Environmental Archive » June, 2009

Environmental - June, 2009

173 articles

• Court Mandates Repair Schedule For Detroit Sewers
• 7th Circ. Tosses Appeal Over Kerr-McGee Cleanup
• FWS Proposes Protections For Mollusk Species
• Century, R&Q Not Entitled To New Arbitration: Judge
• Chemical Groups Sue Union Pacific Over Transit Rules
• EPA Greenlights Stricter Auto Emissions Limits In Calif.
• Alcatel, Pfizer Still Owe Landfill Cleanup Costs: EPA
• NRC Winnows Objections To Yucca Mountain
• The Supreme Court Stance On Coeur Alaska
• Del. Slaps Valero With $86K Fine Over Emissions
• EPA Releases List Of Potentially Killer Coal Ash Sites
• Shipping Co. Settles Suit Over Damage Near Fort
• EPA Proposes New NO2 Standards
• ESA Shield Restored For Great Lakes Gray Wolf
• Water Board's Merck Discharge Limit Appealed
• Innis Arden Golf Club Whiffs In PCB Cleanup Case
• Angeles Moves To Nix Bingham For Poaching Experts
• Nuclear Waste Group Appeals Disposal Defeat
• Coast Guard Off Hook For Cleanup Of Tug Oil Spill
• White House Unveils Energy Efficiency Measures
• Refinery Permit Suit Against BP Pared Back
• High Court Won't Hear Chevron's Ecuador Appeal
• Spotlight On Climate Bill Shifts To Senate
• Review Of Bush-Era Enviro Rules And The APA
• BP, Texas Agree On Pollution Measures At Refinery
• Enviro Goals May Require Trade Restrictions: WTO
• House OKs $420M In Climate Change Spending
• EPA Says Monsanto Mine's Discharges Violate Law
• Ill. Village's Pollution Suit Against Exxon, CBS Tossed
• Green Group Blasts TVA Report On Ash Spill
• Asarco Inc. Challenges $1.1B Enviro Settlement
• Hummer Denies Reports Of China Moving To Nix Sale
• Ex-WolfBlock Energy Chair Heads To LeClairRyan
• House Passes First-Ever GHG Reduction Bill
• Enviros Urge Clinton To Reject Oil Sands Pipelines
• NWF Hits FEMA Over Flood Insurance Program
• Calif. Air Board Postpones Vote On Carbon Fee
• EU Ministers Strike Deal On Industrial Plant Emissions
• Treasury, EPA Lodge Protest Over Quebecor Plan
• Judge Fells Forest Activists' Lumber Deal Challenge
• Polar Bear Trophy Hunters Win Round In ESA Dispute
• Mich. High Court Says State Can't Appeal CWA Ruling
• Chevron, Others Seek Costs For Superfund Site Work
• EPA May Have To Halt GHG Assessment Method
• Calif. Drops Appeal Of Auto Emissions Suit
• Agreement Reached Over Ft. Meade Cleanup
• States Urge Quick Action On GHG Regulations
• Suit Over Pesticide's Effect On Bees Buzzes Ahead
• 9th Circ. Reaffirms Nationwide Engineered Alfalfa Ban
• Antelope Trophy Hunt Apps Must Be Published: Judge
• Lyondell Asks Court To OK $5.2M Lubrizol Settlement
• Reichhold Cleared Of Liability At NJ Smelting Site
• US Chamber Fights EPA GHG Endangerment Finding
• Indian Tribes Not 'Persons' Under CERCLA: Judge
• Asbestos Scam Operator Escapes Conspiracy Charge
• Virgin Islands Denied Immunity On CERCLA Claims
• Obama Calls On House To Approve Energy Bill
• Monsanto Agent Orange Disposal Suit Remanded
• Verizon Settles EPA Regulatory Reporting Claims
• EPA Official Criticizes Mountaintop Coal Mining
• High Court Defers To Bush Memo In Mine Waste Case
• 8th Circ. Says P&G, Others Can't Jump Into CWA Suit
• NYC's 2nd Attempt At Greener Cabs Chopped Down
• 1st Circ. Lets Esso Off Hook For Cleanup — For Now
• EPA Lets NC Phosphate Mine Expansion Proceed
• 8th Circ. Revives Ark. Farm Contamination Lawsuit
• Zeon Settles Ky. Emissions Claims For $1.1M
• US Charges Exxon In Bird-Death Investigation
• Group Sues BLM Over Drilling Leases At Monument
• DOJ Takes Heat Over Prosecution Deal Oversight
• BP Green Initiatives Head Named To DOI Post
• Criminal Charges Dropped Against WR Grace Attorney
• FWS Finds Marbled Murrelet Still Imperiled Under ESA
• FWS Agrees To Issue Finding On Pocket Gopher
• Q&A With Sonnenschein's Jeffrey C. Fort
• Q&A With Duane Morris' Seth v.d.H. Cooley
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' John D. McGrane
• Water Bill Clears Senate Panel, But Fight Lies Ahead
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis & Bockius' John McAleese
• Con Ed Loses Bid To Challenge NYC Cleanup Deal
• Metal Co. Ex-VP Denies Liability In CERCLA Cleanup
• W.Va. Halts Approvals Of Coal Slurry Injection Permits
• Insurer Owes $5M For Lyondell Cleanup Deal: Lubrizol
• Wyo. Enviro Atty Gets SF Rate For Case: 9th Circ.
• Vegas' Bid For Review Of FAA Flight Paths Denied
• RI House Greenlights Green Electricity Bids
• A Look At Climate Change-Related Disclosures
• US Settles Suit Over 31 Foreign Bird Species
• $100M Deal Over Combe Fill Superfund Site Finalized
• EPA Adopts New Air Pollution Measurement Method
• Wash. Port Demands Help With Superfund Cleanup
• US Humane Society, Others Fight Gray Wolf Delisting
• Pharma Processor Settles EPA Emissions Claims
• Senate Panel Approves Broad Energy Bill
• EPA Orders Texas To Revamp Citgo Refinery Permit
• Sens. Seek Tax Solutions For Free Emissions Credits
• Valero Refinery Under Scrutiny For Toxic Flares
• Calif. Hits Target With Suit Over Toxic Waste Disposal
• Enviro Groups Add Claims To Oil Shale Suit
• Fast Action Needed To Curb Global Warming: Report
• Oil, Gas Industry Outspends Feds On Emissions: Study
• Diesel Engine Cos. Support EPA Against Navistar
• Sunoco Not Liable As Successor For Cleanup: Judge
• Exxon Owes $508M, Interest For Oil Spill: 9th Circ.
• TDY Wants Feds To Help With Defense Site Cleanup
• Domestic Offset Quota May Be Difficult To Reach
• Team To Reconsider Oil, Gas Leases On Utah Land
• W.Va. Wind Farm Violates ESA: Bat Lovers
• AIG Unit Loses Bid To Stay PCB Cleanup Suit
• Emerging Trends In Catastrophe Derivatives
• Asarco Strikes Deal Over Idaho Mine Cleanup
• Bill Would Ban Phosphorus From Dish Detergent
• US To Reconsider Endangered Status For Wolverine
• RI Aims To Kick-Start Renewable Energy Projects
• Mo. Can't Cry Immunity To Utility's Claims: 8th Circ.
• Okla. Enviro Agency, City Settle Landfill Dispute
• Feds Unveil Green Initiative On Mountaintop Mining
• Another View Of Sotomayor's Enviro Record
• Court Strips Green Groups Of Attorneys' Fee Winnings
• 250 Plaintiffs Barred From $1B Exxon Gas Leak Suit
• Green Groups Seek Sanctions In Forest Drilling Suit
• US Forest Plans Must Include Species Reports: Judge
• Sutherland Nabs Energy Partner From Epstein
• Lawmakers Push Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Law
• Enviro Impact Report For Chevron Expansion Nixed
• Georgia-Pacific To Pay $10M For Superfund Cleanup
• Insurer Seeks Mediation In Lubrizol Cleanup Costs Suit
• NEPA Compliance And The Recovery Act
• Judge Tosses Texas Suit Over Open Boreholes
• CBO Puts Price Tag On Climate Change Bill
• Calif. Jury Raises Aera Pollution Payout To $8.5M
• High Court Affirms Deadline For Qui Tam FCA Appeals
• Kinder Morgan Insurer Wants To Arbitrate Leak Spat
• WildEarth Sues EPA Over Interstate Air Pollution
• France To Ax VAT From Carbon Permit Trading Cost
• Groups Challenge Power Lines For SD Coal Plant
• House Republicans Blast Climate Change Bill
• Asarco Gets Green Light On $1B Enviro Settlement
• Whole Foods Developer, Insurer Settle Enviro Beef
• House Urged To Tighten Green Marketing Rules
• TVA Plans $820M Gas Plant To Cut Emissions
• Alaska Construction Co. Fights Corps Over Mining Site
• Potential Implications Of CAA Carbon Constraints
• Calif. Drilling Proposal Draws Fire From Lands Panel
• Lawmakers Say Waxman-Markey Will Hurt Farmers
• Salazar Offers Input On Carbon Storage Plan
• Pollutant Transfer Isn't Discharge: 11th Circ.
• Climate Risks Not Being Disclosed To Investors: Report
• First Impressions Of Sotomayor's Enviro Record
• CWA Suit Over Wash. Mine Suffers Setback
• UN Says Sustainable Energy Efforts Need Cash Boost
• Tyson Cries Foul Over Okla. Pollution Deal
• Sen. Demands Posting Of Renewable Energy Bonds
• Insurer Denies Duty In USVI Airport Pollution Case
• Oil Groups, County Sue Over Allegheny Forest Deal
• Texas Petroleum Hit With Suit Over La. Oil Spill
• Deaths From Soot Twice As High As Previously Thought
• Wyo. Eyes Stricter Ozone Limit In Drilling Area
• Conn. House Votes To Expand State's Solar Program
• DOI Promises Decision On Caribou Habitat By 2011
• Lawmakers Push For Action On Coal Permit Backlog
• Concentrated Natural Gases Pollutants, Judge Says
• Sierra Club, Others Howl Over Wolf Delisting
• NC Agency Leaps Into Duke Energy Plant CAA Fight
• Former DOI Solicitor Rejoins Brownstein Hyatt
• Golf Club Challenges Sanctions In PCB Cleanup Suit
• EPA Cites BP's Ind. Refinery For CAA Breaches
• Illinois Law Passed In Response To Crestwood Scandal
• Duke To Shut Generators, Pay Fine For CAA Slip-Ups
• Exxon, GM To Pay Up To $12M For Pa. Cleanup
• TVA Says Pollution Suit Ruling Would Cost $1B
• States Can Handle Hydraulic Fracturing: Gas Industry
• Lloyd's Investors Prepare To Shed Asbestos Liability