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  • July 10, 2009

    Sediment From Valero Refinery Not Hazardous: EPA

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed granting a petition by Valero Refining Co. to remove sediment generated at its refinery in Memphis from a list of hazardous waste.

  • July 10, 2009

    Entergy Sued Over Sales To Unaffiliated Marketers

    The Louisiana Public Service Commission has accused Entergy Corp. of profiteering at consumers’ expense, alleging the company's Arkansas utility has been selling low-cost electric energy intended for system affiliates to third-party power marketers, including Duke Energy Corp. and Westar Energy Inc.

  • July 13, 2009

    Bat Advocates Fight To Halt Work On Wind Farm

    With a controversial wind farm in West Virginia nearing completion, environmental and animal rights groups have asked a federal judge for an injunction to halt construction in order to protect endangered bat populations in the farm's vicinity.

  • July 10, 2009

    Green Groups Attack Bush-Era Energy Corridor Plan

    A Colorado county and 14 environmental groups have sued the U.S. government in an effort to stop a Western energy corridor designated during the Bush administration, arguing that the plan ignores renewable energy goals and threatens already-imperiled animal species.

  • July 10, 2009

    Reid Pushes Back Deadline For Climate Bill

    U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has pushed back a deadline for when committees can complete their work on a climate bill, but has said he still aims to get something passed by the end of the year.

  • July 9, 2009

    With MTBE Trial Near, Exxon Keeps Up NYC Fight

    With about three weeks to go until the start of a trial over the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether, last remaining defendant Exxon Mobil Corp. has filed another motion for summary judgment against the city of New York.

  • July 9, 2009

    Judge OKs Bankrupt Gas Co.'s $29M Asset Sale

    A bankruptcy judge has approved a $29.3 million sale of assets of bankrupt Houston-based natural gas exploration company CDX Gas LLC to EnerVest Energy Institutional Fund LP.

  • July 9, 2009

    G-8 Agrees To Cut Emissions By 80 Percent

    The Group of Eight leading nations has struck a long-term deal to cut carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050 and to work with all nations to cut global emissions in half.

  • July 9, 2009

    Cozen O'Connor Adds Two Offices In Eastern Pa.

    Cozen O'Connor announced Thursday the opening of new offices in Harrisburg and Wilkes-Barre, Pa., two vital business and government hubs that the firm expects will give a boost to its regulatory and litigation services and key practice areas as it continues to grow strategically in 2009.

  • July 9, 2009

    Refinery In Limbo, Chevron Appeals Ruling

    Chevron Corp. is appealing a California judge’s ruling that pulled the plug last week on the overhaul of a refinery in the San Francisco Bay Area, claiming the project's environmental impact report adequately addresses pollution from the expansion.

  • July 9, 2009

    Supplier Balks At Renew's Bid To Pay Severance

    Calling the proposal unnecessary and lacking in vital details, a major unsecured creditor in the bankruptcy of ethanol producer Renew Energy LLC has objected to the firm's request to pay its employees severance in the event of a possible liquidation and sell-off of assets.

  • July 9, 2009

    RI Ups Fines For Industrial Pollution

    Rhode Island on Thursday increased the maximum fine against industrial polluters from $1,000 per violation to $25,000 per violation per day, the same day a joint motion was filed to dismiss a suit alleging that a utility company's manufactured gas waste contaminated dozens of properties in the town of Tiverton, R.I.

  • July 8, 2009

    GCM Contests Chevron Attorneys’ Fees In Enviro Spat

    The buyer of a property contaminated by a former Chevron USA station near Lake Tahoe has appealed a judge’s decision to award more than $367,000 in attorneys’ fees after finding Chevron not liable for the environmental damage.

  • July 8, 2009

    Bill Aims To Hand Carbon Market Oversight To CFTC

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission would be given full authority over markets that trade carbon allowances under a U.S. Senate bill that addresses regulation of a new cap-and-trade system.

  • July 8, 2009

    CAA Doesn't Regulate CO2 Emissions, Ga. Court Says

    Ruling that carbon dioxide emissions are not regulated or limited by the Clean Air Act or Georgia's Air Quality Act, a Georgia appeals court has overturned a lower court's denial of an air quality permit for the construction of a pulverized coal-fired electric power plant.

  • July 8, 2009

    EU Hits E.ON, GDF Suez With €1.1B Price-Fixing Fine

    The European Commission on Wednesday fined German utility E.ON AG and its French natural gas provider counterpart GDF Suez €553 million ($768 million) each for allegedly agreeing not to compete in each other's markets.

  • July 7, 2009

    CFTC Considers Limits On Energy Trading

    The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is considering limits on trading and other measures to clamp down on excessive speculation, the head of the agency announced Tuesday.

  • July 7, 2009

    SEC Accuses Geotec, Execs Of Fraud Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued coal company Geotec Inc. and three of its executives for allegedly organizing a scheme involving the fraudulent issuance of shares and another scheme involving coal transactions.

  • July 7, 2009

    EU Price-Fixing Fines Loom For E.ON, GDF Suez

    The European Commission has reportedly warned German utility E.ON AG and its French natural gas provider counterpart, GDF Suez, that the regulator will likely fine the companies for allegedly colluding to raise gas prices in France and Germany.

  • July 7, 2009

    SEC Accuses Texas Co. Of $485M Ponzi Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday that it had won an emergency asset freeze in a lawsuit it filed against a Texas energy investment firm and its managers for allegedly running a $485 million Ponzi scheme.