Energy Archive » January, 2008

Energy - January, 2008

156 articles

• Patent Standards And Investment In Alternative Energy
• Judge Slams Interior Dept. In Oil Royalty Case
• EU Prods Spain To End Restrictions On Enel Merger
• Constellation Energy To Sue Md. For $386M
• Halliburton Assault Case Must Be Arbitrated: Judge
• 2007 Energy Act Presents Opportunities
• Alaska Drilling Will Harm Polar Bears: Suit
• Lawmakers Grapple With Climate Change Policy
• DuPont Superfund Suit Revived By High Court Orders
• Duke's Power Plant Gets State OK As Foes Regroup
• DOE Pulls Plug On FutureGen Clean-Coal Plant
• Amicus Briefs Pile Up As Exxon Oral Argument Nears
• EU Fines E.ON €38M For Breaking Evidence Seal
• France, Germany Propose End-Run Around Unbundling
• Judge Spurns State's Late Bid For Unclaimed $4.6M
• Calpine Withdraws From U.S. Supreme Court Case
• Calpine Plant Fetches Millions More Than Anticipated
• France Will Help India Move Toward Nuclear Power
• Moscow Court Kicks PwC Appeal To The Curb
• CORRECTED: Alaska Lawmakers Weigh In On Exxon Valdez Case
• Allegheny, Merrill Settle Dispute For $50M
• Duke Gets Air Permit For Coal Gasification Plant
• More Recusals Demanded Over Massey Photos
• Evidence Over Qui Tam Pay To Govt. Official Barred
• Andersen Partner, SEC Settle Enron Audit Case
• Justices To Reconsider $50M Massey Case
• NRC Proposes $650K Fine For Entergy Alert Delays
• Ousted CEO Clawing His Way Back: U.S. Energy
• Banks' Motion To Stay Calpine Confirmation Denied
• Gov. Schwarzenegger Takes The EPA To Court
• Green Groups Sue Government Over Colorado Drilling
• Vague Phrase In Patent Invalidates Claim: Court
• Lord Browne Deposition Limited In BP Explosion Suit
• EPA Defends Veto Of California Clean Air Act Waiver
• Total To Pay Damages In Spill While Planning Appeal
• E.ON Vows To Fight EC Fine Over Broken Seal
• Shell To Pay $27M To Lawyers In U.S. Reserves Case
• $150M Loans Propel Global Power Out Of Ch. 11
• Asarco Seeks Court OK Of $27.9M Settlement
• Century-Old Mining Law May Become Greener
• Vendors, Law Firms Clash Over E-Discovery
• Navajo Nation To Sue EPA Over Power Plant Permit
• Calpine Creditors Object To Motion For Stay
• Europeans Tighten Caps On CO2 Emissions
• AGs Push EPA On Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• No Race Bias In BP Bid Award: Appeals Court
• Court Decision Could Delay GDF-Suez Merger
• Energy Cos. Want Land, Workers, Esteem: Survey
• Circuit Upholds EPA Exemption For Pesticide
• Pacific Lumber Rebuffs Plan For Ch. 11 Trustee
• El Paso Moves To Block Asarco Site Reopening
• Report Foresees Cap-And-Trade Emissions Rules
• Stoneridge Precedent Sinks Cert Bid For Enron Case
• GAO Report Pushes Global Standard for Biofuel
• More Coal Proposals Nixed Amid Pollution Worries
• Md. Lawmakers Want Return Of Regulated Electricity
• Extending The Emissions Trading Scheme To Aviation
• Report Says Deregulation Cost Utility Customers $1B
• JFTC Fines Oil Cos. 4.48B Yen For Bid-Rigging
• States Sue DOE Over Boiler Standards
• U.S. Energy Wants Former CEO Punished
• DTE Faces Prosecution Over Mercury In Canada
• Regulators Blame Con Ed For Steam Pipe Explosion
• Asarco To Pay $33.4M In Toxic Cleanup Claims
• Patent-Granting System Awaits Serious Shake-Up
• U.K. Energy Watchdog Finds No Collusion
• Duke Got Support For Rate Hike Via Kickbacks: Suit
• Senate Bill May Do Damage to Damages: Sources
• Lawyers Entreat Supreme Court To Hear Enron Appeal
• FERC Standards Address Power Grid "Cybersecurity"
• Massey Energy To Pay Record $20M EPA Penalty
• Tree-Hugging Creditors To Bid For Lumber Co.'s Land
• Patent Act Won't Meet "Efficiency" Goals: Sources
• Oil Co. Liable In Tanker Disaster: French Ruling
• Energy Trader Tried To Manipulate Market: Jury
• Calpine Resolves Damages Claim With $16.5M
• Asarco Seeks 9th Exclusivity Extension
• As Special Master, She Sets Precedent
• Will The New EPA Rule Improve Hospital Air Quality?
• House OKs Mine Safety Bill, Tempting Veto
• Sierra Club To Sue Oregon Coal-Fired Power Plant
• Sinclair Oil Settles Clean Air Act Suit
• Fulbright's Dubai Recruits Reflect Area Growth
• Dow Loses Bid To Stanch Malicious Prosecution Suit
• Appeals Court Upholds Limits On Surface Mining
• In Global Warming Cases, Suing Plants May Not Work
• Judge, Massey CEO Accused Of Hiding Friendship
• Stoneridge May Prove Fatal To Enron-Related Action
• EU Plans To Get Tougher On Certain Biofuels
• Judge Blows Away $8.9M Award In Wind Farm Suit
• Coast Guard Adopts New Oil Pollution Rule
• Greenhouse Gas Plan Falls Short Of Goals: EIA
• Canadian Govt. Hit With Suit Over Oil Refinery Review
• Lawmakers Call For Carbon Offset Marketing Audit
• U.K.'s Big Six Utilities Stifle Competition: Report
• Shareholders Claim Calpine Ch. 11 Plan Lowballs Value
• Supreme Court Nixes Ozone Standard Appeal
• Amaranth-FERC Dispute Draws CFTC's Attention
• High Court Seeks Solicitor's Stance On FMLA Waivers
• Tech Cos. Launch Project To Share Green Patents
• Chemical Co. Hit With Suit Over 2004 Barge Spill
• California Politicians Lambast EPA's Waiver Denial
• Appeals Court Declines Review Of Mine Safety Rule
• Ga. Judge OKs First Coal-Fired Plant Permit In 20 Years
• CEQA And Climate Change: One Year After AB 32
• R.I. Locals Win A Round In Toxic Tort V. Utility
• Eyeing Asset Sale, Marcal Amends Plan
• FERC Says LNG Facility Would Have Limited Impact
• Green Groups To Sue DOE Over Power Corridor Plans
• International Coal Group Faces New Securities Suit
• SBC, Enron Reach Truce In Bankruptcy Battle
• Energy Co. Sues Town Over Plant Approval Dispute
• Bush Taps Baker Botts' Copeland For DOE Post
• Judge Lets $180M Settlement Flow In Flood Case
• Court: Foreign Award Can't Be Challenged In U.S.
• Utility Bids To Strong-Arm Coal Miner Into Ch. 11
• Brazil Mine Giant Vale Fined In Antitrust Dispute
• Fulbright Nabs Former BG Group General Counsel
• Energy Imports Need Tougher Security: GAO
• Long Island Sound LNG Plan Draws Fire From AG
• Ch. 11 Sought By "Green" Fuel Co. In The Red
• Ex-Westar Exec Demands Docs About Gov't Case
• Surging Ahead, Wind Power Still Faces Challenges
• D.C. Circuit Reconfirms FERC's Remedial Discretion
• Citigroup Asks Judge To Toss Enron MegaClaims Suit
• Jury Clears BP In $423M Cleanup Suit
• Fed. Cir. Reverses Pennzoil Tax Refund Ruling
• Power Cos. Jolted By SPP's Tariff Proposal
• Naps Prompt Probe Of NRC Procedures
• Citing "Quandary," Judge Won't Jail Merrill Exec
• Exxon Mobil Wins Interest Dispute With Alabama
• Allegheny Reaches Transmission Line Agreement
• FERC Approves $18M Settlement In Enron-PUD Case
• Investment In Clean Energy Topped $117B In '07
• Nabors Industries To Quell Backdating Suit
• Enron Paper Risks Upsetting Credit Market: Broker
• Oil Co. A Superpolluter, Suit Asserts
• Tronox To Settle Texarkana Toxic Tort
• Energy Bill May Adversely Affect Refiners: Report
• Deutsche Bank To Get $34M In Calpine Bankruptcy
• Bacterium-Based Fuel May Soon Replace Fossil Fuels
• Monitor Oil, Credit Suisse Push Back Against Holders
• Investing In California's Alternative Fuels Plan
• EPA Terminates Mich. Superfund Talks With Dow
• New FERC Standards Aim To Keep The Lights On
• Fine Eyed For Battelle In Alleged Nuclear Safety Slip
• Venue Issue Sinks Spain's Shipping Suit
• DaimlerChrysler Paid Record $30.3M CAFE Fine In '07
• Tribe Can't Bring Medical Monitoring Claims: Judge
• IBM Chemicals Caused Cancer: Suit
• Effects of Stolt-Nielsen Case May Linger
• Energy Cos. Seek To Bar State Antitrust Claim
• BP Settles Alaskan Tax Dispute For $379M
• California Sues Over EPA Clean Car Ruling
• Beyond Cap-And-Trade: Going Green In The Midwest
• Drug Giants Probed Over U.N. Oil-For-Food Kickbacks