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State of Washington v. United States Department of Transportation

2:25-cv-00848 | U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington

Filed Date: May 7, 2025

This case involved a challenge to the Trump administration's effort to freeze federal grants for electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure. On May 7, 2025, seventeen states and the District of Columbia sued the Department of Transportation and various sub-agencies and officials to stop the implementation of Executive Order 14,154, "Terminating the Green New Deal," which directed the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to suspend the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula …

Preliminary Injunction Granted

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Protect Our Coast NJ v. US

3:25-cv-06890 | U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Filed Date: June 3, 2025

This case challenged the May 2025 decision of the Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) to resume work on wind turbines off the coasts of New York and New Jersey. The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), BOEM’s parent agency had paused construction of the turbines a month earlier, in connection with President Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order requiring DOI to investigate all offshore wind energy projects and ascertain whether they would cause harm to the environment …

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Air Alliance Houston v. Trump

1:25-cv-01852 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: June 12, 2025

This case challenges the Trump Administration's American Energy Exemption Proclamation, which exempted 68 coal-fired power plants from updated federal limits on hazardous air pollutants. On June 12, 2025, twelve environmental advocacy groups filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against President Trump and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its Administrator. The plaintiffs claimed violations of the Administrative Procedure Act and the Clean …

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
State of New York v. National Science Foundation

1:25-cv-04452 | U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Filed Date: May 28, 2025

Closed Date: Aug. 25, 2025

This case challenges two actions by the Trump Administration’s National Science Foundation (NSF) that sixteen states argue will severely undermine the United States’ leadership in STEM. First, in a policy issued on April 18, 2025, the NSF “announced that it would no longer abide by Congress’s longstanding policy to promote a robust STEM workforce that draws in underrepresented populations.” The Priority Directive stated that the NSF's efforts would not give preference to certain groups over oth…

Case Dismissed (Voluntary)

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Environmental Defense Fund v. U.S. Department of Transportation

1:25-cv-00996 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 3, 2025

This is a case about the federal government’s failure to respond to public records requests concerning potential rollbacks of vehicle pollution and fuel economy standards. On April 3, 2025, the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the U.S. Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Represented by private counsel, EDF sought decla…

Case Is Ongoing

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of Rhode Island v. United States Department of the Interior

1:25-cv-00439 | U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island

Filed Date: Sept. 4, 2025

On August 22, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued a Stop Work Order to halt construction on the Revolution Wind Project. Starting in 2026, the Revolution Wind Project (Project) was set to power 350,000 homes in Connecticut and Rhode Island through wind turbines located off the coast. Since 2013, Ørsted, developer of the Project, has worked through regulatory review at the federal and state level. In 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a 2,800-page Final Envi…

Case Is Ongoing

SPEECH AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Lopez v. United States of America

1:25-cv-02408 | U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

Filed Date: July 24, 2025

(This summary is temporary while we research the case.)  On July 24, 2025, several Apache women and girls filed this lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia against the United States of America; the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and its Secretary; and the U.S. Forest Service and its Chief. Plaintiffs challenged the Government's plan to destroy a long-recognized Native American sacred site, in violation of federal statutes and the Constitution. They alleged that D…

Motion for Emergency or Preliminary Relief Pending

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
State of California v. United States

4:25-cv-04966 | U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Filed Date: June 12, 2025

(This summary is temporary, while we research the case.) On June 12, 2025, eleven states filed this lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California against the United States of America, President Donald Trump, and the Environmental Protection Agency and its Administrator. The states challenged three resolutions signed by the Trump administration that purport to negate California state law regulating car emissions, which California passed pursuant to the Calif…

Case Is Ongoing

PRESIDENTIAL/GUBERNATORIAL AUTHORITY
Opportunity Finance Network v. Citibank

1:25-cv-01208 | U.S. District Court for the District of District of Columbia

Filed Date: April 21, 2025

This case was one of many challenges to the freezing of federal grant funds designated for green infrastructure projects. On April 21, 2025, Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) filed suit in the District Court for the District of Columbia. Represented by private counsel, OFN sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), its Administrator, and Citibank, N.A., a national banking association. OFN challenged the freezing of federal grants that it received through the Clean Communities Investment Ac…

Consolidated: Docket Closed

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
Kapa'a v. Trump

1:25-cv-00209 | U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Filed Date: May 22, 2025

This case challenged Proclamation 10918, signed by President Trump on April 17, 2025, which purported to open the Pacific Islands Heritage Marine National Monument to commercial fishing. The monument was established by President Bush in 2009 and was expanded by President Obama in 2014, both acting under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The 2009 Proclamation banned commercial fishing within the boundaries of the monument. On May 22, 2025, two environmental organizations and an unincorporated associa…

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