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Environmental - June, 2010

198 articles

• 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