Jurisdiction: Wisconsin
| Date | Action | Topic | Type | Excerpt | Jurisdiction | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-27 | Connecticut v. Hyundai Motor Co. | Air Pollution, Climate Change Mitigation | Lawsuit vs. Private Actors | Multi-state settlement of consumer-protection claims against car manufacturers that overstated their vehicles’ fuel efficiency. |
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 2011-06-20 | American Electric Power v. Connecticut | Climate Change Mitigation | Lawsuit vs. Private Actors | Federal common law nuisance claim against five major electric power companies for their contribution to climate change through greenhouse gas emissions. |
California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York, NYC, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin | |
| 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 | |
| 2006-03-17 | New York v. EPA | Air Pollution | Lawsuit vs. Federal Government | Multi-state challenge to 2002 EPA rule amending and expanding the routine maintenance, repair and replacement exceptions to the New Source Review program. |
California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin | |
| 2005-12-06 | New York v. Bodman | Energy | Lawsuit vs. Federal Government | Multi-state lawsuit challenging the Department of Energy (DOE)’s failure to create energy efficiency standards for consumer appliances according to the timeline established by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (ECPA). |
California, Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin | |
| 2005 | New York v. EPA | Air Pollution | Lawsuit vs. Federal Government | Multi-state challenge to 2002 EPA rule amending the New Source Review (NSR) program and narrowing the definition of “modification” to exclude certain sources from NSR requirements. |
California, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin |