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Environmental - September, 2009

151 articles

• EPA Seeks To Rein In Large GHG Emitters
• Formosa Reaches $12.8M PVC Deal
• NJ Seeks Dismissal Of Raritan River Pollution Case
• Hodgson Russ Taps Fleming For NY Litigation Practice
• Feds Hit Motiva Up For $1.4M Over Oil Plume Cleanup
• Ford, Severstal Cleanup Suit Against MichCon Pared
• EPA Unveils Research Strategy For Nanomaterials
• 9th Circ. Returns Philippines Mine Suit To State Court
• Boxer-Kerry Bill Pledges Big Cuts, With Few Details
• The EPA's Final Mandatory GHG Reporting Rule
• Ill. Pipeline Operator Fined For Gas Leaks
• EPA, Obama Admin. Call For Chemical Law Reform
• Plaintiffs Pursue Penalty In Egg Farm Emissions Flap
• Greenberg Traurig Snatches WilmerHale Enviro. Atty
• Manitoba Cries Foul On US Water Supply Project
• Chevron's $27B Amazon Case To Get New Judge
• US Bancorp Ups Funding For $100M Solar Project
• Swift Settles With Ill. Over Laundry Product Spill
• La. Citizens Can't Sue To Clean Groundwater: Exxon
• EU Takes Aim At Carbon Credit Carousel Fraud
• Kerry, Boxer To Put Forth Tougher Climate Bill
• Exelon To Exit Chamber Over Climate Change Policy
• Dow, Pharmacia, BNSF Cleared In Minn. Superfund Suit
• Desert Rock Power Plant Plan Faces Further Review
• ANI Wants Pollution Insurance Ruling Reconsidered
• Marathon Hits Storage Co. With $5.6M Contract Suit
• Risk Assessment In Toxic Exposure Cases — Part II
• NJ County Loses Bid To Block New FEMA Flood Maps
• Senate Dems May Unveil Climate Change Bill Soon
• One Beacon Bid To Reconsider Fails In Asbestos Spat
• Alberta-Wis. Oil Pipeline Suit Transferred To Minn.
• Honeywell Fined For Chemical Accidents
• Responding To Federal Criminal Trial Subpoenas
• EPA Sues Nebraska Ethanol Plant Over Pollution
• Ariz. Chemical Co. To Pay $1.2M For River Cleanup
• Stop Investigator Depositions In Citgo Spill: Feds
• Seafood Cos. Fail To Net Valdez Punitive Damages
• Fla. Toxic Tort Suits To Proceed Without Crescent
• Crooked $27B Suit Violates Trade Treaty: Chevron
• EPA Releases List Of Potential Water Contaminants
• Risks And Rewards Of Greening Your Product
• McKenna Long Energy Vet Joins Manatt Phelps
• PG&E Leaves Chamber Over Climate Stance
• Colo. Loses Bid To Control Army Weapons Treatment
• Plutonic, GE Unit Move Ahead With Wind Farm Deal
• Poland, Estonia Win Bid To Strike EU Carbon Limits
• The North Face Could Be Hit With $1M EPA Fine
• USDA Incorrectly Deregulated Modified Beets: Judge
• Minn. Court Tosses Appeal Of Steel Mill Impact Plan
• EPA To Launch Emissions Reporting System In 2010
• US Awards $550M In New Renewable Energy Grants
• Cap-And-Trade Sparks Cross-Border Conundrum
• TIG Wants No Part In Smithfield Hog Pollution Suits
• LMI Must Reimburse Olin $40M For Cleanup: 2nd Circ.
• 6th Circ. Affirms $4.5M US Steel Enviro Settlement
• Chevron Agrees To Pay Up In Landfill Pollution Suit
• 2nd Circ. Revives GHG Suit Against AEP, Xcel, Others
• Yellowstone Grizzly Returns To Endangered List
• Mining Permit Case Stayed Pending Corps' Review
• Kaye Scholer Taps Ex-Public Counsel CEO Grunfeld
• Dutch Oil Co. Settles Ivory Coast Toxic Dumping Case
• Asarco Agrees To $1 Sale Of Contaminated NJ Site
• Calif. City Agrees To Pay $3M In Chevron Enviro Suit
• LA Was Right To Drop Half-Done Enviro Review: Court
• New Orleans, Insurer Settle Landfill Claims Spat
• Liberty, Century Fight Over Defense In Cleanup Case
• The Meteorology Of Environmental Impact Review
• 9th Circ. Smacks EPA On Civil Rights Complaints
• Deal Reached In Upstate NY Superfund Cleanup Suit
• Cal-Maine Off The Hook In Okla. Poultry Waste Suit
• EPA Tightens Regs For Medical Waste Incinerators
• Duke Unit To Appeal Rancher's Leaky Pipeline Win
• The Evolution Of Legal Infrastructure For CCS
• BLM Violated Law In Quick Drilling Approvals: GAO
• Green Group To Appeal FEMA River Levee Suit Ruling
• PCS Seeks Cleanup Costs From Bayer, CBS
• EPA Vows To Reconsider Bush-Era Smog Standards
• Insurer Has Duty To Defend In Cleanup Spat: Judge
• Mich. Appeals Court Nixes Air Quality Permit Hearings
• Schwarzenegger Orders Renewable Energy Increase
• Administration Proposes Salmon 'Insurance Policy'
• Changing Legal Fees Through Litigation Budgeting
• Insurers Say Mark IV Ch. 11 Plan Too Vague
• EPA To Revamp 1982 Power Plant Discharge Rule
• Darling, Valero Plan Biodiesel Joint Venture
• Administration Fleshes Out Fuel Efficiency Proposal
• Enviro Groups Hit FEMA On Flood Insurance In NM
• TVA To Give $40M To County After Coal Ash Spill
• Litigation Fails To Stop Northern Rockies Wolf Hunts
• Okla. Asks For Sanctions In Tyson Poultry Waste Suit
• Asarco, BLM Land Exchange Violates NEPA: 9th Circ.
• Pacific Energy Gets OK To Abandon Alaska Assets
• EPA Had Right To OK Iowa Clean Water List: 8th Circ.
• JPMorgan Makes $203M Bid For EcoSecurities Shares
• Water Agencies Balk At Tronox $415M Huntsman Deal
• EU Nears Rollout Of Cargo Van Emissions Tax Plan
• Asarco To Sell Perth Amboy Cleanup Site For $5M
• Don't Lift Crescent Stay In Toxic Torts Suits: Siemens
• Readying For ACES And Climate Change
• NM Court Gives Green Light To Emissions Limits Suit
• Jury Indicts 3 More In NJ Superfund Kickback Scheme
• Former White House Counsel Lands At Jenner & Block
• EPA Scrutinizes Mountaintop Coal Mines More Closely
• Feds, Genesco Settle Over Long Island PCE Cleanup
• EPA Plans Limits On Pesticide Use To Protect Salmon
• Seafood Cos.' Suit Over Exxon Valdez Deal Stayed
• EPA Green Light For Calif. GHG Rules Challenged
• WildEarth Sues EPA To Clear Pollution Plan Backlog
• An Eye On Federal Water Resources Management
• Katten Scores White Collar Defense Pros From Hunton
• 7th Circ. Won't Review EPA Air Quality Ruling
• Groups Lose Bid For TRO On Alberta Clipper Pipeline
• Calif. River Group Sues Feds Over Mine Discharges
• Freeport-McMoRan Lead Suit Heads Back To Okla.
• Liability Still Pending In $50M Coffeyville Oil Spill
• Chevron Hit With $1.8B Contamination Suit
• Green Groups Fight Grand Canyon Uranium Mining
• Wausau Tries To Nix BofA Cleanup Coverage Spat
• Lyondell Says Superfund Costs Are Unsecured Claims
• New Orleans Agency, Insurer Drop Contribution Claim
• No Big Issues Found In Probe Of Coal Ash Sites: EPA
• Ford, Others Settle NJ Toxic Waste Case
• Q&A With Haynes & Boone's Jeff Civins
• 9th Circ. Rejects Bid To Import Polar Bear Trophies
• Chevron Wants Broader Probe In $27B Ecuador Suit
• EPA Seeks OK For Alcatel, Pfizer Cleanup Cost Deal
• Revealing The CSB's Evolution And Future
• Sierra Club, Others Lose Challenge To $11B FHA Plan
• 9th Circ. Backs US In $42M Waste Cleanup Suit
• Exxon Gets Claims Pared In Leaky Tank Cleanup Suit
• EPA Settles With Green Groups On Radon Emissions
• Lexam's Drilling Plans In Colo. Refuge Blocked
• Placing Deferred Associates In Public Interest Groups
• State Dept. Sued For OK'ing Tar Sands Pipeline Plan
• Hartford Sues Poultry Co. Over River Pollution Spat
• EPA Inks $2.3M Deal Over Wash. Bay Cleanup
• $8.5M Deal Brokered To Clean Up Landia Site
• USTR Looks To Combat Illegal Logging In Asia-Pacific
• Nu-West Wants US To Pay $10M For Mine Cleanup
• A New Approach To OCS Renewable Energy
• US' Asbestos Evidence Barred In San Diego Gas Case
• NRDC Loses Challenge To Calif. Water Contracts
• Total Petrochemicals Let Off MTBE Hook In NY
• Ecuador To Probe Alleged Misconduct In Chevron Case
• Colo. Wants Army To Follow Plan For Chemical Site
• Most Of Olin Water Contamination Suit To Continue
• Sierra Club Says EPA Must Regulate Coal Ash Sites
• 2nd Circ. Affirms $25M Asbestos Verdict V. Contractor
• Developer Sues 2 Oil Cos. For Waste Cleanup Costs
• Utah County Can't Open Land To Vehicles: 10th Circ.
• US Parallels To Australian Climate Change Failure