Butte County v. Granholm
A district court granted DOE's motion to dismiss a lawsuit over the social and economic impacts of storing spent nuclear fuel at Idaho National Laboratory (INL). Butte County argued DOE should have determined the social and economic impacts of storing the materials at INL because they were there pur...
Mobile Baykeeper, Inc. v. Alabama Power Co.
A district court dismissed a RCRA citizen suit over a closure plan for a coal-fired power plant in Alabama. An environmental group challenged the plan, arguing it was unlawful to permanently store over 21 million tons of coal ash and toxic pollutants in the existing unlined impoundment, situated in ...
Juliana v. United States
A district court granted in part and denied in part the federal government's motion to dismiss a second amended complaint in an ongoing civil rights lawsuit brought by 21 young people. Plaintiffs argued the government promoted the exploitation of fossil fuels despite knowing its actions would signif...
District of Columbia v. Exxon Mobil Corp.
The D.C. Circuit affirmed a district court order remanding to state court a climate liability suit brought against oil and gas companies. The District of Columbia initially sued in state court, arguing the companies deceived consumers about the causal link between fossil fuel usage and climate chang...