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Environmental - February, 2010

137 articles

• EPA Demands Cleanup After Puerto Rican Refinery Fire
• Military Base Toxic Water Claims Kept In Place
• Rohm Accuses Insurer Of Bad Faith In Enviro Spat
• Exxon Wants RCRA Claims Cut In Chemical Leak Suit
• Senate Blocks Republican Bid To Halt DOI 'Land Grab'
• Bayer Sued Over Fly Ash Removal Contract Settlement
• Coal Plant Appeals Pollution Exclusion Policy Ruling
• Waxman, Markey Slam Utility Group For GHG Stance
• The Financial Case For Law Firm Branding
• Chevron May Be Liable For Superfund Site: 2nd Circ.
• Blue Tee To Resolve EPA Mine Dispute For $1.4M
• Bush Had Power To Issue Oil Pipeline Permit: Judge
• Experts Critique Federal Plan To Stop Invasive Carp
• Oil Co. Appeals Insurers' Win In Leak Coverage Brawl
• Legislators Try To Block New National Monuments
• 1st Circ. Revives Class Action Over Mass. Oil Spill
• Judicial Watch Questions Climate Czar's Policy Role
• Chubb CERCLA Suit Against Ford, Chevron Booted
• Thermax To Pay $38M To Settle Purolite Secrets Case
• Insurer Off Hook For $2M Katrina Oil Spill Settlement
• Sens. Propose Broader Renewable Electricity Standard
• LA County Faces Fines Over Water Pollution
• Sunoco Renews Bid To Extinguish Oil Plume Claim
• Esso CERCLA Counterclaim Tossed In Oil Leak Suit
• EPA Stands By GHG Plan, But Lengthens Time Line
• Chevron's $27B Amazon Case Gets Another New Judge
• EPA Rules On Greenhouse Gases Pushed To 2011
• Anderson Kill Scores Enviro, Insurance Recovery Lawyer
• Cummins To Pay $2.1M To Settle EPA Suit Over Engines
• Brownfields Slump Highlights Room For Reform
• Looking Beyond Climate Change
• US Not Liable For Timber Contract Breach: Fed. Circ.
• Fleet To Pay $10M Over Cosco Busan Oil Spill
• McKesson, Angeles Ink $4.5M Deal To End Enviro Feud
• SC County Fights To Avoid Landfill Tab In CERCLA Suit
• Citizen Can Sue Exxon For Cleanup Costs: Judge
• PacifiCorp To Pay $450M To Remove Ore., Calif. Dams
• CERCLA Claims Against 2 Cos. Dropped In Oil Suit
• Amazonian Tribes Fight Chevron's Arbitration Bid
• What To Expect From The European Commission
• CropLife Looks To Protect Interests In Polar Bear Suit
• Green Group Drops La. Agency From Clean Air Suit
• Ind. Lawmakers Move To Expand Net Metering Rules
• House GOP Raises Alarm Over DOI Monument Draft
• UN Climate Official Resigns To Take Consulting Job
• La. Enviro Watchdog Asks To Join NRG Pollution Suit
• House Probes Controversial Gas Drilling Process
• EPA Imposes Emissions Rules On Generator Engines
• GE, EPA Settle CERCLA Claims Over NM Plant
• Mirant Settles Spat Over Power Plants' Effect On Fish
• Enviros Sue DOI Over Calif. Power Line Project
• Appeal Of EPA Permit Threatens Alaskan Zinc Mine
• SD Legislators Pass Bill Opposing Cap-And-Trade
• Southern Union Says $18M Enviro Penalty Too High
• BP, Conoco, Caterpillar Quit Climate Lobby Group
• Steel Industry Sues EPA Over GHG Regulations
• Big Landlords, Tenants Waking Up To Green Leases
• Lloyd's Counters Coverage Claims In Teck Enviro Case
• TVA Moves To Trim Residents' Coal-Ash Sludge Suit
• Texas Fights EPA's 'Outsourced' GHG Finding
• Boston Sewer Commission Violated CWA: Enviro Group
• US Targets Tesoro Over Gasoline Tests
• Environmental Justice 2.0 — An Enforcement Priority
• 2nd Circ. Stays Order Barring Bayer Pesticide
• SoCal Edison Pays $2.8M To Settle Wildfire Claims
• Jackson Walker Adds 2 Attys From Lemle & Kelleher
• Wis. Utility Joins CAA Suit Amid Settlement Talks
• Ill. Village Seeks To End Gulf Oil MTBE Claims
• CBD Accuses US Of Withholding Uranium Mine Info
• The Open Valve On Clean Water Act Enforcement
• 10th Circ. Grounds Plane De-Icing Suit
• Feds Fight ESA, NEPA Claims In 3-State Water Wars
• Treating Electronics As Hazardous Materials?
• Enviros' Claims Shaved In Oil, Gas Lease Dispute
• Mich. Appeals Court Nixes Bid To Force CO2 Rules
• EU Calls For Trade Ban On Endangered Tuna, Bears
• Developer Off Hook For Lead Payments At $47M Site
• US Fights Rohm & Haas Bid To Kill Superfund Suit
• Downey Lures 2 From Paul Hastings For Frisco Office
• Regional GHG Regulation — Full Of Hot Air?
• Ecuador Combats Chevron Arbitration Bid
• Republican Legislators Take GHG Finding To DC Circ.
• Cooley Godward Adds Alston Bird Clean Energy Attys
• Dow Renews Bid To Kill UFW Pesticide Suit
• Blank Rome Snags Corporate Litigation Partner
• Chevron Jabs At Damages Expert In $27B Ecuador Suit
• Mining Cos. Settle CERCLA Suit For $11.2M In Land
• Mich. Questions $78M Plan To Control Asian Carp
• WildEarth Demands Endangered Parrot Recovery Plan
• EPA Orders NuCo Energy To Halt Brine Discharges
• EPA Set To Nix Approval For Bayer Pesticide
• Ala. Residents To Sue Over Odorous Coal Ash Landfill
• Boeing Contract Claims Over Superfund Site Nixed
• Oil Sands Pipeline Construction Can Continue: Judge
• New Bill Would Install 10M Solar Units By 2019
• NOAA Plans New Federal Climate Change Agency
• Union Pacific Looks To Share Liability In CERCLA Suit
• US Loses Bid For Quick Win In $88M Citgo Oil Spill Suit
• Murphy Oil Found Liable For Air Pollution At La. Refinery
• Mich. AG Asks High Court To Rethink Carp Injunction
• ConocoPhillips Settles EPA Suit Over Plant Emissions
• Calpine To Construct First-Ever Plant With GHG Limits
• Enviros Appeal Oil Cos.' Right To Take Polar Bears
• EPA Reveals Plans To Secure Coal Ash At 22 Sites
• Johnson Controls Slammed With Cleanup Delay Suit
• Sunoco Told To Refile Bid To Trim Philly Oil Plume Suit
• Patenting Clean Tech: Trends, Issues And Strategies
• Bipartisan Bill Would Amend Clean Air Act
• Republicans Skewer SEC's Climate Change Guidance
• Mandatory Energy Benchmarking Coming Into Vogue
• Obama Reveals New Clean Energy Initiatives
• ANI Loses Latest Bid To Avoid Superfund Liability
• Crucible's Coverage Claims Against Lloyd's Tossed
• CAA Trumps Ohio Emissions Exemptions: Judge
• Virtual Firm Scores Willkie Farr, O'Melveny Attys
• Idaho County Free To Regulate Feedlots: Court
• Congressmen Move To Prohibit EPA From Policing GHGs
• A Renewable Approach To State-Imposed RPS
• NY Town Objects To Old GM's Mediation Plan
• Obama May Shelve Cap-And-Trade Plans — For Now
• Truckers, Refiners Fight Calif. Emissions Policy
• EPA Reduced 2011 Budget Worries Inspector General
• Equity Firm Ends Suit Over Failed ChemRisk Deal
• Massey Fights To Oust Protesters From W.Va. Mine
• Anticipating Climate-Related Risk Disclosures
• EPA Rolls Out New TSCA Rules On 15 Chemicals
• Lockheed Martin Can't Shake $20M CERCLA Suit
• EPA Walking The Walk On 'Enviro Justice': Experts
• Ind. Appeals Court Clears Insurers In Cleanup Spat
• Greenlease Can't Dodge Environmental Cleanup Suit
• Corps Of Engineers Dropped Ball On BNSF Project: Suit
• Chevron Pays $2.85M As Part Of Calif. Cove Cleanup
• Obama Budget Aims To Slash Oil, Gas Subsidies
• CBD Claims EPA Missed CAA Deadlines In West
• DOJ Targets Reading Railroad For Superfund Cleanup
• DOJ Hits Smelter With $18M Bill For Pollution Cleanup
• Insurers Off Hook For Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Cleanup