Environmental Archive » March, 2009

Environmental - March, 2009

169 articles

• Draft Bill Calls For Greenhouse Gas Cuts Of 83%
• Westinghouse Can Sue Over CERCLA Cleanup: Judge
• FWS Rethinks Bull Trout Stance In Wake Of Scandal
• Terrorism No Issue In Nuclear Relicensing: 3rd Circ.
• Readying For CERCLA Financial Assurance
• Bill Calls For Transportation Plans To Cut Emissions
• Zurich To Provide Pollution Coverage For Contractors
• Adapting Private Business To Climate Change
• Shook Hardy Nabs Enviro Whiz From Sonnenschein
• Mass. Agency, Police Hit With CERCLA Suit
• US To Pay Oil Cos. $85M For WWII Plane Gas Cleanup
• Obama Picks Policy Gurus For DOE, Commerce Posts
• Travelers Seeks $3M From Reinsurers After Deal
• Bill Would Bar ESA From Fighting Climate Change
• EPA Tightens Energy Star Standards For Displays
• Dominion Faces $1B Coal Ash Lawsuit
• CERCLA's Equitable Allocation Of Liability
• EU Urges Tech Sector To Lead Way In Emission Cuts
• Obama Calls Climate Meeting Ahead Of Dec. Talks
• Baard Ditches Bid For DOE Loan Guarantee Program
• Cap-And-Trade Bill Would Spare Big Industry
• Cabbies Sue Boston To Change Hybrid Taxi Rule
• Bill Aims To Pump Up Tax Credit For Biofuel Upgrades
• EPA Calls For Low-Emission Shipping Zone Around US
• Multiple Policy Limits In Enviro Cleanup Actions
• Developers Sue EPA Over Arizona River Protections
• Miracle-Gro Maker Handed Setback In Insurance Suit
• House Bill Would Take On Black Carbon Emissions
• Groups Urge Caution In Raising Ethanol Blend Caps
• Ohio Rep. Pushes Tax Credits For CERCLA Cleanups
• 3rd Circ. Interprets Local Controversy Under CAFA
• Fuel Efficiency Standard To Rise To 27.3 MPG In 2011
• Senate Bill Would Put Kibosh On Mountaintop Mining
• EPA Greenlights Ariz. Carbon Capture Project
• Chevron Wins Ruling Over Tahoe Property Cleanup
• Obama Taps Legal Experts For Labor, Interior Posts
• Bill Proposes 'Green Bank' To Finance Cleaner Energy
• Bill Aims To Fund Offshore Renewable Energy Efforts
• Obama Pick For EPA No. 2 Withdraws Over Group Link
• GE Seeks To Get Hudson Cleanup Suit Tossed
• Northern States, Wis. DNR Settle Waste Suit For $1.3M
• Army Corps Says Omnibus Act OKs Everglades Project
• EPA Changes Method For Evaluating Toxic Chemicals
• Rare Loon Listing Is 'Warranted But Precluded': FWS
• Bill Calls For Phosphate Limits In Dish Detergents
• Former EPA Admin Packs For Barnes & Thornburg
• Carbon Caps May Send Power Prices Sky-High: Study
• Bill Targets Potential Abuses In Carbon Market
• European Parliament Ramps Up Ozone Protections
• Bill Presses To Ban Oil, Gas Drilling Off Atlantic Coast
• Power Cos. Would Take Brunt Of Emission Cuts: Study
• US Rep. Touts Permits As Carbon Market Alternative
• LA's Clean Truck Program Is Preempted: 9th Circ.
• Arkema, EPA Settle Clean Air Charges
• EPA To Scrutinize Surface Coal Mining Permits
• Patriot Coal, Green Groups Settle CWA Suit
• For Insurers, MTBE Could Be 'New Asbestos'
• DuPont To Pay $1.6M Over Pollution At WVa Sites
• House Bill Seeks $1B Fund For Carbon Capture Efforts
• Obama Announces Picks For 2 Top DOE Posts
• Anti-Nuke Group Seeks To Shut Down Bioweapons Lab
• PG&E Settles With Green Group Over Plant Cleanup
• Ignore Climate Change At Your Peril
• Nations Agree Warming Is Polar Bears' Biggest Threat
• Emissions Rule Violates Federal Law: Pork Groups
• EPA Moves To Regulate Greenhouse Gases
• Bill Calls For EPA Grants To Fund E-Waste Initiatives
• Feds Close 3 NJ Sites For Unsafe Lead Levels
• DC Circ. Upholds EPA Emissions Reporting Exception
• EPA Reports Decline In Toxic Chemical Releases
• Forest Biomass Should Count As Renewable Fuel: Bill
• Army To Face Trial On New Orleans Wetlands Damage
• Obama Names Picks For Energy, Labor Posts
• Nearly A Third Of US Bird Species At Risk: DOI Report
• Feds Join Challenge Of FERC Decision In LNG Case
• Court Puts Hold On Berkeley Lab Building Project
• Legal Crosswalk: Endangered Species, GHGs
• Colo. Senate Nears Vote On Oil, Gas Drilling Rules
• RI Enviro Advocate Tapped To Lead EPA Enforcement
• Ind. Cleanup Case Not Time-Barred: 7th Circ.
• Bankruptcy, Weather Stall CERCLA Cleanups: Report
• House Urged To Make Offshore Drilling Plan Eco-Safe
• Retired Latham Partner Hayes OK'd For DOI Post
• Green Groups Seek To Force US To Protect Whales
• DOI, FERC Settle Turf War Over Hydropower Projects
• Clarifying 'Sudden And Accidental' Pollution Coverage
• Ensuring True Environmental Disclosure
• Progress Energy Adds 12 Cos. To CERCLA Suit
• Water District At Fault For Contamination: Olin
• FTC Mulls Energy Labels For TVs, Certain Electronics
• New Rules Spotlight Insurers' Climate Change Risks
• WildEarth To Sue EPA Over Interstate Air Pollution
• Hawaii Court Anchors Ferry Over Lack Of Green Study
• Payoffs Don't Preclude FERC License: DC Circ.
• EPA To Ax Voluntary Green Program
• Bill Would Mandate More Flexible-Fuel Cars
• General Maritime Unit Fined $1M For Waste Oil Plot
• SC Residents Seek Class Cert. In Toxic Train Spill
• Insurer Must Indemnify In CERCLA Suit: 1st Circ.
• Asarco Agrees To $1.1B Enviro Settlement
• Ethanol Industry Cheers SD Blender Pump Tax Law
• Court Tosses Case V. DHS Over Fish-Killing Virus
• Judge OKs $300M CWA Deal Over Nashville Sewers
• House Passes Water Quality Bill
• Green Groups Bolster Claims V. DOI Over ESA Changes
• EU Slaps Anti-Dumping Duties On US Biodiesel
• Delphi Unit Settles With EPA Over Chlorine Spill
• Del. Fails To Block FERC Approval Of LNG Terminal
• EU Parliament Greenlights Congestion Fees For Trucks
• House Bill Seeks To Block Livestock Emissions Tax
• Cleanup Coverage Spat Booted Back To State Court
• Jury Hits Exxon With $150M Payout For Gas Leak
• 8th Circ. Nixes Enviro Group Bid To Halt Power Plant
• Swedish Shipper Fined $1M In Illegal Dumping Case
• Renewable Energy To Be DOI's 'Top Priority': Salazar
• Wash. Senate OKs Bill On Renewable Energy Goals
• Nev. Nears Long-Term Emissions Planning Law
• Ecuador Lawyers Accuse Chevron Of 'Delay Tactics'
• Congress Gives Obama Power To Roll Back ESA Rules
• EPA Proposes National Emissions Reporting System
• Calif. Supreme Court Sides With State In Stringfellow
• Earth Island's Tighter Standing Requirement
• Australia Aims For Major Emissions Cuts By 2050
• Fly Ash Rules To Be Introduced In Wake Of Tenn. Spill
• Citi, US Steel To Pay $1M In Kan. Superfund Suit
• Ethanol Cap For Gasoline May Be Raised To 12%
• BP Unit To Pay Up For Unreported Toxic Releases
• Feds, Ore. Create Tool For Identifying CWA Waters
• Appeals Court Vacates Shell Offshore Drilling Decision
• Past Failures Shape Future Cap-And-Trade Scheme
• Scientists Prepare Climate Warning Ahead Of UN Talks
• Dow Chemical Vows To Clean Up Latex Site: EPA
• Barn Door Open For Coarse Particulate Regulation
• Reid's Bill Would Revamp Green Transmission Grid
• Senate Bill Aims To Prevent 'Cow Tax' On Emissions
• Boxer Calls On EPA To Regulate Coal Combustion
• EPA Proposes New Rules For Engine Emissions
• GAO Urges Caution In Mandating Carbon Offsets
• Verdict For Chevron Stands Over Nigerian Oil Standoff
• Global Agencies Propose Slashing Fuel Use By 2050
• Ore. Court Refuses To Review LNG Facility Challenges
• Calif. Bill Threatens Inland Water Polluters With Jail
• Decree Forces EPA To Answer Cemex Permit Objection
• Auto Industry, States Weigh In On Calif. Waiver
• Claims V. Dow, Pharmacia Pared In CERCLA Suit
• The Business End Of Obama's Enviro Plan
• Shook Hardy Launches Land Use Litigation Practice
• Bill Aims To Overturn Bush-Era Mining Rule
• GAO Cites 'Major Management Challenges' At EPA
• Grace Can Seek Cleanup Costs From Zotos: 2nd Circ.
• Citation Oil & Gas Spill Deal Gets Final Approval
• Chemtura Enviro Claims V. Cone Mills Buyer Barred
• NJ Pipe Supplier Mired In Superfund Scandal
• Navy Moves To Dismiss ESA Suit
• Green Groups Urge EPA Action On Coal Ash Regulation
• Pork Groups Suit Over Emissions Belongs In DC: EPA
• DOJ Seeks $1.6M From EPNG In NC Cleanup
• 9th Circ. Backs EPA's San Joaquin Air Quality Blessing
• Wells Fargo's Bid For Enviro Damage Coverage Nixed
• Green Groups Can't Fight Forest Rules: High Court
• Sierra Club Sues EPA Chief Over Power Plant Permit
• Obama Rolls Back Bush's Midnight ESA Changes
• Cooper Off Hook For Cleanup At Texas Superfund Site
• EU Industrial Emissions Caps Unlikely: Report
• Morgan Lewis Hires DOJ's Top Environmental Lawyer
• Security Hits Back At US Fire In Lubrizol Suit
• WR Grace Shows Its Reorganization Cards
• BP Unit Escapes Securities Action Over 2006 Oil Spill
• Proposed EPA Rule Aims To Cut Generator Emissions