Environmental Archive » August, 2009

Environmental - August, 2009

170 articles

• DOJ Sues Virgin Islands For $8.2M In Superfund Costs
• DOE Can Split Nuclear Site Cleanup In Two: 2nd Circ.
• Chevron Claims Judge In Ecuador Case On The Take
• Wilson Sonsini Adds Baker McKenzie Energy Partner
• Asarco, BNSF Settle Claims Over Rail Yard Cleanup
• 9th Circ. Backs Feds In Sale Of Offshore Oil Leases
• EPA Aims To Limit Pollution From Oceangoing Ships
• NYC, Exxon Face Off In Crucial Phase Of MTBE Trial
• Zurich Told It Must Cover Relocation In Oil Spill Case
• Battle Heats Up Over Pacific Energy's Alaska Assets
• EPA Publishes New Rule On Airport De-Icing Waste
• Utah Seeks Fast Call On Venue Shift In Oil Leases Suit
• EPA Sues Edison Unit Over Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Tyson Loses Bench Trial Bid In Chicken Waste Suit
• Green Group Seeks Cert For Mountaintop Mine Case
• CSB To Implement Chemical Release Reporting Rule
• Clean Water Trust Fund Could Run Dry: GAO Report
• Bottled Water Standards Weaker Than For Tap: GAO
• FEMA Faces New Suit Over Flood Insurance Program
• Reinsurers Appeal Arbitration Panel Appointment
• High Court To Mull Reining In FCA Whistleblowers
• Lawmakers Cast Doubt On EPA Database Reforms
• GAO, Scientists Urge Greater Transparency At EPA
• BNSF Railway Seeks To Toss Repeat Pollution Suit
• The House Of Lords Stance In Wasa V. Lexington
• Xcel Fails To Broaden Coverage For $120M Cleanup
• Chinese Lawmakers Back Climate Change Efforts
• EPA Reforms Process For Chemical Risk Assessment
• Australia Gives Go-Ahead To Chevron LNG Project
• USVI Water Pollution Suit Against Dow, Vulcan Nixed
• NYC Beats Out Exxon In Phase 2 Of MTBE Trial
• EPA Announces Steps To Combat Lead Poisoning
• 10th Circ. To Rehear Hydro Appeal Over Mine Permit
• LA Darling Dealt Another Blow In Superfund Spat
• Black Liquor — Green Fuel Or Greenwash?
• US Chamber Demands Hearing On GHG Finding
• Pa. Appeals Court Revives Challenge To Sewage Rule
• 7th Circ. Says Apex Cleanup Not Discharged In Ch. 11
• Enviros Have Standing In PacifiCorp Plant Suit: Judge
• EPA, Vertellus Strike Deal In Clean Air Act Suit
• NH High Court Pulls Oil Cos. Back Into MTBE Suit
• W.Va. Enviro Agency Found To Have Violated CWA
• NH Hits North Star Up For $2M Over Enviro Deal
• Feds Win Extension To Respond To Oil Shale Suit
• Sierra Club's Fight Against RUS Coal Plant Approvals
• Sunoco Can't Seek Costs, Fees From US: Judge
• Jury Begins Deliberating In Exxon MTBE Case
• GE Aims To Torpedo Arranger Liability Ruling
• Water Pollution Claims Proceed Against San Joaquin
• Beazer Agrees To Pay Part Of $3.7M Cleanup In Pa.
• Judge Signs Off On $21M Superfund Site Cleanup Deal
• Mich. Class Actions — How Rigorous Is 'Rigorous?'
• EPA Agrees To Set New Fla. Water Pollution Limits
• Dow Takes NMFS Pesticide Challenge To 4th Circ.
• Georgia-Pacific On Hook For Ark. Mine Cleanup
• Thompson Coburn Nabs Ex-Ambassador To Sweden
• Tyson Unit Offers $2M To End Animal Waste Claims
• U-Haul Reaches $2M Deal To End Calif. Suit
• State Department Issues Tar Sands Pipeline Permit
• UK Launches Crackdown On Carbon Credit Tax Fraud
• Feds Fine DuPont Entity Over '02 Chemical Explosion
• Green Building Initiatives Becoming More Prevalent
• WCI Ch. 11 Plan Draws Fire From US, Insurers
• Chrysler Plant Owner Presses Bid To Stay Enviro Suit
• Chemical Weapons Incineration Suit Scrapped
• Australia Passes Renewable Energy Bill
• FERC, Maine Forge Deal For East Coast Tidal Power
• Do Your Paper Products Comply With The Lacey Act?
• Chevron Hit With Suit Over Texas Plant Emissions
• Crowell Mines Patton, EPA, DOI For 7 Enviro Attys
• Alaska Oil Industry Seeks To Toss Polar Bear Case
• EPA Targets Airport De-Icing Waste In Proposed Rule
• K&L Gates Adds Cleantech Lawyer To IP Practice
• Fresno Pledges $1M Diesel Fleet Upgrade
• Occidental, Tribes Agree To Wash. Bay Cleanup Deal
• Communicating Effectively When Bad News Breaks
• Duke Energy To Appeal Ruling In Power Plant Suit
• Bingham Scoops Up Sheppard Mullin Enviro Litigator
• SCE Pens Solar Power Project Deal
• EPA, Portsmouth Strike Deal Over Sewage Violations
• USDA Won't Challenge Reversal Of Forest Rules
• DOT Proposes Fine For Sunoco Pipeline Spill
• Expansion Of Clean Energy In The US — Part II
• 1 Of 2 Claims Dumped In Chevron Oil Spill Suit
• 8th Circ. Moots Mining Co. Emissions Injunction
• Pipeline, Operators To Pay $4M Over Ammonia Spills
• Australian Government Breaks Up Climate Change Bill
• 9th Circ. Sides With EPA In Goodrich CERCLA Spat
• Ohio Edison To Re-Power Plant With Biomass Fuels
• Boston Told It Can't Enforce Hybrid Taxi Rule
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Pam Giblin
• Australian Senate Rejects Carbon Trade Bill
• Century Indemnity Can't Get Bad Faith Claims Nixed
• EPA Needs Better Info On Superfund Costs: GAO
• Q&A With Buchanan Ingersoll's Jim O'Toole
• 9th Circ. Again Rules Logging Plan Should Be Halted
• USDA Appeals Roadless Rule Ban To 10th Circ.
• Is Your Company's Carbon Footprint A Material Risk?
• States Beef Up Guidance On Vapor Intrusion
• Application Season Opens For Cleantech Tax Credit
• 5th Circ. Sends Ensco Rig Debris Suit Back To Dallas
• CBD Sues Over Bush-Era Splittail Fish Delisting
• US Off Hook In Lake Mich. Lead-Bullet CWA Case
• Exxon Pleads Guilty In 5 States' Bird Death Suits
• Ala. Church Wants Tronox Suit Back In State Court
• Q&A With Covington & Burling's Ted Garrett
• Mass. Greenlights 1st Major Solar Power Project
• EPA Sued Over Veto Of $220M Miss. Delta Project
• NYC Wins First Phase In MTBE Trial Against Exxon
• 2nd Circ. Nixes FERC License For NY Hydro Plant
• Judge Refuses To Vacate Bush-Era Mining Rule
• Green Chemistry Programs Sprout In Calif., Elsewhere
• Wash., DOE Revise Hanford Nuclear Cleanup Plan
• Australian Agency OKs Chevron Gorgon Enviro Plan
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Robert Olian
• Md. AG, PPG Reach Deal On Mercury Emissions
• Union Pacific, Pumpelly Settle La. Oil Spill Fight
• Ill. Enacts New Green Laws For Water, Drugs
• Va. Dominion Plant's Environmental Permit Dumped
• Mass. View On Pro-Rata 'Time-On-The-Risk' Allocation
• WildEarth Guardians, US Call Truce In ESA Fight
• Century Indemnity Off Hook In Fla. Enviro Case
• EPA Refuses To Reanalyze Waxman-Markey Bill
• Alaskan Lawmakers Override Palin's Stimulus Veto
• Army Corps Slammed With Suit Over Ill. Landfill Permit
• AIG Loses Bid To Toss Sound Transit Cleanup Suit
• DOE To Revisit Transformer Efficiency Standards
• Sen. Dems Want Climate Bill To Protect Manufacturers
• EPA Can Decide Timing Of Cleanup Rules: Judge
• EPA Takes Heat For Renewable-Fuel Standard Review
• Q&A With Locke Lord's Elizabeth Mack
• NY Gov. Signs Executive Order To Reduce Emissions
• Climate Change Shrinking US Glaciers: Study
• DOE Grants $377M For Renewable Energy Research
• Enviros Take Idaho Mine Expansion Suit To 9th Circ.
• 'Cash For Clunkers' Extended
• Senate Bill Seeks To Reform Biodiesel Credit
• Clean Energy Cos. Scramble For $30B In DOE Backing
• Union Pacific To Pay $31M To Repair Nev. Wetlands
• Deloitte Hire Boosts Venable's Green Energy Practice
• Exxon, DuPont Sue Alumax Over NJ Landfill Cleanup
• Concrete Maker Aggregate To Pay $2.75M Enviro Fine
• White House Gives $2B Jolt To Electric Car Efforts
• Greenpeace, Kimberly-Clark End Forest Feud
• 'Red Tides' Bill Passes Senate Committee
• Alabama Power Gets Tardy Win In Water Rights MDL
• Plastic Bag Bans Could Be The Next Wave
• Q&A With Sutherland's Paul Turner
• 9th Circ. Backs Ban On Road Building In US Forests
• Chevron Stays On Hook In Landfill Contamination Suit
• EPA Reopens Perchlorate Rule To Public Comment
• Senate Weighs Carbon Incentives For Private Forests
• Bill Would Roll Back Tax Break For Hard Rock Mines
• Chevron's Bid For Legal Fee Ruling Shot Down
• Sierra Club Asks DOJ For Criminal Probe Of Lobbyists
• Economists Urge Limits On Carbon Credit Giveaways
• Sierra Club Fights To Unplug Sunflower Power Plant
• Bankrupt Aleris To Pay $8.8M To Settle CAA Suit
• Expansion Of Clean Energy In The US — Part I
• Business Groups Push For Green Trade Talks
• Enviros To Appeal Dismissal Of Duke Energy Suit
• Waterfront Brownfields Bill Sent To House Panel
• Federal Rights Trump State On La. River: 5th Circ.
• Asbestos Group's Bid For CAA Ruling Review Nixed
• Tyson Wants Bench Trial In Chicken Waste Suit
• Indian Judge Seeks Arrest Of Ex-Union Carbide Head
• CBS, Others To Pay $21M Over Pa. Zinc Smelting Site
• INEOS, Ohio EPA Settle Pollution Claims For $3.1M
• LA Darling Fails To Escape ITT Mich. Cleanup Suit
• NC Enacts New Oversight For Coal Ash Ponds