Environmental Archive » February, 2009

Environmental - February, 2009

127 articles

• Class Certified In Gas Contamination Suit V. Rex
• Vapor Intrusion: New Exposures, Old Sites
• Ore. Joins Suit Against DOE Over Hanford Cleanup
• Watchdog Sues NRG Unit Over Air Violations
• Obama Taps UVA Law Professor For No. 2 EPA Post
• Obama's Budget Predicts $645B From Carbon Caps
• EPA Announces Alternative Pollution Tests
• Suit V. EPA Over CERCLA Finance Rules Gets OK
• EPA Honcho Returns to Kirkland & Ellis
• 6th Circ. Upholds EPA Decision On Ky. Plant Permit
• Enviro Groups Say Dominion Plant Unconstitutional
• 41 Cos. Told To Help Pay For $9M Superfund Cleanup
• DC Circ. Impels EPA To Set New Soot Standards
• EPA Secures $3M In Mine Superfund Suit Settlement
• Stimulus Money Could Avert Cleantech Ch. 11s: PwC
• Western Refining To Pay $2.25M In Enviro Settlement
• CERCLA Doesn't Trump Tribe's Damages Claim: Court
• Can NEPA And The Stimulus Bill Coexist?
• PCB Case Against Monsanto Remanded To State Court
• Green Groups Seek To Halt Lexam's Oil Project
• High Court Mulls $42M Shell, Railroads Superfund Case
• Court Backs Army Corps' Dredging Claims In IP Spat
• Sunoco Coke Plant Ducks EPA Permit Rules: Ohio City
• Ill. AG Sues Caterpillar Over Oil-Waste Spill
• FERC Approves Construction To Puerto Rico LNG Site
• $2.5B More For DOE, $174M For EPA In House Budget
• Bush Mercury Rule Faces Final Defeat
• Solar, Wind Cos. Call For 'Green Superhighways'
• Obama To Usher In Era Of Unattainable Coal Permits
• Alaska Sen. Pushes Slant Drilling In ANWR
• Plaintiffs Eye GHGs As Next 'Big' Mass Tort
• EPA Tells Mich. To Review NMU Boiler Permit
• Feds, Cos. Should Prepare For Climate Risk: Experts
• Jupiter Aluminum Not Off Hook In Environmental Spat
• Energy Cos. Step Up Climate Risk Disclosures
• Local Climate Laws Create Hodgepodge For Cos.
• EPA Gives States $6B Stimulus For Clean Water
• Climate Change Uncertainty Leads To Inaction
• MasTec Told To Pay $1.5M For CWA Wrongs
• DOI To Hire 'Stimulus Czar' To Dole Out $3B
• Economic Crisis Hampers Push For GHG Regs
• NRG Unit Accused Of CAA Violations
• Homeowners Sue TVA Over Toxic Ash Spill
• NM Gov. Aims To Ease Oil Field Waste Regulations
• Judge Refuses To Quash Suit Against Ohio EPA Chief
• Okla. Sanctioned In Poultry Waste Suit
• BP To Pay $179M Over Pollution At Texas Refinery
• Sens. Organize New Environmental Subcommittees
• Rehearing Denied In 5th Amendment Case Against US
• Cap-And-Trade Plan Economically Flawed: Report
• Regulating GHGs Under The Clean Air Act
• NJ Initiatives In Absence Of Federal GHG Laws
• Scrap Metal Co. Tagged With $1.8M For Cleanup
• Settling CERCLA Section 107 Claims
• Drinker Biddle Snags Andrews Kurth Enviro Partner
• Shell Asks To Join Dispute Over Oil Shale Rules
• Bill Would Make Nuclear An Option Again In WVa
• US Backs Global Mercury Treaty
• EPA To Take Another Look At Regulating CO2
• Md. Asks FERC To Reconsider 'Rushed' LNG Project
• Superfund Changes Introduced In House
• Stimulus Deal Pegs Billions For Greener Energy
• TVA In The Red After $525M Spent On Spill Cleanup
• EPA Settles NY Superfund Suit For $4M
• 4th Circ. Blasts Away W.Va. Coal Mining Injunctions
• Judge Rejects Mediation Offer In Bhopal Case
• Aleris Hit With Emissions Suit As It Goes Bankrupt
• Hercules Bid For Cleanup Reimbursement Survives
• MetLife May Be On The Hook For Briggs Cleanup
• 2008 Was Top Year For Clean Energy Patents: Report
• Akron Could Pay Millions For CWA Violations
• Chevron Contests Ecuador Geologist's $27B Appraisal
• CSX Units Must Pay For NJ River Cleanup: 3rd Circ.
• Bristol-Myers, IBM Agree To $14M Superfund Cleanup
• House Passes Water Conservation Bills
• 2 Oil Refiners Pledge $141M In CAA Fixes
• Court Approves $3M Superfund Deal In Asarco Case
• Kinder Morgan Unit, DOJ Settle Pipeline Spill Suit
• CAIR: A Journey Revisited — Part I
• CAIR: A Journey Revisited — Part II
• Importance Of Environmental Compliance Programs
• EPA Stays Bush-Era NSR Aggregation Rule
• Coke Bottler To Pay $8M To Settle Wastewater Case
• ADM Faces Indictment Over Wastewater Violations
• Bankrupt Tronox Sues US, NJ Over Cleanup Cases
• EPA Nets $12M For NY Superfund Cleanup
• TVA Spill Violates Clean Water Act: EPA
• Senate Panel Passes Transmission Bill Amendment
• Pork Groups Fight Factory Farm Emissions Rule
• Bracing For Climate Change Exposure
• DOI Re-Evaluates ESA Decisions In Wake Of Scandal
• NY To Evaluate Wind Power's Impact On Wildlife
• EPA, DOE Propose Hanford Deadlines
• Patriot Coal To Pay $6.5M For CWA Permit Violations
• 165 Species Won't Be ESA-Listed
• ExIm, OPIC Ink Watershed Settlement
• Obama Drops Challenge To Emissions Rule Decision
• EPA To Reconsider Calif. Emissions Waiver
• AIG Bows Out Of Green Lobby Group Under Pressure
• Obama Asks DOE To Set New Appliance Standards
• DOJ Snags Jenner & Block Litigator For ADAG Post
• Railroads Fund Partial Superfund Cleanup In Calif.
• Contribution Claims Tossed In Arrow CERCLA Suit
• AGs Urge EPA To Begin Regulating Greenhouse Gases
• Mich. May Eliminate State Wetlands Program
• E.ON Unit Drops $140M To Settle Clean Air Charges
• DOI To Withdraw 'Rushed' Oil, Gas Leases: Salazar
• Westar Energy Sued For Alleged CAA Abuses
• Insurer Sues Developer Over Coverage In CWA Case
• NuChrome Hit With Slew Of Hazardous Waste Claims
• EPA OKs $9.1M Deal Over Iowa Superfund Site
• DOI Official Gets Probation, Fine For Ethics Scandal
• Bhopal Case May Be Mediated By Sept. 11 Lawyer
• PPG Sued Over Toxic Chromium At NJ Site
• 'Alarming' Arsenic Levels Found In Tenn. Water
• Democrats Release Road Map For Climate Change Bill
• EPA To Begin Regulating Commercial Ship Discharges
• Colo. Wildlife Experts Support New Gas, Oil Rules
• EPA Asked To Repeal Bush Hazardous Waste Rule
• Court Nixes Enviro Groups' Objections To Coal Plant
• EU Standards: The Challenge For US Manufacturers
• Everglades Limestone Mines Breach CWA: Court
• Jacksonville, Koch Industries Sued In Superfund Case
• Persistence Of Trigger, Allocation Disputes
• GE's Constitutional Challenge To EPA Authority Nixed
• Mont. Logging Project Under Fire By Conservationists
• ESA: A Tool For Shaping Climate Change Law