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Environmental - October, 2009

147 articles

• WildEarth Seeks To Halt Opening Of Xcel Energy Plant
• GHG Appellate Rulings Could Incite Insurance Brawls
• Enviro Groups Appeal Ga. Nuclear Plant Permit
• AEP Asked To Conduct Safety Tests At Coal Ash Site
• No Coverage For Cinergy Clean Air Act Woes
• China Slams Carbon Tariff Proposals
• Atrazine Among 67 Pesticides To Be Tested By EPA
• Industry Reps Rip Into Senate Bill's Carbon Target
• Calif. Can Regulate Washer Water Amid Crisis: 9th Circ.
• Subcontractor Cops To Superfund Kickback Scheme
• 1st Circ. Rejects Challenge Of LNG Lease Approval
• GE Remains On Hook In $9M Superfund Suit
• Sunoco To Pay Up Over Air Quality Violations
• Experts Urge Funding For Clean Tech In Climate Bill
• Exxon Resolves Slew Of MTBE Suits For $17.5M
• Citgo Urges Delay In Trial Over 2006 La. Oil Spill
• The USS Twombly: Sinking Fishing Expeditions
• EU Unveils Plan To Limit Cargo Van Emissions
• NY High Court Expands Standing For Enviro Suits
• Petition Prompts EPA Objection To BP Air Permit
• Cleantech Leaders Express Support For Climate Bill
• Woodcock Predicts Rapid Growth In Cleantech Patents
• Senate Showdown Begins At Climate Bill Hearings
• No Cap-And-Trade In New Senate Conservation Bill
• 1st Circ. Rejects Appeal Of Ruling On LNG Project
• 5 Cent Deposits Set For Bottled Water In NY
• Lumber Companies Fight Back In Green Timber Spat
• On Eve Of Trial, Judge Tosses Chevron Claims
• Senate Unveils Cap-And-Trade Emissions Bill
• States Want Judge Off Allegheny Energy Clean Air Case
• Ga. County Amends Appeal In Water Rights MDL
• Effects Of SRRA On Commercial Transactions
• KB Toys Lead Suit Settlement With Calif. Gets OK
• EPA To Issue New Power Plant Rules By Nov. 2011
• NJ Court Cleans Up Water Usage Rules For Farms
• Howmet Appeals Loss In EPA Waste Disposal Case
• FWS Proposes Huge Habitat Designation For Polar Bear
• Pepsi Toxic Waste Claims Found Not Time-Barred
• Mountaintop Coal Case Stayed Pending EPA Probe
• Scottish Lion — Another Blow To Solvent Schemes
• House Greenlights New R&D Roadmap For Solar Power
• Pa. Fines Cabot For 3 Gas Well Spills
• Ark. High Court To Take Up AEP Plant Approval Case
• Railway Co. To Pay $1.2M For CERCLA Cleanup Costs
• GE Pushes For Green Trade Agreement
• Illinois Central Let Off Hook In Miss. Pollution Suit
• Paving The Way For GHG Public Nuisance Claims?
• AFG Loses Bid To Amend A&R Malpractice Suit
• Bee Activists Ask To Nix Approval Of Bayer Pesticide
• Illegally Dumped Oil Waste Costs Shippers $1.25M
• Senators Fear Climate Bill Will Shoot Up Energy Costs
• Utilities Fail To Preemptively Bar EPA Power Plant Rule
• Exxon Reaches Deal With Parents For MTBE Tests
• Colo. Pulls Plug On Chemical Weapons Cleanup Case
• 2nd Circ. Revives Exxon Gas Station Pollution Suit
• The US And Canadian GHG Reporting Rules
• Bill Aims To Accelerate Vehicle Fuel Conversions
• 2nd Circ. Lets Fire Dept. Off Hook For CERCLA Cleanup
• Feds Secure $3M Settlement For Calif. Landfill Cleanup
• FWS Settles Case By Designating Shrew Habitat
• 1st Circ. Sides With Former WMI Chair In Equity Spat
• W.Va. Residents Lose Bid To Add Claim To Teflon Suit
• Developers Add Voices To Md. Suit Over LNG Project
• Exxon Ordered To Pay $105M Over MTBE Contamination
• 5th Circ. Revives Katrina GHG Mass Tort
• BASF Settles With EPA Over Coolant Leaks
• Sierra Club Settles With EPA Over Ky. Coal Plant
• Travelers Settles With 2 Cos. Over Goodyear Claims
• EPA Challenges Permit For Mountaintop Coal Mine
• Lubrizol, Insurer Butt Heads In Superfund Dispute
• Calpine Rival Prevails In $9.7M Flying J Credit Sale
• FirstEnergy Reaches Deal In Coal Plant Emissions Suit
• Kivalina Case Dismissal Breaks With 2nd Circ.
• DOD Fires Back At Alaska Town In $4M Pollution Spat
• US, Conn. Settle With 91 Parties Over Superfund Site
• EPA Settles With MFG Chemicals Over Toxic Gas Release
• Climate Bill Unlikely To Pass Before Copenhagen: Attys
• PG&E Sued For Allegedly Sparking Calif. Wildfire
• Ford, Others Strike Deal Over NJ Superfund Cleanup
• Lyondell Creditors Join Bid To Nix $1B In Enviro Claims
• No Punitive Damages Against Exxon In MTBE Suit: Judge
• EPA Vows To Ramp Up Clean Water Act Enforcement
• Patton Boggs Scores Lawyer From DOJ Enviro Division
• Corp. Counsel Split On Attorney-Client Privilege Waiver
• Earthjustice Wants Farm Pesticides Banned Near Kids
• Lloyd's Fires Back In Energy Co.'s Storm Damage Suit
• EPA Ordered To Revisit Mont. Water Standards
• Cap-And-Trade's Price Tag Still Unclear, Experts Say
• Mid-America Sues Excavator Over Pipe Break
• Calpine Aims For Flying J's $9.7M Emission Credits
• NY Weighs Law To Require Reusable Bag Reminder
• Lake Michigan Oil Spill Spat Weathers Bid To Toss
• Claims Trimmed In $30M Cleanup Suit V. Halliburton
• France, Italy, Germany Fight EU Van Emissions Limits
• Smithfield Hits Back At TIG In Pig Pollution Suit
• Q&A With Milbank Tweed's Ed Feo
• Global Warming Litigation Heating Up?
• Schwarzenegger Pens Renewable Energy Deal With DOI
• Southern Union To Appeal $18M Mercury Case Judgment
• Trial Court Must Rule On Relief In Insurance Spat
• Sunoco Settles EPA Case Over Waste Violations
• Plaintiffs Score Partial Cert. In DuPont Plant Suit
• Chevron Wins Reversal Of $2.5M Energen Enviro Ruling
• Encouraging Tiered NEPA Studies For Highway And Rail
• Corps Of Engineers Appeals Hold On Dock Permit
• Exxon Appeals $150M Gas Leak Judgment
• Sen. Backs Tariff For Emission-Heavy Imports In Bill
• States Seek To Defend Calif.'s Motor Vehicle Waiver
• FERC Appeals Environmental Groups FOIA Win
• Toss Claim In Maine Superfund Suit: Magistrate
• Insurer Says Lubrizol Breached Superfund Settlement
• High Court Hears From Critics Of Mountaintop Mining
• US Chamber Fires Back At Climate Change Defectors
• Calif. Court Upholds Indirect Source Pollution Rules
• EPA, Texas Enviro Leaders Hash Out Clean Air Program
• Case Study: Tracy First V. City Of Tracy
• EPA Regulation Requires Airlines To Monitor Water
• EPA To Eye Effect Of Pesticide Atrazine On Humans
• Esso Faces New Suit Over Gas Leaks In Puerto Rico
• The EPA's Proposed New Tailoring Rule
• Iqbal Ruling Impact Starting To Be Felt
• $7.8M Settlement Over NC Chemical Fire Approved
• Suit Seeks to Force Texas Agency To Regulate GHG
• Oil Lobbyists Can't Intervene In Ocean CO2 Suit: Court
• Judge Says Ga. Cannot Appeal Water Judgment
• Fertilizer Maker Reaches $32M Deal Over Emissions
• Zurich Settles Oil Spill Coverage Suit With Mears
• Md. Appeals Court To Weigh In On Landfill Case
• The Price Of GHG Legislation
• Jury In Exxon MTBE Case To Begin Deliberations
• McDermott Will Adds Denton Wilde Energy Partner
• High Court Rebuffs Appeal Of Exxon Valdez Damages
• Ciba DDT Suit Not Time-Barred By Ala. Law: Judge
• Southern Union Hit With $18M Fine In RI Mercury Case
• Wyo. Refinery Faces $7M Fine Over Waste Pond
• PGE Clean Air Act Claims Not Time-Barred: Judge
• Maine, US Settle Over CERCLA Costs
• Forest Service Plan Tossed For Insufficient Protections
• Massey Energy Derivative Action Thrown Out
• US Called On To Pony Up In Chevron Superfund Suit
• AXA Fights Liability Over Tugboat Pipeline Crash
• Water District Can't Remand MTBE Case: 2nd Circ.
• State Can't Require Use Of Future Tech: Calif. Court
• Greek Shipper To Pay $2.7M In Bilge Dumping Suit
• EPA Flays Lyondell Over Cleanup Obligations
• Judge Quashes Enviros' Tar Sands Pipeline Suit
• Going Green: Going … Going … Gone?