Jurisdiction: Minnesota
| Date | Action | Topic | Type | Excerpt | Jurisdiction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-28 | Settlement with Volkswagen for Emissions Defeat Devices | Air Pollution | Lawsuit vs. Private Actors | Settlement of consumer protection claims raised by a multi-state coalition of state attorneys general against Volkswagen for selling vehicles equipped with “defeat device” software intended to circumvent emissions standards and concealing this software from regulators and the public. |
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming | |
| 2016-05-18 | Green 20 State AG Coalition | Climate Change Mitigation | Other | Group of 17 state AGs and Former Vice President Al Gore announced a coalition of states committed to taking creative steps to combat climate change, including investigations into fossil fuel companies and climate-related disclosures. |
California, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, Virginia, Washington | |
| 2015-11-03 | West Virginia v. EPA | Climate Change Mitigation | Defense of Federal Standards | Multi-state intervention to join EPA’s defense of Clean Power Plan against challenge mounted by other states and industry petitioners. |
California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington | |
| 2015-10-23 | North Dakota v. EPA (Power Plants) | Climate Change Mitigation | Defense of Federal Standards | Multiple states joined as defendant-intervenors in support of EPA in lawsuit challenging New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for carbon dioxide emissions from new and modified power plants. |
California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington | |
| 2015-06-29 | Michigan v. EPA | Air Pollution | Defense of Federal Standards | Multiple states intervened in lawsuit to defend EPA standards regulating mercury and other air pollutants from the power sector. |
California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont | |
| 2014-07-14 | Michigan v. USACE | Natural Resources | Lawsuit v. Other Public Entity, Lawsuit vs. Federal Government | Multi-state lawsuit to compel the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to take action to prevent Asian carp from crossing from the Mississippi River Basin into the Great Lakes. |
Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin | |
| 2014-06-23 | Utility Air Regulatory Group v. EPA | Climate Change Mitigation | Defense of Federal Standards | Multiple states intervened in lawsuit to defend EPA rules concerning regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from stationary and mobile sources. |
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington | |
| 2009-02-08 | New Jersey v. EPA | Air Pollution | Lawsuit vs. Federal Government | Multi-state challenge to EPA decision to remove fossil fuel-fired power plants from list of sources regulated under CAA section 112 (hazardous air pollutants) and to establish new performance standards for mercury emissions from these plants under CAA section 111. |
California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin |