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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe v. United States Army Corps of Engineers

1:16-cv-01534 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: July 27, 2016

On July 27, 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The Tribe, represented by Earthjustice, sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to block the Corps’ actions related to the Dakota Access Pipeline (a 1,168-mile crude oil pipeline running from North Dakota to Illinois). The Tribe sought injunctive and declaratory relief and attorneys’ fees and costs under the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), the National Histori…
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Juliana v. United States

6:15-cv-01517 | U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Filed Date: Aug. 12, 2015

This case concerns the government’s constitutional duty to protect young people from environmental harms. On August 12, 2015, a group of young individuals (aged 8-19) and nonprofit organization Earth Guardians filed a complaint against the United States and various government officials in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, on behalf of themselves and future generations. The plaintiffs, represented by Wild Earth Advocates and private counsel, asserted harm from carbon dioxide po…
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United States v. Denka Performance Elastomer LLC

2:23-cv-00735 | U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Filed Date: Feb. 28, 2023

On February 28, 2023, the United States Attorney General sued on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the United States District Court of the Eastern District of Louisiana because defendant Denka Performance Elastomer’s neoprene manufacturing plant in LaPlace, Louisiana was releasing carcinogenic chloroprene emissions into the surrounding areas. The complaint also named DuPont Specialty Products, as the lessor of the property upon which the plant was built. Breathing in chloro…
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Center for Biological Diversity v. Office of Management and Budget

1:25-cv-00165 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 20, 2025

This case challenged the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the U.S. DOGE Service’s (DOGE, formerly the United States Digital Service) failure to disclose presidential transition records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). On January 20, 2025, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against OMB, DOGE, the DOGE Temporary Organization (DOGETO), Elon Musk (in his official capacity as head of DOGE), and Amy Gl…

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District of Columbia v. United States

1:25-cv-00065 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: Jan. 10, 2025

On January 10, 2025, the District of Columbia (“the District”) sued the United States of America in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. The District alleged that the federal government was liable for over 150 years of pollution of the Anacostia River under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”) and the District of Columbia Brownfield Revitalization Act of 2000 (the “Brownfield Act”). The District sought costs related to th…