Environmental Archive » September, 2010

Environmental - September, 2010

171 articles

• 5th Circ. Moots Drilling Ban Challenge
• EPA Hits Exxon Mobil With RCRA Toxic Waste Fine
• Consumers Urge High Court To Uphold AT&T Ruling
• BP To Pay Record $15M Fine Over Texas Refinery
• Greek Shipping Co. Fined $700K In Oil-Dumping Case
• DOI Releases New Offshore-Drilling Safety Rules
• New Hope Power Wins Suit Over 'Wetlands' Definition
• US Too Dependent On China For Minerals, Sens. Told
• 3M, DuPont, Solutia Sink Water Contamination Suit
• Senate Bill Aims To Expand Liability For Oil Spills
• Sierra Club Wants In DTE Power Plant Emissions Suit
• MTBE Contamination Battle Spreads To Mo.
• Pollution Suit Against RRI Energy Unit Gets New Life
• Murphy Oil To Spend $145M Over Refineries' Pollution
• Salazar To Decide Future Of Drilling Ban After Report
• FWS Will Redraw US Map To Battle Global Warming
• Target Ordered To Stop Dumping Toxic Waste In Calif.
• Gunnison Sage-Grouse Denied Endangered Listing
• Boeing, US To Pay $3.3M To Settle Fresno Airport Suit
• EPA Takes Aim At Mercury Waste From Dental Offices
• US V. Magnesium Corp. — Don't Panic
• EPA Slaps 4 Ethanol Plant Operators With CAA Suit
• Measure To Bar EPA Carbon Rules Stalls In Senate
• How To Structure An Airtight Class Action Deal
• NYC Creek Among 7 Sites Added To Superfund List
• Covanta Settles CAA Suit Over NJ Incinerator
• Salazar's Vision Countered With Skepticism At Hearing
• CalPortland Settles Clean Air Permit Allegations
• Alliant Unit Sued Again Over Wis. Power Plant Pollution
• Fla. Maritime Co., 3 Men Guilty In Oil Records Case
• Judge OKs Chemtura's $38M Fund For Enviro Claims
• Tronox Wins Green Light For Disclosure Statement
• The Assault On § 107 Cost Recovery Claims
• Evanston Off Hook For Chemical Spill Coverage
• Ritzy Newport, RI, Hit With Sewage Overflow Suit
• FWS Withdraws Lexam Drilling Project Approval
• 9th Circ. Denies Rehearing On Asarco Land Swap
• EPA Prescribes Pollution Diet For Chesapeake Bay
• EPA Hacks Away At $2B Idaho Superfund Case
• Calif. Passes 33% Green Energy Rule
• Enviro Calls Out EPA On Overdue BP Plant Decision
• 10th Circ. Refuses To Halt Utah Mining Permit Process
• Chevron, Others To Pay $2M For Calif. Cleanup
• CSX Agrees To $9M Cleanup Of Fla. Superfund Site
• Ecuadoreans Argue Against Chevron Probe Into Atty
• EPA Working On Final Pesticide Permit: Jackson
• Wal-Mart Probes Whether Rivals Funded Enviro Suits
• Rohm & Hass Superfund Suit Time-Barred: Judge
• Drilling Ban Threatens Obama's OMB Chief Nominee
• 9th Circ. Restores Forest Service Rules
• BP Seeks To Speed Up Venue Ruling In Coverage Spat
• Getty Settles MTBE Claims In 27 Lawsuits
• Enbridge To Pay Up To $60M Over Chicago Oil Spill
• Senate Panel Clears 2 US Attys, 7 Judges
• Bankrupt Chemtura To Pay $10M For Pa. Cleanup
• Green Group Tries To Block Ariz. Gas Pipe Repairs
• Chevron Wins Bid To Depose Consultant In Enviro Suit
• US Needs Green Energy Incentives, House Panel Told
• Bayer Unit Strikes Deal Over W.Va. Enviro Violations
• Essex Off Hook For Fla. Developer's $19M Settlement
• 10th Circ. Keeps Tribe Out Of Tyson Poultry Waste Suit
• 7 Tips For Deposing A Class Rep
• Case Study: Ellen Smith And Inco
• Sens. Push For Renewable Energy Standard
• 5th Circ. Leaves Celanese On Hook For $4.6M Cleanup
• Fla. Appeals ESA Ruling In Tri-State Water Wars
• Vectren Unit, Others To Pay $4.3M Over Ind. Cleanup
• EPA Pushed To Rein In Locomotive Emissions
• Mining Group Seeks Halt To Tighter EPA Permit Rules
• Calif.'s Bold New Green Chemistry Regulations
• 7 Tips For Maximizing Your Time Before The JPML
• BP Fights Insurers Over Venue For Gulf Coverage Spat
• Judge Throws Out Suit Over 9/11 Pollution Claims
• Insurers On Hook For College's Defense In CERCLA Suit
• DOJ Drops Plan For New Case Management System
• US Appeals $68.8M Hit In Aviation Fuel Case
• Chevron Asks To Join Fight Over Seismic Surveys
• How To Stem Risks In Sea Of Uncertainty Over Drilling
• Meridian Settles EPA Suit Over Abandoned Waste
• Chemtura Settles Union, Environmental Claims
• Brooklyn Oil Refiner To Pay $1.5M For EPA Cleanup
• Judge Quashes Beryllium Toxic Tort V. Alcoa, Others
• 9th Circ. Affirms Bar On Review Of CWA Orders
• EPA Launches Pollution Probe Of Texas BP Refinery
• Senate Votes Down Biodiesel Tax Credit Extension
• US Withholding Docs On BP Spill Rates, Enviro Claims
• Discovery Closed In $27B Enviro Suit Against Chevron
• Tipping The Balance Against Retroactive NSR Action?
• Mexican States Join In Deepwater Horizon Litigation
• Consol To Pay $1.4M To End Coal Mining Pollution Suit
• NM Uranium Mining Case Appealed To High Court
• SC River Cleanup To Exceed Contract Costs, GAO Says
• GE, Enviros Press For Renewable Energy Bill Passage
• Honeywell, Others To Pay $1.9M In Va. Superfund Suit
• CERCLA Deal Can't Shield Sherwin-Williams: 9th Circ.
• EPA Scraps Climate Leaders Program On GHGs
• Texas, Manufacturers Want Halt Of EPA's GHG Rules
• 9th Circ. Finds Calif. Railroad Pollution Laws Preempted
• Who Rules The Roost? CWA Liability After Md. Ruling
• 5th Circ. Revives Washington Group Katrina Claims
• DOI Orders Energy Cos. To Decommission 'Idle Iron'
• Sierra Club, Chamber Sue EPA Over Texas Air Quality
• La. Goes After Transocean Over Deepwater Horizon
• 9th Circ. Limits Electronic Search In MLB Steroid Case
• Pa. Families Sue Over Alleged Fracking Contamination
• US Moves To Compel Zurich To Testify In Presidio Case
• Salazar And Far-Reaching Changes At BOEMRE
• DOT Pledges Higher Fines For Pipeline Safety
• Chevron Settles Suit Over Oil Leakage In Calif.
• BP, Others Want Deepwater Claims Sent To Escrow 1st
• DOI Wants Extra $66M To Fund Offshore Drilling Reform
• Mirant Can't Escape Md. Landfill Leaching Suit
• JBS Unit To Pay $2M Over Pa. Water Discharges
• When Cloud Computing Meets E-Discovery Obligations
• DOJ Expects To Bring Civil Suit Over Gulf Spill
• EPA To Review Deregulation Of Hazardous Waste
• Report Highlights Climate Risk To 17 Arctic Species
• Archer Daniels Sued Over 'Noxious' Iowa Plastics Plant
• Chemtura To Pay $3.8M Over NC Cleanups
• Japan Fights Canada's Solar Power Subsidies At WTO
• Sustaining Renewable Energy And Carbon Markets
• Shipyard Deal Brings End To Wash. Contribution Case
• 9th Circ. Nixes Challenge To Calif. Gas Pipeline
• EPA Reaches Deal To Act On Phoenix Air Plan
• Fed. Circ. Revives Wind Energy Patent Dispute
• Enviros Seek To Halt Monsanto's Modified Beet Seeds
• Sierra Club Sues Alliant Unit Over Wis. Power Plants
• Is Fracking The Next MTBE (Or Worse)?
• Green Groups Sue EPA Over Air Quality Standards
• Teknor Apex Exits RI Superfund Litigation
• Alaska Gov. Says DOI Illegally Banned Arctic Drilling
• EPA Taps Energy Firms For Fracturing Data
• KBR Can't Squelch Burn Pit Litigation
• Enviro Denied Quick Win In PG&E Water Pollution Spat
• Exxon Refinery Sued Over Dust Cloud Release In La.
• Ill. Law Too Vague To Sustain CAA Suit: 7th Circ.
• Inside The EPA: A Few Words With Lisa Jackson
• 8th Circ. Upholds Pollution Exclusion For Scottsdale
• Ind. Enviro Head To Lead Fight Against Asian Carp
• Exxon To Pay Up To $5.5M For La. Superfund Site
• National Coal Settles Suit Over Selenium Discharges
• DOI Urges Higher Fines On Offshore Drilling Violations
• Financing Offshore Wind Development
• BP Spreads Blame For Deepwater Horizon Disaster
• 10th Circ. Reverses $1B Ruling Against Dow, Rockwell
• Patton Boggs Lures Thompson Green Energy Chair
• Exxon Can't Escape $105M Verdict In MTBE Suit
• Moraine, Ethyl End Paper Mill Cleanup CERCLA Spat
• Establishing A North American Clean Energy Beachhead
• US To Pay MeadWestvaco $2M For Coke Plant Cleanup
• Industry Urges High Court To Nix Global Warming Suit
• Most Admired Attys: Bainbridge's Alfred 'Buddy' Smith
• EPA Orders Port Of Tacoma To Restore Wetlands
• Chevron Wins Bid To Seek Info For Attys' Defense
• G&K Cops To Criminal Violations Of CWA
• Sierra Club Sues Luminant Over Power Plant Emissions
• Bush-Era Grazing Rights Violate NEPA, 9th Circ. Rules
• The Potential For Carbon-Free Energy Via Biotech
• Most Admired Attys: GE's Rod McLaren
• Calif. OKs Bill To Streamline Environmental Review
• 9th Circ. Upholds Fine Against Medical Incinerator
• Suit Over DOI's Nixing Of Drilling Leases Time-Barred
• Rig Fire Adds Fuel To Drilling Controversy
• Judge Won't Moot Challenge To Drilling Ban
• Dallas Cabbies Lose Bid To Enjoin Natural Gas Rule
• Mobil Class Suit Stays In Mariana Islands Federal Court
• Patriot Told To Pay $45M Over Selenium Discharges
• Most Admired Attys: Hunton & Williams' Bill Brownell
• Mass. High Court OKs Controversial $1B Wind Farm
• Squire Sanders Adds Jackson Kelly Enviro Attys
• Case Study: Westport Insurance V. Appleton Papers