Environmental Democracy Project v. Green Sage Management, LLC

4:22-cv-03970

August 24, 2022
Pot Biz Must Shut Off Diesel Generators, Calif. Judge Rules

A California federal judge has ordered a real estate firm overseeing a cannabis growing facility to shut off the business' unpermitted diesel-powered generators, saying an environmental group has shown the engines' fumes pose a grave risk to public health.
August 11, 2022
Green Group Urges Court To Halt Pot Co.'s Diesel Generators

An environmental group urged a California federal judge to grant its bid against a real estate investment firm overseeing a pair of cannabis growing facilities to halt the businesses' use of diesel-powered generators, claiming that without an injunction, the generators' fumes will continue harming the health of an adjacent low-income community of color.
August 05, 2022
Pot Grower Asks Court Not To Grant Enviro Group Injunction

A real estate investment firm overseeing a pair of indoor Bay Area cannabis cultivation facilities urged a California federal judge not to grant an environmental group's bid for an injunction that would bar the company from using diesel generators.
July 07, 2022
Cannabis Co.'s Fuel Exhaust Harmed Calif. Public, Suit Claims

An Oakland, California-based environmental group wants to shut down a nearby cannabis growing facility's nine unpermitted "semi-truck" sized diesel generators that are polluting the community, according to a federal lawsuit, saying their placement in a predominately Black and Hispanic neighborhood "reeks of environmental racism."