Environmental - June, 2010
210 articles
- House Passes SPILL Act For Oil Rig Disaster Victims
- Enviros Blast EPA Approval Of W.Va. Coal Mine
- Miller To Seek 7-Year Ban On BP Offshore Leases
- Minn. Rule On Insurer Defense Cost Requests Nixed
- Lockheed's Strontium Liability Claims Nixed
- EPA Strips Texas Of Lax Clean Air Permitting Program
- Bills Seek Barrier For Asian Carp From Great Lakes
- Sewage Plant Targeted In NYC Nuisance Suit Closes
- Ky. Coal Plant, Insurer End Dispute Over Coal Dust
- MMS Overhaul Bill Glides Through Energy Committee
- DOI Postpones Hearings On Outer Shelf Drilling
- The Greening Of The Insurance Industry
- EPA Pulls Clean Air Certificates For Chinese ATVs
- Sens. Push For Fix Of Maritime Liability Laws
- Boeing Airport Cleanup Suit Mostly Survives
- Senate Panel Votes To Get Rid Of Spill Liability Cap
- BP Spill Claims Processing Prompts Collusion Suit
- Group Accuses EPA Of Putting Off Factory Farm Rule
- Ranchers Settle Case Over Oil Co.'s Saltwater Spills
- US Inks $2M Landfill Cleanup Deal With Calif. County
- NRC Rules Against US Bid To Drop Yucca Project
- Oil Spill Could Spur Climate Change Legislation
- FDA Sued For Lack Of Response To BPA-Ban Petition
- Honolulu Settlement Overhauls Ailing Sewer System
- Ameren Sues Insurer For $30M Over Taum Sauk Breach
- DC Circ. Nixes GE Challenge To EPA Cleanup Authority
- Mont. Tries To Kill Flying J Enviro Liability Releases
- Green Groups Lose Challenge To Katrina Landfill Permit
- BP Hit With ERISA Suit Over Gulf Oil Spill
- Exxon To Pay $3M To Settle Mass. Emissions Suit
- Climate Change Exposure In The Insurance Field
- Johnson Controls Wins Spat Over CERCLA Coverage
- Calif. Agency's River Drainage Threatens Salmon: Suit
- DOI Asks 5th Circ. To Keep Drilling Ban In Place
- 11th Circ. Finds For Century In Enviro Coverage Feud
- Coverage Issues After The Oil Stops Flowing
- Senate Panel OKs Stiffer Environmental Penalties
- Dominion Faces $11M Suit Over Power Plant Emissions
- US Wins $8.3M Judgment For NH Superfund Site Costs
- Uprooting The Injunction On Roundup Ready
- EPA Joins Fla. Agency, Sugar Cos. In Everglades Fight
- Local Response To Oil Spill Could Use Boost: Panel
- A Calif. School District’s Path To Solar
- La. Wants BP To Cough Up $35M, Lost Property Taxes
- Wash. Barge Terminal Sued Over Stormwater Discharges
- Chubb CERCLA Suit Against Ford, Chevron Tossed Again
- Gulf Drilling To Continue While US Appeals Nixed Ban
- 'Cosmetic Changes' Won't Fix MMS, Salazar Says
- Reps Slam USDA On Genetically Modified Alfalfa Rule
- House Passes Tough Formaldehyde Limits On Wood
- NY Pension Fund Seeks Lead In BP Securities Actions
- Union Pacific Says EPA Destroyed Superfund Docs
- Senate Approves EPA Inspector General Nominee
- House Panel To Subpoena BP Over Spill Payouts
- Claims Pared In Gas Spill Coverage Dispute V. Liberty
- Senate Readies Bill To Fix Drilling Safety, Oversight
- Hydrokinetic Power And The Renewable Energy Race
- Unfazed By Judge, Salazar Vows New Drilling Ban
- DOI Closes Loophole For Well Blowout, Spill Plan
- Superfund Faces Shortfall
- Venue Up In The Air After BP Spill Litigants' MDL Bid
- MMS Rechristened With Fried Frank Partner At Helm
- DOI's Deepwater Drilling Ban Deep-Sixed
- Enviros Sue BLM To Block Oil Leases In Utah Forest
- Exxon Hit With $11M Suit Over Massive Gas Leak
- Energy Cos.: The New Target Of Nuisance Actions
- Judge Won't Amend Go-Ahead On $11B Highway Project
- EPA Wants Superfund Taxes Brought Back
- Indian Tribe Fails To Block Nev. Mine Expansion
- Land Agency Right To Skip Drilling Review: 10th Circ.
- EPA Accused Of Slow-Walking Ethanol Cap Decision
- EPA Delays Crackdown On Lead Paint Rule Violators
- Sierra Club Targets Patriot Units Over Selenium Waste
- EPA Climate Policy: Waist-Deep In The Big Muddy
- High Court Lifts Ban On Monsanto's Alfalfa Seed
- Anadarko Lashes Out At Well Partner BP Over Spill
- Work At Reopened Ariz. Uranium Mine Stays On Track
- Enviros Hit BP, Transocean With $19B CWA Suit
- Senate To Vote On 2-Year Delay On EPA's GHG Rules
- EPA To Propose New Human Pesticide Testing Rule
- Army Halts Mountaintop Coal Mine Permit In Appalachia
- Sierra Club Fights To Block Miss. Power Plant
- EPA Aims To Boost Water System Pathogen Monitoring
- Enviros Push EPA On Coal Mine Emissions Limits
- 5th Circ. Throws Out Green Group's Wind Farm Suit
- Tapping The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund
- Fishermen Can Recover In Tampa Bay Pollution Suit
- Lawmakers Grill MMS Head Over Post-Spill Reforms
- Calif. Carbon Emissions Cap Suits Survive
- Dispersant Maker Sued Over Gulf Spill Response
- Erie Coke To Pay $6M For Air Quality Violations
- BP's Hayward Clams Up Before Angry Lawmakers
- Traversing CERCLA’s 'Region of Doubt'
- 'Judicial Takings' Still Unresolved By High Court Ruling
- Citgo Onshore Oil Spill Could Cost It $2B In Penalties
- 12 States Don't Meet Lead Targets For Air Quality: EPA
- DC Circ. Rejects Canadian Pacific Rail Deal Challenges
- Yet More Claims Cut In Exxon RCRA Cleanup Suit
- Oil Spill Defendants Bring On Major Firms
- 9/11 Special Master Feinberg To Oversee $20B BP Fund
- 9th Circ. Won't Touch San Diego Seal Spat
- EPA Fines DuPont Over Mercury Discharges
- Patriot Coal Mine On The Hook For Selenium Waste
- BP To Set Up $20B Escrow Fund For Spill Claims
- Bayer Aims To Cork Mention Of BP Spill In Rice MDL
- DOI Asked To Nix NEPA Exclusions For Offshore Oil
- The Likely Expansion Of Environmental Tort Claims
- Obama Lays Out 'Battle Plan' For BP Spill
- Planned NM Mine Not On Indian Land: 10th Circ.
- Fried Frank Partner Picked To Head Up MMS Overhaul
- EPA Orders FMC To Treat Toxic Gas At Superfund Site
- US Officials Call For Study Of BP Spill Health Impacts
- Texas Fights EPA Rejection Of Pollution Permit Program
- Obama Names BP Oil Spill Investigation Panel
- Sunoco To Pay Up Over Pa. Benzene Release
- US Seeks To Block Asarco Bid For Financial Papers
- Fate Of Class Action Waivers Rests With High Court
- Brewing Changes To US Chemical Regulation
- US Heightens Scrutiny Of Gulf Seafood Amid BP Spill
- Senate OKs Formaldehyde Limits On Wood Products
- Dems Blast BP Rig Shortcuts, Call For $20B Spill Fund
- Medical Monitoring: BP's Next Legal Headache
- Tenn. Slaps TVA With $11.5M Fine Over 2008 Ash Spill
- Sugar Cos., Fla. Take Everglades Fight To 11th Circ.
- Green Groups Push For Ship, Aircraft GHG Rules
- Chevron To Pay Up Over NM Air Pollution Claims
- La. AG Gets Green Light To Probe BP
- Finding Criminal Liability When The Smoke Clears ...
- Transocean, DOJ Resolve Battle Over Liability Limitation
- Mass. Nixes State-Based Clean Energy Contracts Rule
- House Leader Demands BP Spill Worker Risk Eval
- Alaskan Lawmakers Fight Beluga Whale Sanctuary
- Foley Signs On Nixon Peabody Energy, Finance Pro
- Congress OKs Bill To Pay Oil Spill Claims Up To $100M
- The Biggest Obstacle To CCS: Congress?
- EPA To Nix Endosulfan Amid Health Concerns
- BP Spill Could Spark Cancer Nightmare For Gulf
- Transocean Settles $21M Hurricane Rita Rig Crash Suit
- Senate Rejects Bid To Block EPA Emissions Rules
- EU Seeks To Certify, Standardize Biofuels
- Sierra Club Fights To Nix Va. Permit For Mountain Mine
- Asarco Fails To Nix $7M In DOJ, State Ch. 11 Bills
- Ohio EPA Loses Bid To Table Discovery In CAA Suit
- La. Lawmakers Push DOI To Reopen Gulf To Drilling
- Dems Plot To Keep Cap-And-Trade Alive
- La. Official Says BP Wanted To Limit Oil's Visibility
- 2nd Circ. Won't Give Chevron Ecuador Footage
- Prop. 65 Claim Nixed In Kinder Morgan Fuel Plume Suit
- Oil Cos. Lose Bid To Toss $4M Waste Cleanup Suit
- EPA Drops $7M Frontier Refining Fine To $900K
- Minn. Appeals Court Allows Power Line Projects
- Uncertainty Over GHG Rules May Fuel Noncompliance
- 3rd Circ. Backs Insurer In St. Croix Airport Pollution Suit
- Sierra Club Sues Over Wis. Power Plant Emissions
- EPA Won't Force Small Businesses To Cut Emissions
- Senate Mulls Lifting Caps On Oil Damages
- Pelosi Calls For House Oil Spill Response By 4th Of July
- Salazar Defends Drilling Moratorium
- Building Or Buying A Biofuel Plant? Think PSM
- Appleton Win Upheld In CERCLA Cost Insurance Spat
- EPA Withdraws Bush-Era Fuel Emissions Exemption
- La. Mulls Contingency Attys To Help With Spill Suits
- 2nd Circ. Mulls Chevron's Demand For Film Footage
- 3rd Circ. Tosses Pa. Beryllium Exposure Class Actions
- White House Threatens To Veto Senate GHG Move
- EPA Slams Xcel For Refusing Doc Requests
- EPA, Sierra Club Settle Wis. Power Station Permit Spat
- Wash. DOT Can Be Held Liable For Cleanup: Judge
- Hunton Energy Vet Heads To Williams Mullen
- Town Takes Cleanup Beef With Exxon, CBS To 7th Circ.
- PPI, AIG Unit Settle Part Of Oil Facility Cleanup Suit
- Top 10 Do's & Don'ts Of Environmental Crisis Response
- Santa Fuel, Buckley Energy End MTBE Fights
- NM High Court Greenlights Proceedings For GHG Cap
- NY District Atty Offers Corporate Prosecution Protocol
- San Diego Port, USF&G Suspend Enviro Coverage Spat
- Gulf Fishermen, Others Still Waiting On Checks From BP
- FWS To Finalize Protections For Some Penguins
- The Art Of Client Alerts And Bulletins
- US Told To Pay SCE $142M Over Nuclear Waste Delays
- Ex-Union Carbide Execs Found Guilty For Bhopal Deaths
- Alaska Fights Cook Inlet Belugas' Endangered Status
- La. Judge Sells Oil Co. Bonds To Avoid Recusal
- Enviros Claim Wash. Dam Spill Laws Threaten Salmon
- Green Groups Appeal Toss Of NJ River Cleanup Suit
- Building And Marketing A Climate Change Practice
- DC Circ. Won't Rehear Calif. Emissions Challenge
- Clean-Tech Innovation Strong Despite Economy: Study
- Enviro Group Hits BP With CWA Suit Over Spill
- Nonsettling Enviro Case Parties May Intervene: 9th Circ.
- Jones Day Nabs Southern Calif.'s US Attorney
- EPA Tightens Standard On Sulfur Dioxide Emissions
- EPA Seeks Comments On New Pesticide Permit Rule
- Alaska DOT Settles Clean Water Act Violations
- Setting The Table To Settle The GHG Debate
- No BP Investor Payouts Until Spill Tab Is Known: Sens.
- Transocean Can't Cap Spill Liability At $27M: US
- Marathon Seeks Contempt Order In Asphalt Spill Case
- Green Group Loses Appeal Against Calif. Business Park
- Mirant Seeks To Nix Md. County Carbon Emissions Tax
- High Court Won't Hear LA's Case Over Biosolid Ban
- Ill. Lawmakers OK Water Quality Response Bill
- An Introduction To Cellulosic Biofuel Waiver Credits
- Consol To Pay $75M To Settle Suit Over Va. Mine
- Global Warming Case Tossed Over Lack Of Quorum
- WTO Criticizes Chinese Environmental Export Barriers
- Ex-US Atty Heads To Holland & Hart Energy Group
- DOJ Probing BP Spill For Criminal Violations
- Texaco, Unocal Severed From Suit Over Calif. Cleanup
- Mercury On The Move