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/07/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit to compel the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to complete the environmental review for a mining plan for a Montana coal mine by NEPA's statutory deadline.
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. California Air Resources Board
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: C.D. Cal.
Status: Memorandum of points and authorities filed in support of defendants' motion to dismiss plaintiffs' amended complaint. [ 03/27/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging two laws enacted by California that require companies to estimate and publicly disclose greenhouse gas emissions and climate change risks.
Bucks County v. BP p.l.c.
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: Pa. C.P.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/25/2024 ]
Description: Pennsylvania county's lawsuit seeking to hold fossil fuel industry defendants liable for impacts allegedly arising from the defendants' "disinformation campaign" regarding their products' contribution to climate change.
Pixley Residents for Environmental Justice v. County of Tulare
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: Cal. Super. Ct.
Status: Petition for writ of mandate filed. [ 03/04/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenge to the County of Tulare’s approval of the Golden State Hydrogen Plant, including the determination that the project was exempt from CEQA review.
Iowa v. Securities & Exchange Commission
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: 8th Cir.
Status: Letter filed by SEC to alert court to SEC's entry of stay of final rule. [ 04/04/2024 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's final rule on climate-related disclosures.
McCormick v. HRM Resources, LLC
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: Colo. Dist. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/22/2024 ]
Description: Colorado landowners' lawsuit seeking to hold defendants accountable for obligations to plug defunct oil and gas wells and reclaim and remediate surface properties.
Oregon Natural Desert Association v. U.S. Department of the Air Force
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: D. Or.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/22/2024 ]
Description: Challenge to the the U.S. Air Force’s decision to expand military aircraft training over the Owyhee Canyonlands of Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada.
Texas v. EPA
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: D.C. Cir.
Status: Motion for leave to intervene in support of respondents filed by 19 states and the District of Columbia. [ 03/18/2024 ]
Description: Challenge to Clean Air Act standards and emission guidelines for oil and gas source category.
City of Chicago v. BP p.l.c.
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: Ill. Cir. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/20/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit alleging that fossil fuel industry defendants' deception regarding the impacts of greenhouse gas emissions from their products resulted in harmful climate change impacts to Chicago.
Green Oceans v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: D.D.C.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/16/2024 ]
Description: Challenge to Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approvals of two wind energy projects off the coast of Rhode Island.
John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute v. U.S. Forest Service
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. Cal.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 03/22/2024 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Forest Service’s environmental review of logging activity in Plumas National Forest in California.
People v. JBS USA Food Co.
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: N.Y. Sup. Ct.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 02/28/2024 ]
Description: New York State attorney general's greenwashing lawsuit against beef producer for allegedly making unsubstantiated claims regarding its "Net Zero by 2040" commitment.
Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC v. Palo Alto County
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: N.D. Iowa
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/19/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging Iowa county's zoning ordinance amendments regulating hazardous liquid pipelines.
Jurisich Oysters, LLC v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: E.D. La.
Status: Complaint filed. [ 01/11/2024 ]
Description: Challenge to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorization of a sediment diversion project in southern Louisiana that was intended to support coastal resiliency to climate change.
Louisiana v. Biden
Filing Date: 2024
Court/Admin Entity: W.D. La.
Status: Memorandum filed in support of motion for a stay or for a preliminary injunction. [ 03/28/2024 ]
Description: Lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s decision to stop new approvals of liquefied natural gas exports to non-Free-Trade-Agreement countries.