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Environmental - January, 2010

142 articles

• Carbon Market Still Growing Despite Uncertainties
• Obama, EU Pledge To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Mass. Rolls Out Ambitious Energy Efficiency Goals
• Hinshaw & Culbertson Picks Up Kutak Rock Litigator
• Calif. City Plastic Bag Ban Paused For Enviro Report
• Frost Brown Scores Benesch Friedlander Enviro Atty
• Rec Groups Fight To Join Forest Service In Enviro Suit
• EPA Could Face Massive Suit Over Pesticide Controls
• EPA Tells NY Coke Facility To Clean Up
• Ecuadoreans Can't Stop Amazon Arbitration: Chevron
• Harbor Law Applies In SF Bay Crash Insurance Case
• Green Groups Sue Over Proposed Navy Training Site
• Union Pacific Settles With US Over Utah Fire
• EPA Deal Likely To Save Elan Millions In Fines
• DuPont Ordered To Pay $2M For Niagara Plant Cleanup
• Wind Farm Scales Back To Save Endangered Bat
• Corps Of Engineers Gets OK To Dredge Delaware River
• Hartford Seeks To Narrow Claims In Doe Run Suit
• Chromatex Counterclaim Names Valmont In Enviro Spat
• SEC Backs Climate Change Guidance For Public Cos.
• Calif. Farms Take Smelt Ruling To 9th Circ.
• Pollution Exclusion Frees Lloyd's From Coal Plant Suit
• Wash. State Adds Teeth To Runoff Pollution Controls
• EPA Beefs Up Simplot Superfund Cleanup Plan
• Green Group Seeks To Intervene In CAA Suit V. PG&E
• 9th Circ. Kills UFW Pesticide Case
• Maryland Seeks Ruling In Suit Over LNG Project
• In-House Counsel Name Favorite Litigators
• Barrick Asks Court To Keep Cortez Mine Open
• Wells Fargo Cleanup Spat Moves To State Court
• What To Actually Put In Green Building Contracts
• BLM Loses Bid To Nix Enviro Group's Sage Grouse Suit
• 9th Circ. Revives Tribes' Effort To Halt Mining Project
• Sensient To Settle Long-Running Fight Over NJ Cleanup
• NJ Ratchets Up Penalties For Medical Waste Dumping
• Norfolk Southern Escapes Suit Over Toxic Train Crash
• Chemtura Moves To Thin $2.1B In Superfund Claims
• Recent EPA Objections To Title V Permits
• Westar To Fork Over $500M In Air Pollution Case
• Natural Gas Groups Lash Out At EPA Tailoring Rule
• Bayer Seeks Stay In Suit Over Pesticide Approval
• 16 States Support EPA In Endangerment Suit
• Court Upholds Rejection Of Everglades-Area Mining
• US Calls Off Asarco Criminal Enviro Probe
• EPA Ups Ante On Water Regulation, Enforcement
• Claims Pared Again In Exxon Mobil Tank Leak Suit
• NRDC Asks 9th Circ. To Block Shell Offshore Drilling
• US Settles Alaska Railroad CERCLA Suit For $4.2M
• Congress, White House Address Asian Carp Threat
• Rulings Underscore Need For E-Discovery Expertise
• Navy Launches Broad Energy Efficiency Initiative
• Senators Spar Over Energy Research Funding
• EPA Limits Confidentiality In Toxic Chemical Reports
• Sens. Pitch Resolution To Block EPA Carbon Rule
• Lafarge, Saint-Gobain To Pay $7.25M For Emissions
• NJ Solar Bill Opens Markets, Adds Jobs: Advocates
• Pacific Pipeline To Pay $1.3M Over Calif. Oil Spill
• Khanjee Wins Stay Of Enviro Fines Over Power Plant
• Allegheny Drilling Decision Appealed To 3rd Circ.
• The Economy Takes Its Toll On The Jury System
• Magellan Resolves CWA Suit Over Okla. Gas Spill
• Governors Urge Federal Action On Asian Carp Threat
• LG Must Remove Fridges' Energy Star Labels: Judge
• Agencies Hit With NEPA Suit Over Minn. Rail Project
• Enviro Groups Fight Jordan Cove LNG Project In Ore.
• Court Clears Way For White Energy Ch. 11 Plan
• Chevron Disputes Ecuador's Bid To Stay Arbitration
• New DOJ Position To Oversee Discovery Initiatives
• Union Pacific Sues San Jose Over Hazardous Waste
• EPA Proposes Stricter Nutrient Limits On Fla. Water
• High Court Denies States' Injunction Bid In Carp Spat
• CBS, Vertellus Can Fight Exxon Cleanup Settlement
• US Wins $1.2M For Cleanup Of Idaho Superfund Site
• Supreme Court Takes Up Monsanto Alfalfa Ban Appeal
• Dow Strikes Deal With EPA Over Mich. Dioxin Cleanup
• Judge Rejects Calif. Water-Use Pact Over Debt Limits
• Developing CCS Programs Nationwide
• Nothing New In Revised EPA NOx Guidelines: Navistar
• Mass. Cities Defeat State EPA In Water Clash
• PepsiAmericas, Wausau Settle Indemnity Dispute
• Senate GOP Slams Mountaintop Mine Permit Veto
• Debevoise Botched Contract Suit, Lost $55M: Ex-Client
• Ecuadorians Fight Chevron Bid To Derail Enviro Suit
• Environmental Cases Of The Decade
• Utilities Fired Up Over NM Cap On Greenhouse Gases
• UN Report Touts CO2-Cutting Potential Of Grasslands
• Groups Ask Congress For $1B To Cut Diesel Emissions
• Lawyers Tapped For EPA Regions 7, 10
• Climate Bills Pose Problem For Bankruptcy Lawyers
• Law360 Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
• Judge Revives Oil Leases On Alaska's North Slope
• Kemper On The Hook For $11.5M River Cleanup
• Canadian Inuit Sue EU To Overturn Seal Products Ban
• Fees Award Trimmed In EPA Financial Assurance Suit
• Sunoco Settles With Mich. City In Cleanup Costs Suit
• AbitibiBowater Unit Settles EPA Air Claims
• NY Stops Drug Flushing At 5 Health Care Facilities
• Climate Change Action Among 7 EPA Goals For 2010
• EPA Urged To Better Regulate Endocrine Disruptors
• Vinson & Elkins Opens Outpost In Silicon Valley
• Patents Key To Fighting Climate Change
• Massey May Face Suits Over Polluted Waterways
• Judge Backs Chukchi Sea Take Rule On Polar Bears
• St. Paul Must Defend Rifle Club In Environmental Suit
• US Hands Out $187M For Vehicle Efficiency Projects
• EPA Drops Pennaco Mont. Water Standards Appeal
• D&O Treatment Of Climate Change Liabilities
• Tronox, Arco Near Settlement In Okla. Oil Pollution Suit
• Injury Claims Tossed In Chevron Refinery Suit
• White House Awards $2.3B In Clean Energy Tax Credits
• Asarco Released From Wash. Superfund Site Cleanup
• Ore. Utility To Take $5M Hit Over Hydro Plant Incident
• DOE Rolls Out New Energy-Saving Rules On Washers
• EPA Tightens Rule On Hazardous Waste Exports
• Asset Managers Not Factoring In Climate Risks: Survey
• EPA Reveals Tighter Smog Standards
• Virgin Islands Off Hook For Fraud In CERCLA Suit
• Challenges For The Appalachian Coal Industry In 2010
• Ky. Sewer Settlement Remanded For Court Approval
• Enforcement Fines Down 54 Percent In '09: EPA
• Jones Day Nabs M&A Partner From Baker McKenzie
• Sedgwick Nabs Enviro Atty For Houston
• DOI Plans Tougher Rules For Onshore Energy Leases
• Monsanto, Pfizer PCB Suits Sent Back To State Court
• Champion Loses Bid To Reopen Metex CERCLA Suit
• Groups Slam EPA's Nod To Patriot Coal Mine Permit
• Arch Coal Mountaintop Mine Case Stayed Again
• Class Cert. Stands In DuPont Tainted Water Action
• Sunoco Fined Over Troubled Pa. Refinery
• NY Appeals Court Reinstates Vacated Superfund Rules
• Environmental Litigation Drops In 2009
• EPA Unveils Plan For Phthalates, PFCs
• 11 States To Develop Low Carbon Fuel Standard
• Airfield Cleanup To Cost Raytheon $3M: 10th Circ.
• 8th Circ. Reverses EPA Penalty Against Service Oil
• Setting A Science-Based Greenhouse Pollution Cap
• Nuclear Agency Under Fire Over NY Power Plant
• 3rd Circ. Kills WR Grace Bid To Bar Mont. Mine Claims
• Travelers, Reinsurer Settle Goodyear Coverage Spat
• Environmental Legislation To Watch In 2010
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2010
• Environmental Lawyers' Wish List For 2010