Environmental Archive » May, 2009

Environmental - May, 2009

163 articles

• Insurers Dip Toes In Carbon Market But Don't Jump In
• EPA Fines Puerto Rico National Guard
• EPA Sues Engine Importers Over CAA Violations
• Hecla Mining Co. Hit With Fine Over CWA Violations
• Enviro Groups Sue FWS, NMFS To Protect Turtles
• Future Uncertain For Voluntary Carbon Market
• Paper Co., BNSF Fail To Get Superfund Suit Tossed
• NH City To Pay $30M To Upgrade Sewer System
• Monsanto Loses Bid To Lift Germany's Corn Ban
• EPA Alters Bayou Protection For Post-Katrina Upgrade
• Calif. Fines BP $1M For Clean Air Code Slipups
• CDX Gas Ch. 11 Plan On Track For Confirmation
• EPA Proposes New Coal Plant Emissions Standards
• EPA To Speed Up Dioxin Cleanup At Mich. Dow Site
• Q&A With Foley & Lardner's Linda Benfield
• EPA Faces Criticism Over New Pesticide Measures
• Lockheed, Alcoa Hit Up For Superfund Cleanup Costs
• Solar, Geothermal Projects To Get $467M From Feds
• The Importance Of Burlington Northern
• DOI, Mining Co. Settle Over Past Damage At Ariz. Site
• Q&A With Bingham's Rick Rothman
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Peter Weiner
• Q&A With Morrison & Foerster's Susan Mac Cormac
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Andy Bayman
• Q&A With Debevoise & Plimpton's Sarah Fitts
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Tom Mounteer
• BP, Indian Tribe Object To CDX Disclosure Statement
• Q&A With McGuireWoods' Gordon Alphonso
• Q&A With Goodwin Procter's Gregory Bibler
• UGI Not Liable For Cleanup At 9 Gas Plants: Judge
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Jeffrey Dintzer
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' F. William Brownell
• NRDC, Others Join Fray Over NY Cap-And-Trade
• Q&A With Mayer Brown's Tom Skinner
• Q&A With Seyfarth's Philip Comella
• Q&A With O'Melveny & Myers' Eric Rothenberg
• Q&A With Latham & Watkins' Robert Howard
• Pitney Wins Sanctions Bid In Golf Club Cleanup Spat
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Patricia Barmeyer
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's Kerri Barsh
• Q&A With Latham & Watkins' Claudia O'Brien
• Broad Climate Bill Clears House Energy Committee
• Wash., Tribes, Feds Settle Suit With Oil Waste Co.
• Wis. Residents Hit Ethanol Plant With CAA Claims
• Enviro Obstacles To OCS Energy Development
• Waxman-Markey Climate Bill Faces Grueling Markups
• Judge Agrees To Drop 10 Claims In BP Plant Sale Spat
• Defense In Green Patent Fight Gets Shot Down
• US Joins Tronox Suit Against Former Parent
• AIG Units Seek To Toss Suit Over Oil Plant Cleanup
• Secrets Of Success For Today's Summer Associates
• Q&A With Fulbright & Jaworski's Jeff Margulies
• The Future Of Superfund Site Liability
• Asbestos Plaintiffs Argue For Standing V. St. Louis
• Chevron Proxy Fight Grows More Acrimonious
• Jury Splits Verdict In Duke Energy Emissions Case
• New Hope For Defendants In Superfund Cases
• Arranger Liability, Apportionment Under CERCLA
• House Panel Rejects Nuclear Environmental Play
• Exxon Owes At Least $3M But Can Wait To Pay: Judge
• Dow, PPG Told To Pay $18M Over Dry Cleaning Chem.
• Suit Over Dominion Nuclear Permit Process Revived
• Jaco Entitled To Damages Against AIG Unit
• ICIA Denies CERCLA Responsibility at Calif. Site
• Feds Move To Bar Witnesses In Bus Idling Suit
• Georgia-Pacific To Pay $13M For Mich. PCB Cleanup
• Perkins Coie Nixes Job Offer To Denver Lawyer
• Horned Lizard Listing To Be Re-Evaluated: 9th Circ.
• Lawmaker Demands Probe Of EPA GHG Finding
• Obama Seeks To Bump Up Fuel Economy Deadline
• Chemical Co. Liable For Past Contamination: Suit
• Interstate Compact Can't Block Italian Waste: Judge
• 2nd Circ. Remands Crucible, Lloyd's Coverage Spat
• Judge Orders Calif. To Reconsider Protecting Pika
• DOE To Dole Out $2.4B For Carbon Capture Projects
• 'Super' Wal-Mart Blocked Pending GHG Analysis
• Tokyo Chemical Co. Sues Bayer, BNSF Over Toxic Spill
• EU Emissions Drop 3% in '08 Under Trading System
• House Bill Aims To Tweak Renewable Fuel Standard
• Environmentalists Cry Foul Over EPA Mining Permits
• Group Sues EPA Over Ocean Acidification Threat
• Stupak Tries Again To Rein In Energy Speculators
• 10th Circ. Denies Injunction In Tyson Waste Case
• Minn. Court Finds Phosphorus Wastewater Rule Valid
• EPA Further Delays Bush-Era NSR Revision
• Oil Co. Fails To Get US' 'Prop Washing' Suit Tossed
• Oil, Gas Developers Sue DOI Over Withdrawn Leases
• Water Infrastructure Aid Bill Advances To Full Senate
• Tyson 'Poisoning' Poultry Waste Research: Okla.
• Tronox Sues Former Parent Over 'Fraudulent' Spinoff
• BP Unit, Trust Reach $29M Deal Over Oil Spill Losses
• CB&I Can't Escape Liability Suit Over Pa. Cleanup
• Transmission Bill Amendment Passes Senate Panel
• Some Claims Tossed In Cleanup Suit Against BP
• Settlement Of Allegheny Forest NEPA Suit Approved
• Katten Muchin Environmental Vets Join Foley
• White House Spotlights Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
• Feds Push To Get Clean Truck Supporters' Suit Nixed
• US Seeks Clearer Picture On Offshore Drilling Ruling
• Exxon Investors Target Mutual Funds With E-Mail
• Ill. AG, Texaco Reach Agreement In Enviro Suit
• Ex-Navy Serviceman Wins $12.1M Asbestos Verdict
• New Bill Calls For EPA Probe Of Drugs In Waterways
• NovaGold Settles EPA Suit Over Alaska Mine Pollution
• 2nd Class Cert. Upheld In Contamination Suits V. Dow
• GHG Threat Finding Doesn't Equal Regulation: EPA
• Tyson Fights To Kill Okla. Claims In Waste Case
• Obama Wants Record $10.5B EPA Budget
• DOJ Slipups In Grace, Stevens May Be Tip Of Iceberg
• EPA Regional Administrator Returns To Butler Snow
• Ohio Adds State Claims To Akron Sewage Dispute
• Navy Hit With $2.2M In Fees Over Sonar Dispute
• Feds To Net $624B In 'Climate Revenues'
• EPA Lets Cemex Permit Stand But Orders Review
• EPA Revokes Carbofuran Uses Over Safety Concerns
• Free CO2 Credits Beat Out Auctions In Congress
• GHG Rules May Put Small Emitters At Risk: Nominee
• Experts Back Large-Scale Carbon Storage Efforts
• 9th Circ. Backs More Lax Streambed Mining Rules
• DOI Won't Kill Bush-Era Polar Bear Rule
• Making The Most Of Rule Of Evidence 502
• Experts Cautiously Back Bid To Expand Oil Reserve
• Cap-And-Trade Bill Sparks Jurisdictional Disputes
• Noble Energy Says PITCO Liable For Dore Settlement
• WR Grace, Execs Acquitted In Criminal Asbestos Trial
• Insurer Not Off Hook In Mercury Spill Cleanup Suit
• Federal Judge Laments Condition Of Class Action
• Anadarko To Pay $9M Over Wyo. Oil Spill
• EPA, DOJ To Add Enforcement Attorneys
• Are We Hiring A Justice Or Playing Politics?
• 11th Circ. Finds For Sparrows In Fla. Habitat Spat
• US Should Step Up Short-Term Climate Goals: EU
• Google Faces EPA Probe Over Refrigerant Leak
• NYSEG's Superfund Suit Against FirstEnergy Remanded
• Mont. Gets Head Start On Carbon Storage Rules
• Chevron's NY Shareholders Leery Of Ecuador Outcome
• Army Corps Suffers Setback In Yuba River ESA Case
• DOI Report Leads To Remand Of 2 Fish Species Rules
• Shell To Reduce Alaska Oil Exploration Plans
• New Kan. Gov., Utility Strike Coal Plant Deal
• Gray Wolves Off Endangered List In Some States
• Columbia Gas Pitches Deal In Suit Over Pipeline
• EPA Targets Bush-Era Hazardous Waste Rules
• Obama May Not Be Able To Sustain Enviro Pace: Attys
• EPA Biofuel Draft Rule Comes Under Fire In House
• EPA Rule To Mandate GHG Reductions In Biofuels
• Anticipating Climate Change NRD Claims
• San Antonio Off Hook For $20M Benzene Suit: Court
• Treasury Official Backs Carbon Auctions
• Toxic Seafood Linked To Mercury Emissions: Study
• High Court Seeks Briefs In Alaska Mine Tailings Suit
• Mitigating Impacts On Calif. Listed Species Habitat
• SC To Weigh State Law's Use In Federal Class Suits
• High Court Lets Shell Off Hook For Superfund Cleanup
• Dinsmore & Shohl Gets New Ky. Home In Frankfort
• Ore. LNG Project's Enviro Problems Fixable: FERC
• Energy Industry Urges National Net Metering Policy
• Fla. Airport Will Proceed Despite Enviro Risks
• Utilities Sue 3M, Others Over PCB Cleanup
• Plaintiffs' Firms Seek Payout For Valdez Saga
• Court Battle Fires Up In W.Va. Coal Waste Actions
• DOE Struggles To Balance NEPA, Fast Stimulus Cash
• Bill Aims To Guard Public Lands From Climate Change