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Environmental - May, 2015
351 articles
- Army Corps Scores 10th Circ. Win In Keystone XL Permit Row
- Alaska Justices Say State Must Notify Public Of Mine Permits
- Cape Wind Deadline Halted While Mass. Mulls Extension
- New Pa. Task Force Heralds Emerging Pipeline Fight
- US Blasts BP's Appeal To High Court Over Oil Spill Liability
- Cherokees, Okla. Agree On Hunting, Fishing Rights Pact
- Ex-BP Exec Wants Congressional Staffers Cut From Trial
- Calif. Appeals Court Says NFL Can Use Rose Bowl Stadium
- DOT Extends Crude Oil Train Safety Order Indefinitely
- 4 In-House Preferences For Better Outside Counsel
- NJ Developer To Pay $225K For Clean Water Act Violations
- Wis. Tribe Wins Waste-To-Energy Plant Permit Dispute
- Maimed NJ Woman Sues Conrail Over Chemical Spill
- Feds Argue No Prejudice In Suit Against Freedom Execs
- DC Circ. Upholds EPA's Emission Rules For PVC Producers
- BP Drops $750M Transocean Policy Fight After Deepwater Deal
- Judge Limits Overview Witness Testimony In BP Exec's Trial
- NTSB Blames Oil Drill Rig Wreck On Shell's Poor Planning
- NJ Panel Deep-Sixes Offshore Wind Farm Proposal
- Trucker Lobby Wants EPA Trailer Emissions Row To Stay Put
- Texas Well Servicer Settles EPA Waste Disposal Row
- Nuclear Power Cos. Hit DOE With Waste Disposal Suit
- EPA Finally Proposes New Renewable Fuel Levels
- When Public And Private Projects Collide
- OneBeacon Owes $5.4M Damages In Olin Cleanup Row
- Enviros Move To Enter Fight Against Shell In Seattle's Port
- NY Court Upholds Tossing Sloan-Kettering Project Suit
- US Orders Pipeline Co. To Keep Cleaning Up California Spill
- Haynes And Boone Off The Hook In $1.7M Conspiracy Suit
- NCR Divisibility Win Breathes New Life Into CERCLA Defense
- EPA Proposes Pesticide Restriction To Protect Bees
- Critics Grouse About DOI Plans To Conserve Bird Habitat
- 9th Circ. Won't Revive Pebble Mine's EPA Challenge
- Holland & Knight Adds 3 Advisers To Clean Energy Team
- Ex-NY Senate Leader Skelos, Son Indicted In Corruption Case
- Duke Energy Goes To Disney World With 5 MW Solar Project
- Wyo. Hospital Says EPA Ruling Forces It Into Tribal Court
- Seal Advocates Win Fees From San Diego In Appeals Court
- 9th Circ. OKs NextEra Wind Project Over Enviro Objections
- Fracking 2.0: The Rise Of American Shale Refracking
- Clarified EPA Water Rule Still Spurs Authority Questions
- US Says ARCO Can't Avoid Superfund Costs Under Tribe Pact
- Enivros Sue FEMA Over Calif. Wildfire Reduction Plan
- NY DEC To Improve Oil Spill Monitoring, Response Time
- Industry Groups Seek Rehearing Of DC Circ. GHG Ruling
- ConocoPhillips, Corps Beat Alaska Drilling Permit Row
- Okla. Tribes Again Ask Judge To Alter Timberlands Ruling
- DOE To Pay Fine For Delayed Radioactive Sludge Cleanup
- Duke Execs Hid Role In Coal Ash Spill, Shareholder Says
- Lane Powell Nabs Corporate, Telecom, Enviro Pro In Seattle
- PRPs May Want To Dig In With Divisibility Defense
- EPA Redefines Scope Of Waters Shielded By CWA
- Coal Power Reductions To Double Under Clean Power Plan
- BLM Given 1 To 3 Years To Fix Utah Land Management Plans
- Calif. Activists Want Tribe's $360M Casino Halted For Appeal
- Houston Urges 5th Circ. To Revive $641M Exxon Pollution Suit
- Maine Tribes Leave State Legislature Amid Acrimony
- Fla. Landowners Press Takings Appeal Over Gov't Delays
- Former Sen. Landrieu Joins Van Ness' Public Policy Team
- Tribe Says It Can't 'Out-Bribe' Donziger In Ecuador Court
- Fluor Urges Calif. Justices To Rethink Henkel Insurance Ruling
- Ex-Freedom Prez Moves To DQ Entire US Attorneys' Office
- DC Circ. Upholds FWS' Endangered Species Deals
- Wash. Tribes Say Historic Fishing Rights Extend Far Offshore
- GSA Must Review Wind Farm's Enviro Exemption, Judge Says
- Utility Asks 7th Circ. To Revive $70M Enviro Cleanup Suit
- Ariz. Uranium Mine To Stay Open As Tribe, Enviros Appeal
- DOJ Urges Approval Of $8.75M RI Superfund Settlement
- FERC Proposes Regs To Assess Grid's Solar Flare Risk
- Outlawing City Fracking Bans In Okla. Now Up To Governor
- The Future Is Now: Next-Gen Enforcement At The EPA
- Digging Through The New Federal Rules Of Civil Procedure
- 5 Insights From CBRE General Counsel Laurence Midler
- NJ Pols Urge Rutgers To Nix Marine Seismic Testing
- Ex-Mass. Utilities Atty Joins Regulators Group As Asst. GC
- Deepwater Deal Stiffs Cash Businesses, Claimants Say
- Calif. Water Board OKs Delta Farmers' Water Cutback Plan
- Aurora Tells High Court 9th Circ. Permit Ruling Narrows CWA
- Citgo To Pay EPA Fine Over Texas Plant Violations
- Ev Williams' VC Firm Raises $123,456,789 For 'Positive' Fund
- Conrail Slams Punitive Damages Bid Over 2012 NJ Derailment
- Hess Escapes Bid To Revive Well Pollution Suit
- EPA Demands States Tighten Startup, Shutdown Regs
- UK Election Results A Win For Fracking, Loss For Wind Power
- Operations Suspended On Ruptured Line In S. Calif. Oil Spill
- Bluestone Says Sanctions In Illegal Mining Row 'Red Herring'
- Volvo Tells High Court EPA's $62M Engine Fine Broke Rules
- New ESA Petitioner Rule Faces Likely Extinction
- NY DEC Backs Up On Tar Sands Facility Over Enviro Concerns
- No Consensus On CEQ Draft Guidance For NEPA Reviews
- $1.3B Malpractice Suit Over Chevron Pollution Suit Restarts
- 9th Circ. Revives San Diego's Huge Kinder Morgan Spill Suit
- Eastman Chemical Challenges EPA Emissions Rule At DC Circ.
- CPSC Lumber Liquidators Probe A Clue To Agency's New Tone
- Levee Board Asks 5th Circ. To Revive Coastal Damage Suit
- Workers Race To Clean Up Major Oil Spill In Southern Calif.
- As Fuel Efficiency Rises, Ore. Turns Tax Focus To Mileage
- Sen. Touts Bills To Restore Lands To Oregon Tribes
- 6th Circ. Says Ohio Can't Lease Reservoir Land To Coal Co.
- La. Parish Sues Army Corps For $2M In Katrina Levee Repair
- Conrail Aims To Sink Training Claims In NJ Derailment Suits
- Ex-Im Bank Fights Enviros' Challenge To LNG Project
- Obama's GHG Guidance For Agencies Leaves Attys Skeptical
- Senate Dems Prod Obama To Choose Pipeline Czar
- Blackfeet Officials Say Tribal Court Is Fair In Water Dispute
- Gas Coalition Says Pa. Frack Site Regs May Paralyze Drillers
- Taylor Energy Must Cough Up Docs On Gulf Oil Leak
- Lumber Liquidators CEO Resigns Amid Formaldehyde Fallout
- The Spin And Substance Surrounding NY's Brownfields
- BP Strikes Deepwater Deals With Halliburton, Transocean
- Ex-Freedom Execs Plead Not Guilty To Spill Charges
- Bid To Block Tribe's $360M Casino Headed To 9th Circ.
- FAA Ducks NJ Airport Expansion Suit Involving Frontier
- NC Judge Halts New Permits From Fracking Commission
- Tribal Water Pacts Head Off Costly Suits, Senate Panel Told
- Tribal Water Rights Dispute Kicked Back To Mont. Court
- Pa. Gov. Urges Railways To Beef Up Oil Transport Safety
- Enviros Say $1.75B Ariz. Freeway Will Harm Tribal Land
- DOE Picks Ex-Navajo Prez Candidate For Indian Energy Head
- Judge Thwarts Ex-Massey CEO's Vegas Week
- Range Resources, Others Slam Proposed Pa. Frack Site Rules
- Calif. City Drops Exxon Groundwater Contamination Appeal
- 9th Circ. Rejects Religion Claim In $2.2B Solar Plant Row
- Fed. Claims Nixes Bank's $1.6M Gripe Over Failed Utilities Co.
- EPA Delays Renewable Fuel Standards Deadline
- Proposition 218 Obstacles To Calif. Tiered Water Rates
- 2015 Law360 Minority Report
- DOT, Rail Co. Say Fla. County Can't Block $1.75B Rail Bond
- The 50 Best Firms For Minority Partners
- Diversity Gap A Growing Threat To BigLaw Bottom Lines
- The 100 Best Law Firms For Minority Attorneys
- NCR Wins Liability Cap In Wisconsin Superfund Row
- Ex-BP Exec Says Proposed Jury Instruction Is Outdated
- Fla. County Says It Has Standing to Halt $1.75B Rail Bonds
- White House Touts Plan To Save Honeybees, Butterflies
- Tribes Rehashing Old Arguments On Timber Lands, Gov't Says
- Caterpillar Says Faulty Engine Dispute Should Be Nixed
- Fed. Officials Cool To Offshore Drilling Expansion Bills
- How To Win Back A Jury After Losing The Liability Phase
- Utah Gov. Says State Will Join Suit To Block Fracking Rule
- Trade Group Challenges EPA's New Woodstove Regs
- Duke Plans Coal Plant Closure, $1B In Power Upgrades
- Colo. Lone Pine Case Is Setback For Fracking
- 1st Circ. Revives Challenge To $2.6B Offshore Wind Farm
- Endangered Species Act Tweaks Aim To Get States Involved
- Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Revive $641M Exxon Pollution Suit
- EPA Says It Didn't Get Notice In Feedlot Pollution Suit
- Justices Should Hear BP's Deepwater Appeal, Law Groups Say
- Duke, Berkshire Deals Help Austin Wind Power Top 1,000 MW
- Dominion Resources Eyes New Va. Routes For $5B Pipeline
- DOT Board Won't Rethink BNSF Win In Coal Dust Fight
- Chevron Presses Dune Energy Over Oil Field Liabilities
- Bid To Block Tribe's $360M Calif. Casino Axed As Premature
- EPA Beats Back Enviros' Pesticide Suit
- Texas Governor Signs Bill Blocking Local Fracking Bans
- Beveridge & Diamond Snags Former MassDEP GC
- High Court Wants Corps' Input On CWA Authority Rehearing
- Interior Seeks Public Comment On Nev. Tribe's Solar Project
- Electric Cos. Need Carbon Plan Flexibility, FERC Tells EPA
- Drillers Want Federal Fracking Rule Put On Hold Amid Review
- The Short And Long Game Of Calif.'s GHG Reduction Plan
- Consider 5 Things Before Choosing An E-Discovery Provider
- Texas House Votes To Curb Groundwater District Liability
- Enviros Ask Judge To Halt $838M NC Highway Bypass
- DC Circ. Won't Reverse Navigable Waters Decision
- Pa. Lawmakers Slam Process To Change Gas Drilling Rules
- Markey Pushes Bill To Halt US Coal Leasing Program
- Andry Lerner To Take Deepwater Fees DQ To 5th Circ.
- Calif. Tribe Again Asks Judge To Stop $1B Solar Project
- BP, Chevron Can't Duck MTBE Insurance Double-Dipping Suit
- Enviros, Tribe Say Army Corps' River Dredging Flouted Law
- FERC Won't Hold More Hearings On $5B Natural Gas Pipeline
- Texas Energy Chief Says Blame For Earthquakes Is Premature
- Canada Pledges To Cut Carbon Emissions By 30%
- Enviros Blast Florida Agency For Axing US Sugar Land Deal
- DuPont's Safety Violations Killed 4 Workers, OSHA Says
- House Passes $612B National Defense Authorization Act
- Induced Seismicity Legal Issues Break New Ground
- Manufacturing Group Rips DOE's LNG Export Policies
- Noble Fights Defense Duty In ConocoPhillips Oil Pollution Row
- NJ Lawmaker Calls For Investigation Of 2012 Conrail Crash
- NJ Assembly Publicly Rejects $225M ExxonMobil Deal
- GCs Rightly Fear The Regulators
- FTC's Brill Grills Plastic Pellet Maker's Green Claims
- Ford Partners With DTE On 1-MW Solar Project At Mich. HQ
- NJ Assembly Passes Offshore Pollution Liability Bill
- 5th Circ. Says $2.7M BP Deal Is Binding, In Need Of 2nd Look
- Duke Energy Affiliates To Pay $102M For Coal Ash Pollution
- BofA Issues $600M Green Bond To Back Renewable Projects
- 7th And 9th Circs. Urged To Beef Up Oil Train Safety Rules
- Mining Firms Sue US Over $7M Uranium Waste Cleanup
- House Subcommittee Moves On Toxic Substances Act
- Former BP Exec Says Lawmakers Can't Use Speech Privilege
- Suit Alleging Property Damage By Pa. Power Plant Closes Out
- Maine Panel Votes Against Tribal, State Eel Fisheries Deal
- As Climate Continues To Change, So Does CEQA
- Court-Appointed Experts — A Powerful But Rarely Used Tool
- DOE Greenlights Cheniere's Texas LNG Export Project
- SG Says High Court Should Refuse Miss., Tenn. Water Fight
- Sens. Float Bill To Stop EPA's Clean Power Plan
- W.Va. Judge Denies Freedom's Bid For Expedited Ch. 11 Plan
- Gov't Defends Fla. Bridge Approval Against Enviro Challenge
- Enviros Oppose Kinder Morgan Pipeline Plan In Letter to FERC
- DC Circ. Asked To Reconsider EPA Biomass Rule
- Shell To Barge Into Seattle Port Despite Call For Restraint
- Enviros Sue Feds Over Lockheed Deep-Sea Mining Permits
- Chinese Water Treatment Co. Seeks $215M Hong Kong IPO
- Ex-Freedom Prez Lied In Bankruptcy, New Indictment Says
- Enbridge To Pay Michigan $75M For 2010 Pipeline Spill
- Tracking The DC Circ.'s Trend On Article III Standing
- Lockheed Martin Denies Liability For Toxic Leak Damages
- Cow Palace Deal A Harbinger Of Increased Waste Scrutiny
- House Passes Bill To Limit EPA's Clean Water Rule
- Oil Lobby Brings Crude-By-Rail Fight To The DC Circuit
- Honolulu To Build $16M Solar Project To Settle CAA Violations
- Travelers Seeks 2 More Wins Over Northrop Grumman Cleanup
- Wyo. Tribe Says Reservation Boundaries Already Settled
- Judge Nixes Fight To Stay Feds' Deepwater Damages Suit
- Wash. Dairy Settles Enviros' Manure Contamination Suit
- Fla. County Can't Halt $1.75B Rail Project Bonds, DOT Says
- Tribal Group Urges Halt To New Mexico Fracking
- Senate Dems Want National Floor For Renewable Power
- Alaska, Native Corp. Ask High Court To Rein In Park Service
- Con Ed Unit Picks Up 6 Calif. Solar Projects
- SunEdison Mulls Switch To MLP Amid $750M Bond Offering
- Tesoro Halts Utah Crude Pipeline Amid Falling Oil Prices
- NY, EPA Bridge The Gap In $480M Tappan Zee Funding Fight
- Uncharted Territory For Business In 'Waters Of The US'
- 9th Circ. Eases Way For Toxic Tort Removal To Fed. Court
- Calif. Tribes Near Loss In Bid To Halt $1.1B Solar Project
- Texas Energy Regulator Taking Nimble Approach To Quakes
- 4th Circ. Won't Rehear Army Corps' Housing Permit Denial
- NJ Sen. Committee Wants To Bring Back Wind Energy Credit
- Enviros Blast EPA Solid Waste Rule Exemptions At DC Circ.
- BP Exec Wants Charges Axed Over 9 Refusals To Testify
- Colo. Legislature Sends Renewable Energy Tax Credit To Gov.
- High Court Shouldn't Review $72M Volvo Fine, US Says
- NY Fuel Co. To Pay $12M Following EPA Investigation
- DOI Illegally Permitted Colo. Mines' Expansion, Judge Rules
- Forest Service Wins Feud Over Mont. Ski Resort Permit
- NJDEP Looks To Block Six Flags Solar Project By Buying Site
- Hawaii County Asks 9th Circ. To Reinstate GMO Law
- DOI Gives Shell A Passing Grade On Alaska Drilling Plan
- Wash. Tribe Says Co. Impeding Shellfish Harvest Rights
- E-Biofuels Enters Plea Agreement For $145M Tax Scam
- Ex-BP Exec Wants Flow-Rate Estimate Testimony Nixed
- 5 Ways Calif. Water Restrictions Are Affecting Real Estate
- NJ Senate Aims To Restrict How ExxonMobil Funds Are Spent
- Osha Liang Adds Ex-Philip Morris Patent Counsel
- State Dept.'s Pipeline Nod Is Unreviewable, Enbridge Says
- Commerce's Wind Tower Duties Get CIT Approval
- 7 Key Moments To Preserve Objections At Jury Trials
- Mind Your Attorney's Fees In Calif. CEQA Litigation
- Can Texas Plaintiffs Shake Challenges In Seismic Suits?
- This Week In Congress: Blue Alert, Freedom Act, And TPA
- BP Can Appeal Some Deepwater Claims, 5th Circ. Says
- Louis Berger Worker Says Reporting Pollution Got Him Fired
- Alabama Power Seeks To Block Army Corps' Plan For Dam
- House Bill Tackles Security, Reliability Of Energy Market
- Sens. Call On McConnell For Floor Vote On TSCA Reform Bill
- EPA's Approval Of Calif. Clean-Air Plan Changes Upheld
- Phillips 66, ConocoPhillips Pay $11.5M To Settle Waste Row
- Magistrate Puts Babcock & Wilcox Pollution Suit On Thin Ice
- Judge Holds Ranting Pro Se Art Theft Suspect In Contempt
- Oil Aboard Wrecked ND Train Was Up To Snuff, Hess Says
- La. Judge Signs Off On $1M ATP Gulf Discharge Settlement
- US Attempting Arctic Climate And Energy Balancing Act
- Cliffs Natural Unit Seeks Sanctions In Illegal Mining Case
- Tribe-Backed Wind Farm Hits Snag Over GSA Enviro Review
- Enviros Tell 11th Circ. Coal Permit Remand Not Enough
- Combating Commonalities In Toxic Tort Class Actions
- Enviros Challenge Calif. Oil Wastewater Discharge Rules
- Mont. Town Accuses Tribal Officials Of Threats In Water Row
- Lumber Liquidators Halts Sales Of Chinese Laminate Flooring
- NJ Pols Question Some Sites Included In $225M Exxon Deal
- Fla. Bankers Say Clean Energy Bond Program Unconstitutional
- DOE OKs $3.8B Cove Point LNG Exports As Enviro Groups Sue
- Sens. Call For Oil Transport Transparency Amid ND Derailment
- 5 Environmental Class Actions Attorneys Need To Track
- ADR Options Not Limited To Arbitration, Pa. Court Says
- Canadian Solar Snags $250M Loan From Chinese Bank
- SunEdison Secures Clean Energy Projects, More Funding
- Minn. Wind Co. Licenses Propellerless Tech To Denmark
- DOT Tank Car Rule Reflects Refined Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Law Firms Could Learn A Lot From The NFL Draft
- Nevada Tribe Wants More Input On Newmont Gold Mine
- Senate Panel OKs Border Patrol Access To Federal Land
- Enviros Sue San Bernardino Over Santa Ana River Pollution
- Canadian Oil Cos. Brace For Fallout From Alberta Vote
- Md. Pipeline Halted Amid Slew Of Environmental Complaints
- Nossaman Lures 2 Environmental Law Pros From Sedgwick
- Feds Highlight Need For Safety Rule After ND Train Crash
- 9th Circ. Buries Enviro Suit Over $2.2B Mojave Solar Project
- Travelers Trims Liability In Superfund Cleanup
- PHMSA Probed Over Slow Rulemaking Pace
- Pillsbury Adds Ex-Baker Botts Tech Partner To Austin Office
- Exide Blasts Investors' Cert. Bid In Row Over Enviro Failures
- Managing The Risk From CAA Risk Management Plans
- FERC Rejects Enviros', BP's Challenges To Cove Point LNG
- Duke Seeks To Pause Shareholders' Coal Ash Derivative Suit
- NY High Court Turns Back Challenge To Stormwater Permits
- Enviros Sue Forest Service Over Tongass Logging Plan
- Jury Has No Role In Interpreting Farm Law, Pa. Justices Told
- Tribes, Enviros Urge Stronger Review Of Shell's Arctic Plan
- Abengoa Scores $200M To Build Nev. Bio Jet Fuel Plant
- Sens. Get Lesson On EPA Carbon Plan Legal Arguments
- K&L Gates Adds Enviro, Administrative Law Trio In Texas
- Six Flags, NJ Town Sued Over Solar Farm Plans
- 'Gut And Go' Deal To Undo Kan. Renewable Energy Mandate
- Guinea-Bissau, Israeli Co. Ink $500M Wave Energy Plant Deal
- Going Meta: A Class Of Class Counsel
- As Goes Calif. Stormwater, So Goes The Nation's?
- EPA Says Plains All American's Calif. Oil Terminal Flouts CAA
- Texas Quakes Likely Due To Disposal Wells, Lawmakers Hear
- W.Va. Officials Slam McGuirewoods' Fees In Freedom Plan
- Most Weyerhaeuser Claims Survive In Enviro HQ Defect Fight
- Wash. Tribe Pushes To Resume Fishing In Disputed Waters
- DC Circ. Denies States' Challenge Of EPA's GHG Rules
- Enviros Urge High Court Not To Disturb CWA Permit Ruling
- DOI Ignores Mine Runoff's Effect On Protected Fish: Suit
- Enviros, Tribe Question $5B Pipeline Before FERC
- Feds Argue Against Nixing Permits In Calif. Logging Row
- Texas Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Fracking Ban
- Schumer Wants Faster Phaseout Of Older Oil Tanker Cars
- Builders, EPA Argue Against Pa. Septic-Tank Law Review
- Seattle Blocks Shell Arctic Fleet Lease Approval
- Army Corps Found Liable For Katrina-Related Flooding
- Laundry Co. Blames City In Dry Cleaning Pollution Row
- $1B Warriors Arena Gets Key Nod For Fast Enviro Review
- FWS' Endangered Species Plans Unlawful, DC Circ. Hears
- 5th Circ. Nixes Mexican States' Claims Over Deepwater Spill
- US To Pay $13.2M To Evaluate 16 Mines On Navajo Land
- NY Senate Leader Skelos Hit With Corruption Charges
- Case Against The Clean Power Plan Could Change Admin Law
- DOI Moves For Win In Tengasco Records Penalty Row
- Wyo. City's Fears Of Tribal Jurisdiction Misplaced, Profs Say
- Spectrum Files For Ch. 11 After False $40M Contract
- Enviros Fight Corps' Bid To Stop PortMiami Dredging Suit
- DOT Faces Heat On All Sides Over Oil Rail Transport Rule
- Plastic Bag Manufacturers Sue Dallas Over 5-Cent Fee Law
- Texas High Court Won't Touch Water Permit Takings Row
- 9th Circ. Asked To Reinstate Polar Bear Habitat Decision
- DOI Report Backs Navajo Mine Expansion Plan
- Mich. Gas Plant Settles Claims With Feds Over Leaked Gases
- DC Circ. Strikes Down EPA's 100-Hour Backup Generator Pass
- Xcel Energy Salvages $300M North Dakota Wind Project
- Texas High Court Won't Rehear Water Trespass Question
- Ex-Shell Worker To Pay $19M Over Airport Jet Fuel Spill
- DOT Reveals Stricter Safety Rules For Oil-Carrying Trains
- House Passes $35.4B Energy And Water Funding Bill
- A Bipartisan Bill On Energy Policy?