Energy Archive » December, 2007

Energy - December, 2007

117 articles

• Energy Cases To Watch In 2008
• Judge OKs DHS Waiver Of Environmental Laws
• Global Power Fights For Plan Confirmation
• Amaranth, Traders Respond Defiantly To FERC Orders
• FERC Proposes Rules For Natural Gas Transparency
• Judge Throws Out Suit Over Accident At Oil Co.
• Akzo Settles Oil-For-Food Charges
• Expert Claims Info Stolen In Chevron Pollution Suit
• Russian EPA Fines Sakhalin II Project $15.8M
• W.R. Grace Grants DOJ $34M Superfund Claim
• The Shell Court's Exclusion Of Non-U.S. Purchasers
• Calif. Oil Spill Cleanup To Push $61M Limit
• EPA Denies California's Emissions Waiver
• Calpine Plan Approved, Highly Unusual Settlement
• Worker's Sex Bias Case Against Brewer Revived
• U.K. OFT Charges Three In Marine Hose Conspiracy
• EC Proposes To Fine Car Companies For Excess CO2
• Calpine's Exit Financing Lowered By $400M
• House Passes Final Version Of Energy Bill
• Judge OKs Foster Wheeler's $1.64M Settlement
• Xcel Not Eligible For FERC Waivers, Court Rules
• Deutsche Bank Settles Enron "Megaclaim"
• Australia To Track Gas Prices To Protect Competition
• Reliant Faces Suit Over Pollution In New Jersey
• Seyfarth Shaw Adds Employee Benefits Partner
• Tort Costs Decrease For 1st Time This Decade: Study
• Lieberman-Warner Climate Bill: Prospects Uncertain
• Coalition Requests FERC Investigation Into RTOs
• ArcelorMittal $1.35B Steel Mill Sale Killed
• Illegal Dumping Nets Shipping Company $4.9M Fine
• Congress Eyes $20.5B In Nuclear Loan Guarantees
• Judge Slams Scotts, Orders New Witness Deposition
• Re-Evaluating The Risks Of Equitable Subordination
• $4M Of Oil Cos. Settlement To Fund Air Quality Study
• CenterPoint Set Loose From Calif. Antitrust Suits
• Pared-Down Energy Bill Garners Mixed Response
• Calpine Poised For Ch. 11 Emergence
• Korea To Levy More Chemical Price-Fixing Fines
• Energy Legislation To Watch In 2008
• D.C. Circuit Declines To Stay FERC's Amaranth Fine
• Seyfarth Shaw Snags Environmental Partner
• Merck Puts Up $10M To Fix Creek Pollution
• Alcoa Hit With FLSA Suit Over Unpaid Dressing Time
• Three More Plead Guilty For Fixing Marine Hose Prices
• Orion's Adviser Balks At $26M Repair Settlement
• Akin Gump Group Puts Spotlight On Climate Change
• Calpine Seeks To Exclude Expert Testimony
• Congressmen Ask For Details About Iraq Sex Attack
• Judge Sides With Calif. Over Car Emissions Limits
• EPA Takes Heat For "Hot Spot" Analyses
• Senate Panel To Probe Oil Spill Threats
• Deadline Passes With No Deal In $1.3B Mittal Mill Sale
• House Authorizes Deeper Dig Into Utah Mine Collapse
• Senate Finance Committee Unveils Energy Tax Credits
• "Green Collar" Legislation Blooms In House
• Bush Taps Two Names To Fill Energy Regulation Spots
• Court OKs NRC Allowance Of Uranium Facility
• San Francisco Files Suit Over California Oil Spill
• San Diego Gas Gets New Asbestos Trial
• Dingell Sides With FERC Over CFTC
• CFTC Reauthorization Bill Gets Committee Approval
• Ala. Won't Touch Ruling, Letting Exxon Off $3.5B Hook
• Biofuel Amendment Expected To Bloom In Farm Bill
• Wetlands Ruling Has Left Courts Uncertain
• Bankruptcy Petition Against Energy Co. Dismissed
• Amaranth Trader Fails To Stay $30M FERC Order
• $1M Interim DIP Financing Approved For Monitor Oil
• Supreme Court Passes On PG&E Case
• Calpine Gets Permission To Sell $144M In Notes
• U.S. Climate Bills Clash With WTO Rules: Report
• Lawyers Mull Jeopardy Claim After Broker's Mistrial
• Wisconsin NSR Ruling Has Far-Reaching Implications
• FERC Has No Jurisdiction Over Amaranth: Brief
• Pillsbury Launches New Commodities Finance Group
• PacifiCorp Faces Pollution Claims Under Dumping Law
• D.C. Circuit Will Hear FERC's Amaranth Action
• Court Upholds Stray Voltage Verdict Against Xcel
• Court Upholds Army's Permit In Fla. Pollution Suit
• Raytheon May Get Lesser Award In CERCLA Suit
• BP Settles With FCC For Lying About Criminal Record
• Argentine Judge Revives Exxon Mobil Tax Case
• San Francisco Jumps Into Fight Over Power Plant
• BP May Face Fresh Charges Over Alaska Spills
• Energy Bill Passes House, But Veto Threat Looms
• Cow-Powered Ethanol Plant Files For Ch. 11
• Blaming Rosy Reserve Estimates, Investors Sue FX
• State Charges Pilot In San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
• Weatherford Sues Tesco Over Oil Drilling Patents
• States Aim To Overturn EPA Mercury Rule
• Shell Makes Case For Beaufort Sea Exploratory Wells
• Nixing Oil Cos.' Tax Cuts Won't Hurt Consumers: JEC
• Swamped By Responses, DOE Delays Power Corridors
• EU Gives Spain One Month To Lift Endesa Conditions
• K&L Gates Scores New Commercial Litigator
• Arkansas AG Sues Propane Supplier
• Court Rules Union Can Represent Exelon Retirees
• Report Warns Of Legal Fallout From Climate Change
• 9th Circuit Axes Bush Forestry Initiative
• Calpine Asks To Sell Notes Worth $144M
• EPA Not Required To Intervene In State Dispute: Judge
• Enron Retirement Plan Sues For Alleged $22M Mistake
• Battelle Fined For Nuclear Safety Violations
• Veolia's Unjust Enrichment Claims Tossed In Spill Suit
• Texas Oil Co. Defrauded Hundreds of Investors: SEC
• EPA Agreement With Farms Upheld By Court
• Holland & Hart Partner Settles Insider Trading Claims
• Energytec Operated Ponzi Scheme, Suits Allege
• Asarco Settles Silver Bow Creek Dispute For $8.67M
• DOI Overcomes Bid For Drilling Injunction In Wyo.
• Xethanol Settles Securities Class Action
• Scottrade Wins Restraining Order In Stock Dispute
• FERC Refuses To Back Down From Amaranth Action
• Supreme Court Grants Cert In Coal Tax Refund Case
• Coast Guard Wrong To Deny Oil Spill Claims: Judge
• DOJ Heads To Court Over California Oil Spill
• ITC Won't Drop Anti-Dumping Duties On Uranium
• CAFE Deal Clears Path For House Vote On Energy Bill