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Environmental - November, 2010

148 articles

• Water Availability Could Limit Oil Shale Industry: GAO
• Green Groups Sue EPA Over Salmon Protections
• Texas Plant Needs Enviro Determination: 5th Circ.
• Greenpeace Targets Dow, Sasol In Espionage Suit
• NY Assembly Votes To Suspend Hydraulic Fracturing
• Cellulosic Ethanol Goal Put At 6.6M Gallons For 2011
• Supreme Court Refuses To Hear $11M CERCLA Claim
• Insurer Partially Beats Land O' Lakes Cleanup Suit
• High Court Denies Cert In Fla. Water Transfer Fight
• High Court Rejects Case Over Texas Waste Program
• BACT, In The Future
• US Investigators Say Transocean Isn't Cooperating
• Government Designates Polar Bear Critical Habitat
• CVS Settles Claims Over Discharges At Conn. Stores
• Massey Units Fail To Shake CWA Citizen Suit
• Sierra Club Wins Bid To Join DTE Power Plant Fight
• Propelling Offshore Wind Projects In NJ
• DuPont Reaches $70M Deal With Zinc-Smelting Plaintiffs
• DOI Moves To Jumpstart Offshore Wind Projects
• UGI Wins Exit From Frontier Suit Over Maine Cleanup
• USDA Proposes 14 Products For BioPreferred List
• Chesapeake Energy Vows To Remedy CWA Violations
• Global Warming Committee In Danger Of Elimination
• The Content Marketing Revolution
• Mass. OKs National Grid Offshore Wind Contract
• Ecuadoreans' Atty Told To Keep Docs In Chevron Case
• EPA Finalizes Carbon Sequestration Rules
• Wrong BP Spill Rate Estimates Hurt Response: Panel
• ARCO To Pay $7M For Couer D'Alene Cleanup
• Zen-Noh Aims To Block Permits For Nucor Plant
• Environmental Claims Get Harder To Discharge
• Union Pacific, EPA Near Deal In FOIA Suit
• Final Claims Subrogation Could Leave BP Big Winner
• EPA Delays Decision On E15 For Older Cars
• Syngenta Herbicide Suit Survives Dismissal Bid
• Sens. Seek To Renew Diesel Emissions Reduction Bill
• Feds Say Alaska Spill Violates BP's Probation
• The 21st-Century Law Firm
• Project Threatens Kangaroo Rat, Green Groups Say
• Fla. High Court OKs Everglades Land Deal
• Wildlife Service's Wyo. Wolf Rules No Good: Judge
• Enviros Sue EPA In Bid To Block Wash. Power Plant
• Ky. Power Co-Op Jumps Into Coal-Fired Plant Suit
• Review Of Texas Enviro Regulators Dodges Fed Fight
• NJ Balks At Liberty Offshore Natural Gas Plan
• Enviros To Appeal Del. River Dredging Project
• Wash. State May Be Liable for EPA Cleanup Costs
• Senate Moves To Prohibit Asian Carp Imports
• Navy Sued Over Guam Weapons Range Plan
• EPA Breaks Ground With Chesapeake Pollution Diet
• Exxon To Pay $25M To End Brooklyn Spill Suit
• Caltrans Stormwater Program Inadequate: EPA
• Cavalier BP Didn't Learn From Past Mistakes: Report
• EPA Calls Out 16 National Lead Hot Spots
• Truckin' (With Less Fuel)
• EPA Plans To Test More Potential Endocrine Disruptors
• Pittsburgh Bans Drilling On Marcellus Shale
• AIG Dropped From Energy Co.'s $29M Enviro Fight
• Enviro Groups Look To Intervene In W.Va. Mining Suit
• Puma Energy To Snag BP African Units For $296M
• DOI Approves Solar Trust Power Plant On Nev. Land
• Chevron Attys Face More Sanctions In Rain Forest Suit
• Pollution Claims Against Cabot Survive Dismissal Bid
• Fla. Green Groups Sue EPA Over Water Quality Regs
• A Potential Shield Against GHG Permits
• Bouchard Settles Federal, State Oil Spill Claims For $6M
• Gold Fields Sues US For Lead Claim Indemnification
• GOP Won't Sink Obama Drilling Policy, Attys Say
• Chartis Decries Enviro Settlement Under Tronox Plan
• Asarco, EPA Strike $2.4M Deal Over Blue Ledge Mine
• TSCA Reform: The Push For More Disclosure
• 2nd Circ. Rejects Atty's Stay Effort In Chevron Battle
• High Court Declines To Review Uranium Mining Case
• GAO Calls For More Flexible Oil Pollution Act
• US Loses 2nd Bid To Toss Camp Lejeune Water Suit
• Controlled Oil Burns Posed Few Health Risks, EPA Says
• New Salida Seeks Rehearing In Dirt Pollution Case
• Enviros Appeal NC Tree-Burning Order For Duke
• Swepco Plant Suit Heads To Ark. High Court Again
• Questioning The Legitimacy Of LEED
• Barton, Upton Jockey For Control Of Key Committee
• EPA To Set New Rules On Power Plant Pollution
• Greenpeace Seeks To Halt New Offshore Drilling In UK
• Polar Bear Ruling May Open Door For ESA Suits
• 10th Circ. Bars Foreign Waste From Utah Nuclear Site
• Green Group To Sue EPA Over Use Of Oil Dispersant
• EPA Orders Halliburton To Share Fracking Data
• DC Circ. Voids NJ Assumption Of Nuclear Oversight
• Insurer Freed From Paying Tanning Co. Defense Costs
• Wis. Court Lets Sentry Off Hook For Pond Cleanup
• Wire Maker To Pay $1.5M For Pollutant Dumping
• Lockheed, Goodyear, Others Settle Ariz. Landfill Claim
• Avoiding Greenwashing Litigation
• EPA Releases Guidance On GHG Permitting
• NYC Takes Hybrid Taxi Fight To Supreme Court
• USPTO Extends Green Patent Pilot Program
• Industry Groups Launch Suit Over EPA's E15 Decision
• White House Drilling Ban Edits Muddied Support: DOI
• Alternative Energy: Not In My Back Yard
• Chemtura To Pay $3M For Cleanup Of Calif. Sites
• US Wins Dismissal Of NJ Developer's Enviro Claim
• High Court Weighs Class Action Bans In Arbitration
• BP Culture Of Safety Must Be Reformed: Spill Panel
• Power Plant Wastewater Emissions Spark Enviro Suit
• Tesoro Explosion Subject Of EPA Criminal Probe
• 4th Circ. Tells W.Va. To Get Permits For Mine Cleanup
• How The Elections Could Impact The EPA
• No Direct Exchange Of Safety For Cost In BP Spill: Panel
• FirstEnergy Can't Shake $75M CERCLA Suit
• 9th Circ. Nixes Injunction Bid In Forest Fire Dispute
• Ex-Techsol President Sentenced To Home Detention
• DOJ Asks Court to Toss Alaska's Drilling Ban Suit
• 10 Appellate Tips From A Former Chief Justice
• EU Looks To Ban Detergent Phosphates By 2013
• 9th Circ. Gives Alaska Control Over Pollutant Permits
• Crowell Sues St. Paul, Others For Well Cleanup Costs
• Sierra Club, Mosaic Reach Partial Deal In Mine Suit
• Transocean To Share Findings Of Gulf Spill Probe
• La. Ship Firm To Pay $2.1M For Dumping Oil
• Nanoparticles: A New Mass Tort Frontier
• Top EPA Climate Adviser Steps Down
• Zurich Exits Coal Co.'s Pollution Coverage Suit
• Court Orders Interior Dept. To Review Polar Bear Listing
• W.Va. High Court Greenlights Drilling In State Park
• EPA's Proposed Labeling Regs On E15 Draw Furor
• Exxon, CBS Off Hook For $3.7M Pa. Landfill Cleanup
• Suit Over Arch Coal Mine In W.Va. Stayed Until Feb.
• EPA Fines Safety-Kleen Over PCB Violation
• USDA May Approve Genetically Modified Beets Again
• Elections Move Enviro Focus Out Of Congress
• NM To Join Regional Cap-And-Trade Program
• EPA Delays Enactment Of Stricter Smog Standards
• Chevron Intervenes In Enviro Drilling Suit Against DOI
• Judge Holds Firm On Ark. Power Plant Injunction
• Calif. Voters Reject Effort To Kill Climate Bill
• Lloyd's On Hook For Energy Co.'s Storm Damage Costs
• Quapaw Tribe Settles Tar Creek Superfund Fight
• DOT Warns Chevron Of Possible Fine For Utah Oil Spill
• Intervening To Oppose A CERCLA Consent Decree
• Idaho Court OKs Conoco Bid To Ship Refinery Parts
• EPA Sues Concrete Co. Over Wastewater Discharges
• BP Says Deepwater Horizon Spill Has Cost It $40B
• Asarco, US Near Agreement Over Superfund Costs
• Ohio, Mining Cos. Settle Chromium Pollution Suit
• Wash. Supreme Court Affirms Water Law Changes
• US Ordered To Revisit BHP Mining Permit In NM
• Tribe Tries To Dim Solar Project On Calif. Public Lands
• How The Biggest Industrial Bankruptcy Will Give Back