Border Power Plant Working Group v. Department of Energy

Plaintiffs challenged the environmental assessment for transmission lines that would carry electricity generated from gas-fired power plants in Mexico to California. Part of the challenge was that the environmental assessment had failed to consider the impacts of carbon dioxide emissions that would be produced by the burning of fossil gas.

Ruling in 2003, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California ruled the environmental assessment insufficient.

http://climatecasechart.com/case/border-power-plant-working-group-v-dept-of-energy/

https://elaw.org/border-power-plant-working-group-v-department-energy-260-f-supp-2d-997-sd-cal-2003