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Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Energy

Geography
🇺🇸 United States
Year
2020
Document Type
Litigation
Part of
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Energy

About this case

Filing year
2020
Status
Motion to hold appeal in abeyance granted.
Geography
🇺🇸 United States
Docket number
20-4256
Court/admin entity
United States → United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (2d Cir.)United States → United States Federal Courts
Case category
Federal Statutory Claims (US) → Other Statutes and Regulations (US)
Principal law
United States → Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA)
At issue
Challenge to U.S. Department of Energy energy efficiency rule establishing a new product class of residential dishwashers.
Topics
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Documents

Filing Date
Document
Type
Topics 
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04/21/2022
Motion to hold appeal in abeyance granted.
Decision
04/18/2022
Unopposed motion filed to continue abeyance during related litigation (<a href="https://climatecasechart.com/case/louisiana-v-us-department-of-energy/">Louisiana v. U.S. Department of Energy</a>, No. 22-60146 (5th Cir.)).
Motion
12/29/2020
Petition for review filed.
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Sierra Club, Consumer Federation of America, and Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants filed a petition for review in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the U.S. Department of Energy rule establishing a new product class for residential dishwashers. In a <a href="https://www.nrdc.org/media/2020/201229">press release</a>, NRDC said the rule was “circumventing longtime energy and water efficiency standards for dishwashers by needlessly creating a new category exempt from any energy-saving requirements, potentially leading to higher household utility bills and more pollution.”
Petition

Summary

Challenge to U.S. Department of Energy energy efficiency rule establishing a new product class of residential dishwashers.

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Group
Topics
Risk
Fossil fuel
Economic sector
Adaptation/resilience