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Environmental - December, 2009

126 articles

• Court Vacates EPA's Approval Of Bayer Pesticide
• Bill Would Close Off Part Of Mojave To Renewables
• DC Circ. Upholds Duke Energy Plant Closure Deal
• 4th Circ. Dims Prospects For Major LNG Project
• National Mining Group Joins Claim Rule Challenge
• Enviro Groups Mull Appeal Of RRI CWA Case Dismissal
• EPA Mulls New Disclosure Rule For Pesticides
• Update In UK 'Back-To-Back' Reinsurance Coverage
• EPA Reaches $30M Deal For Mass. Superfund Site
• Copenhagen Accord Might Help Senate To Act: Experts
• Ill. Drug-Flushing Law Takes Effect In New Year
• EPA Adopts Rule To Curb Air Pollution From Ships
• Tronox Rolls Out Stand-Alone Reorganization Plan
• Vt. High Court Hands Entergy Win In Emissions Suit
• Wis. Electric Co. Wins $50M For Nuclear Fuel Removal
• Duke Energy Shells Out $93M Over Ind. Coal Plant
• Judge Sides With Insurer In Colo. Dirt Pollution Case
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Nuclear Agency Ruling On Fire Risk
• Court Reverses Tax-Break Snub For East River Cleanup
• Tribe Sues Mining Cos. Over Superfund Site Pollution
• Iron Co. To Pay $4M Over Dumping Dirty Wastewater
• Managing Risks Of PCBs In Building Caulking
• Kan. Joins EPA Suit Over Westar Emissions
• Enviros Take Weapons Plant Cleanup Suit To Fed. Circ.
• ANI Keeps Up Fight To Avoid Bill For Superfund Suit
• API Seeks To Halt Tenn. Renewable Fuel Law
• US Airlines Seek To Ground EU Emissions Scheme
• Ore. Governor To Fight LNG Terminal Approval
• Companies Scramble On Eve Of EPA's New GHG Rule
• Statoil Fined $4.3M Over 2007 Oil Spill
• Insurer Wants Dismissal In Waste Case Coverage Spat
• 9th Circ. Won't Review Denial Of Attys' Fees To Enviros
• Industry Groups Move To Join Energy Corridor Dispute
• EPA Delays Decision On Coal Ash Regulation
• Appleton, NRC Lose Contribution Bid In River Cleanup
• GOP Senators Threaten To Block Any Copenhagen Deal
• Hydraulic Fracturing Reform Could Thwart Exxon Deal
• Sierra Club Pushes EPA To Rule On Wis. Power Plant
• Eye On USPTO's Green Tech Pilot Program
• Industrial Enterprises Appeals Indemnification Denial
• Judge Allows Drilling In Allegheny Forest To Resume
• Judge Chucks Key Claim From Okla. Poultry Suit
• Only Prevailing Parties Can Seek Fees: 9th Circ.
• USDA, Dairy Producers Forge Clean Energy Pact
• Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Block Shell Offshore Drilling
• House Urges USTR To Keep Ecuador Trade Benefits
• Colo. Appeals Army Chemical Weapons Ruling
• High Tide For Green Energy On The Continental Shelf
• Enviro Groups Seek More Federal Action On TVA
• Valero Snaps Up Trio Of Ethanol Plants For $272M
• Khanjee Appeals Ill. Power Plant Fine To 7th Circ.
• Murkowski Aims To Block EPA Greenhouse Gas Rules
• Emissions Limits Can't Halt Climate Change: USDA
• Experts Axed From Wood Treatment Pollution Suit
• Jackson Walker Hires Energy Regulatory Veteran
• US, Others Launch $350M Energy Efficiency Programs
• Calif. Court Invalidates Water Use Agreements
• 2nd Circ. Sticks GPU With Liability For Tar Cleanup
• DC Circ. Tosses Challenge To CAA Rulemaking
• EPA Adds 2 HCFC Regulations To Protect Ozone
• Implications Of Animal Welfare V. Beech Ridge Energy
• Carbon Markets Raise Fears Of Speculation
• Recycled Tire Turf Likely Poses Low Risk: EPA Study
• EPA, South Dakota Seek $87M for SD Mine Cleanup
• Asarco Exits 'Successful' Ch. 11 Plan
• Appropriations Bill Adds $75M To Climate Research
• Sens. Pitch Compromise Climate Legislation
• GE Scores $1.4B Wind Turbine Contract
• NY Bill Aims To Cut Emissions With 'Green' Insurance
• The Do's And Don'ts Of Carbon Trading
• Ohio Residents Appeal CSX Toxic Train Crash Ruling
• Critics Call Federal Coal Ash Regulation Into Question
• Alternative Waste Disposal For Medical Facilities
• Coal Co. Sues Insurers For Defense In Pollution Suits
• $1.3M Fee Award Affirmed In US Steel Toxic Tort Suit
• US Toxic Chemical Releases Dipped 6% In 2008: EPA
• Teck Metals Wins Bid To Halt Lloyd's Anti-Suit Efforts
• In Canada, Fed. Gov't Stalls, Provinces Act On Climate
• W.Va. Wind Farm Work Halted To Protect Bat Habitat
• Solar Panel Ruling Ignites Fears Of Retroactive Duties
• Law360 Ranks Largest Environmental Practices
• Utah High Court Rulings Could Kill Coal Electric Plant
• Wash. Port Sued Over Discharges Into Puget Sound
• Senate Bill Seeks Increase In Bottled Water Label Info
• WMO Says 2009 Will Be 5th-Hottest Year On Record
• Think Tank To Challenge EPA Endangerment Finding
• BNSF Disputes Mont.'s Indoor Air Quality Order
• Kyoto Violators May Escape Serious Punishment
• USPTO To Speed Green Tech Patents To Market
• Steel Co. Seeks $11.4M In Insurance Spat
• EPA Unveils Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
• Insurer, Others Fight To Sue EPA Over Oil Well Blast
• Philly Port Asks To Join Del. River Dredging Suit
• Tackling Design, Construction Risks Of 'Green Building'
• Dry Cleaners Seek To Bar Insurers' Pollution Defense
• LG Slams DOE Over New Energy Efficiency Standards
• 5 Issues Set To Spark Hot Debate In Copenhagen
• Senate Bill Aims To Extend Wind Energy Tax Credit
• Dirty Water Yields Fine, Repair Orders For Mass. City
• Kerry Bill Lays Ground For Global Green Investments
• Environmental Attorneys Dominate At Beveridge
• Sweeping Approach Catapults Latham To Top Of Heap
• Optimism Surrounds Copenhagen, Despite Setbacks
• PG&E Forges Wind Power Deal With Iberdrola
• Enviro Group Sues EPA Over Polar Bear Protection
• EPA Sued Over Delayed Phoenix Air Quality Plan
• Experts Doubt Senate Will Ratify Post-Kyoto Treaty
• Group Hopes NEPA Can Save Historic Fed Building
• House Approves Ban On Radioactive Waste Imports
• Ore. Seeks To Take Pollution Case Out Of Court
• Eye On Copenhagen — Implications for 'Green IP'
• Insurer To Pay For Fla. Petroleum Storage Site Cleanup
• High Court Case May Not Resolve Judicial Taking
• Enviro Groups Haul EPA Into Court Over Coal Ash Info
• 9th Circ. Allows Oil Cos. To 'Take' Alaska Bears
• Judge Again Finds ANI Must Cover Superfund Suit
• Calif. Water Agency Challenges Federal Fish Plan
• EPA To Mull Quashing Bush-Era Fuel Emissions Rule
• EPA Head Asks Congress To Fix Chemical Safety Law
• Pa., Ga., Ill. 18 Months Late On Emissions Plans: EPA
• Senate Energy Committee Reviews Emissions Options
• Revised Idaho Plant Permit Regulates CO2 Emissions
• EPA To Rule In 2010 On Raising Ethanol Blend Limit
• Sidley Austin Starts Up Silicon Valley Office
• Court Cuts Residents' Claims In Distillery Odor Suit
• Oil Lobby Tries Again To Join Ocean CO2 Suit