Environmental Archive » April, 2009

Environmental - April, 2009

168 articles

• PCB-Laden Hospital Ship Not Navy's Problem: Judge
• Parts Of Tort Law Unconstitutional: Ark. High Court
• Paper Or Plastic? Retailers May Be Losing Choice
• Alcoa Loses Bid To Toss Ind. Cleanup Suit
• Enviro Record Irrelevant In Human Rights Case: Shell
• Analyzing The Waxman-Markey Draft
• Corps Must Do Full Review Before Dredging: 9th Circ.
• Ports' Truck Upgrades Stalled Over Labor Provisions
• NMFS Escapes From Suit Seeking To Protect Seals
• EPA Raids Ill. Village Over Tainted Water Claims
• Corps Of Engineers Says It Can Gauge Mining Impacts
• Sierra Club's Challenge To Power Line Nixed
• Bill Seeks Oversight Panel For Cap-And-Trade Cash
• US Lawyers Move To Toss Attys From Katrina Suit
• Grace Prosecutors Incompetent, Not Malicious: Judge
• Reducing Discovery Costs With Rule 502
• Vt., Environmental Group End Stormwater Runoff Feud
• EPA Scientists, PR Clashed Over Libby Cleanup: Memo
• NM Wins Round In Otero Mesa NEPA Appeal
• Mass. Co. Fined For Illegally Transporting Waste
• Shipping Cos. To Pay Extra Over Alaskan Oil Spill
• Obama Officially Kills Bush-Era ESA Rules
• NEPA Doesn't Apply To Oil, Gas Projects: Pa. Groups
• Insurer Tries To Renege On Port's Enviro Suit Defense
• Mining Contamination Case Remanded To State Court
• EPA Seeks To Revoke NM Power Plant Permit
• Tyson Chair Spared Deposition In Poultry Waste Suit
• AIG Sued For Cleanup Costs At W.Va. Oil Plant
• Michael Best Forms Group Targeting Climate Change
• The Foundation For Federal Cap-And-Trade
• Wash. Farmers To Keep Playing By Old Pollution Rules
• EPA Reconsiders 3 Bush-Era Emissions Rules
• Salazar To Use Courts To Nix Bush-Era Mining Rule
• Korean Shipper To Pay $2M For Oil Dump
• Climate Change Bill 'Path To Destruction': Gingrich
• US Says Citgo Obviously Liable In La. Oil Spill
• Bill Aims To Boost BEACH Grants, Water Standards
• US, Insurer Zurich Back At It Over Presidio Cleanup
• Atlantic States Fined $8M In Enviro, Safety Case
• Sidley Austin Snags Ex-DOE General Counsel
• Zurich Seeks To Escape Transport Co.'s Coverage Suit
• Calif. Adopts US' 1st Low-Carbon Fuel Standards
• Enviro Group Sues EPA To Get Libby Cleanup Report
• Green Litigation: Coming To A Courtroom Near You?
• Senators Push For More Limits On Air Pollutants
• Shell Settles Sierra Club Emissions Suit For $5.8M
• Sierra Club Sues Power Co-Op Over Air Pollution
• Arco To Pay $10.2M For Superfund Mine Cleanup
• FEMA Asks Court To Toss Suit Over River Levee
• Tweak Climate Bill Or Endanger Economy: Experts
• EPA, Friction Holdings Settle Pollution Charges
• Making Room For Renewable Energy In Calif.
• 2nd Circ. Gives DOE Go-Ahead To Tighten Boiler Rule
• Arnold & Porter Joins Climate Consulting Consortium
• Crane Preservation Bill Flies Through House
• Eagle-Picher Must Pay $9M For NM Cleanup: 6th Circ.
• DOI Finalizes Rule For Offshore Energy Projects
• Green Bill Will Drive Economic Transformation: EPA
• Travelers Bid To Compel Docs Denied In PCB Suit
• Obama Officials Push For GHG Caps, Cleantech
• EPA To Curb Cement Plants' Mercury Emissions
• $5M Reef Repair Deal Voided By Hurricanes: 11th Circ.
• Texas Senate Adopts Solar Energy Incentive Bill
• Quarles Launches Clean Energy, Climate Group
• Fla. Lawmakers Push For Offshore Oil Drilling
• 3 Pesticides Harm Salmon: NMFS Opinion
• EPA Probe Shouldn't Hold Up Chrysler Suit: Judge
• Exelon To Use Stimulus Funds For Solar Power Plant
• Ex-Manager At Atlantic States Gets 41 Months
• Brownback Joins Push For Flex-Fuel Cars
• Anticipating GHG Regulation Under The Clean Air Act
• Approval Of Mont. Logging Plans Was Legal: 9th Circ.
• Curbing GHG Emissions Via Clean Air Act?
• Planned NM Mine Falls Under Federal Law: 10th Circ.
• Back To The Future For Toxics Release Program: EPA
• Executing OCS Renewable Energy Projects
• DuPont, Lucite To Pay $2M Over Air Pollution Claims
• Coalbed Methane Cos. Need Water Permit: Colo. Court
• Akron Retains Holland & Knight In Pollution Suit
• Climate Bill Backers Compromise On Preemption
• The Growth Of 'Green' Claims
• Engineer, Contractor Off Hook For Celanese Cleanup
• Appeals Ct. Rejects Bid To Review Coal Plant Approval
• Utilities, Experts Clash Over Efficiency Standards Bill
• Dominion's $1.62B Coal Plant Ruled Constitutional
• US, Mexico Plan Cooperation On Green Issues
• Climate Change To Impact EPA Decisions On Ozone
• Utah Gas Cos. Agree To $6M In Fixes Over Violations
• DC Circ. Blocks US Plan To Expand Offshore Drilling
• EPA Paves Way For Greenhouse Gas Regulations
• Insurer Off Hook For Fuel Leak At College: Court
• LA Ports' Clean Trucks Program Allowed To Roll On
• 10th Circ. Backs EPA Emissions Plan For NM Plant
• Calif. Slams Barclays' Disclosure For LandSource
• Covington Launches Clean Energy, Climate Group
• EPA Issues List Of Pesticides To Undergo Screening
• Green Groups Move To Block WVa Surface Mines
• Lyondell Can Pay MTBE Settlement Share: Judge
• Ohio Sets Renewable Energy Generation Standards
• Pa. To Set New Wastewater Discharge Limits
• EPA Floats Proposal To Increase Ethanol Cap
• Group Sues Over ESA Petitions For 4 Species
• EPA Doles Out $600M For Superfund Waste Cleanup
• EPA Greenhouse Gas Finding Clears OMB Review
• City Seeks $4M From DOD For Dutch Harbor Cleanup
• Climate Bill Should Comply With WTO: Trade Rep.
• Tyson Fights Chair's Deposition In Poultry Waste Suit
• Shell Licensee Hit With Contamination Suit
• 8 Tips For Working With Enviro Experts
• Logging Halted In Idaho Mine Expansion Fight
• Central Coast Salamanders Are Threatened: 9th Circ.
• Idling-Pollution Case V. Bus Co. Headed For Trial
• Massive Sewage Upgrade Suit To Move Forward In Pa.
• EPA Probes Impact Of Ocean Acidification
• Pa. Groups Try To Quash Allegheny Oil Drilling Deal
• Congress Could Strip EPA Of Power To Regulate GHGs
• Invista To Pay $502M In Landmark EPA Fine
• Enviro Claims Added To Asbestos Reinsurance Fight
• DOC Nixes Broadwater Long Island Sound LNG Plan
• EPA Nixes Incentives For Charging Water Permit Fees
• $43M Deal OK'd In Securities Suit Over BP Spill
• EPA Seeks Time To Mull Rule On Dry Clean Chemical
• Calif. Proposes Tougher Rules For Toxic-Site Owners
• Jackson Calls For Legislative Fix For Clean Water Act
• EPA Names 9 Sites To Superfund Priorities List
• Petco Settles With EPA Over CWA Violations
• DuPont Launches Attack On $400M Zinc Smelter Ruling
• Ex-White House Counsel Moves Back To Morgan Lewis
• UK Carbon-Capture Projects Clear State Aid Test
• Chevron Proxy Fight Heats Up Over $27B Ecuador Suit
• Santa Barbara Drops Support For Offshore Drilling
• Energy, Bankruptcy Pro Rejoins Greenberg Traurig
• Industry Can Intervene In Forest Drilling Suit: Court
• Refinery Told To Furnish Docs In Spill Coverage Spat
• BLM Seeks To Pare Claims In Oil Lease Suit
• Wall Herald Fingers Feds In EPA Cleanup Dispute
• Sierra Club's Suit Over Coal Plant Emissions Tossed
• Spanish Shipper Fined $2.5M For Illegal Dumping
• Chevron Spilled, Abandoned 1M Gallons Of Oil: Suit
• Western Fisheries Seek Dismissal Of Groundfish Suit
• 44 House Dems Urge Obama To Repeal ESA Rules
• US, NJ Seek Court OK For $100M Superfund Deal
• Morgan Lewis Nabs 2 Litigators From Blank Rome
• Judge Refuses To Oust Farmers' Suit V. US, DuPont
• BP, Pennzoil To Repay Ohio For Gas Station Cleanup
• Water Pollution Rules Ambiguous: Minn. High Court
• Bill Seeks Ban On Calif. Offshore Drilling
• DOI Scandal Prompts 2nd Look At Spotted Owl Rule
• Senate Bill Seeks To Overturn 1872 Mining Law
• Wind Power May Be Key Cleaner Energy Source: DOI
• Senate Closes Door On Fast-Track Of Climate Bills
• TVA Loses Bid To Extend Pollution Controls Deadline
• Map Project Plots Out Protected Land For Developers
• Bill Would Revive CAIR, CAMR In Wake Of Acid Rain
• Former Ariz. Enviro Director Tapped For EPA Post
• Obama CAFE Rule Worse Than Bush Proposal: CBD
• Claims Pared In ITT Superfund Suit V. BorgWarner
• Clean Water Restoration Act Reintroduced In Senate
• Computer-Intensive Services Under The EPA
• Sunoco To Pay $1.5M Over NJ Refinery Waste Levels
• Court Upholds Wyoming Drilling Permits
• US Hits BP With Civil Suit Over Prudhoe Bay Oil Spill
• Environmental Law Vets Named For DOI, EPA Posts
• Supreme Court Spares Utilities $3.5B In Upgrades
• Judge Blocks Army Corps Coal Mining Permits
• The Marcellus Shale: Challenges For Tomorrow
• EPA, Construction Co. Settle Over NY Superfund Site
• BP Unit Must Step Up Wastewater Monitoring: EPA