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Californians For Renewable Energy et al v. United States Environmental Protection Agency et al

  1. July 12, 2018

    EPA, Enviros Told To Resolve Final Issues In Civil Rights Row

    Months after siding with environmental groups that accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of failing to respond to their racial discrimination complaints in a timely way, a California federal judge has sent any remaining parts of the case to a federal magistrate judge for a settlement conference.

  2. April 03, 2018

    EPA Must Give Enviros Quicker Findings In Race Bias Cases

    A California federal judge has taken the side of environmental groups that sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency alleging it had failed to respond to their racial discrimination complaints in a timely way, deciding the agency had blown past its deadlines.

  3. May 08, 2017

    Enviros Pan EPA's Efforts To Escape Civil Rights Suit

    Environmental and community groups on Friday asked a California federal judge to grant them summary judgment in their lawsuit accusing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of ignoring racial discrimination complaints, saying the agency's failure to comply with the law is "beyond dispute."

  4. April 18, 2017

    EPA Looks To Dodge Community Groups' Civil Rights Suit

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday asked a California federal judge to toss environmentalists and community groups' lawsuit accusing it of ignoring racial discrimination complaints, saying the groups don't have legal standing to pursue their claims.

  5. March 13, 2017

    Groups Tell Court EPA Failed To Fulfill Civil Rights Obligations

    The Sierra Club and other citizen groups led by Earthjustice and Yale Law School's Environmental Justice Clinic asked a California federal court on Monday for a quick win in a civil rights lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency, claiming that the EPA has for decades "shamelessly" ignored racial discrimination complaints from communities located near projects that they say harmed the environment.