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Environmental - February, 2011

166 articles

• Pulte Faces Sanctions In Georgia Stormwater Suit
• Engine Importers To Pay $2M Over CAA Violations
• BP Spill Fund Accused Of Neglecting Victims
• Calif. Site Owners Appeal Exxon Win In Enviro Suit
• BLM Must Improve Oil, Gas Well Risk Oversight: GAO
• House Democrat Pushes EPA To Up Fracking Oversight
• High Court Won't Review Ban On NYC Hybrid Cab Rules
• 9th Circ. Overturns Order To Destroy Monsanto Beets
• Ex-La. Wildlife Commissioner Faces Bribery Charges
• Crucible Settles Honeywell, EPA Claims For $21M
• GAO Backs Resource's Protest Over DOI Contract
• Beveridge Seeks Quick Win In Pesticide FOIA Suit
• AIG Units Settle In Newmont Superfund Defense Row
• Va. Removes No-Discharge Zone From Chesapeake Bay
• Corn Growers Take Pesticide Limits To High Court
• Calif. Senate Passes Renewable Energy Bill
• Lilly To Pay Up To Resolve Air Emissions Suit
• EPA Moves Ahead With TSCA Regs Despite Limitations
• Sierra Club Sues EPA For Docs On Texas Power Plants
• An Exclusion That Can Cost You Millions
• Citgo Fined For Texas Refinery Explosion
• Petroleum Co. Hit With Enviro Suit Over NY Leakage
• NH Takes First Step In Repealing Cap-And-Trade
• DOC Climategate Report Clears NOAA Scientists
• EPA Advances Long-Awaited Hazardous Waste Regs
• NY Bill Seeks To Ban Fracking Until EPA Weighs In
• Massey To Create Medical Fund In W.Va. Slurry Suit
• Behind Closed Doors: Hurdles Juries Face
• Libya Unrest Spurs New Look At US Drilling
• Cardiff Fined $2.4M Over Illegal Waste Discharge
• EPA Shifts Focus Of Clean Water Act Regime
• EPA Sets Pollutant Regs On Boilers, Incinerators
• A Brave New World For Commercial Buildings
• Lyondell Unit Loses Fight Over $74M Glidden Claim
• US Drops Presidio Coverage Suit Against Zurich
• EPA Drags Feet On Clean Air Act Regulations
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Calif. Critical Habitat Suit
• EPA Seeks Approval Of NC Superfund Site Deal
• Boston Gas, Century Trim Pollution Coverage Row
• Supreme Court Declines Challenge Of Owl Protections
• Chartis Fights Coverage For Lubrizol Superfund Site
• Green Groups Sue W.Va. Miners Over Selenium Limits
• GHG Rules' Low Cost Won't Curtail Legal Storm
• Cement Co., Texas Cities Settle Green Policy Fight
• Escopeta Fights Endangered Listing For Alaskan Whales
• House Passes Measure To Make Arctic Drilling Easier
• EPA Proposes New Lead Smelting Pollution Rules
• Decision On $9B Chevron Judgment Delayed
• EPA Reaches $1.38M Deal Over Pa. Superfund Site
• Locke Lord Lures Green Tech IP Pro From Greenberg
• 'Winning The Future' With A CES
• Ford Wins Round In Battle Over PCB-Tainted Concrete
• Court Junks $6M MFS Verdict Against Pa. Regulators
• Gov't Must Act On Ensco Drilling Applications: Judge
• State Fines NYC $2.6M Over Muddy Water Discharge
• Fed. Circ. Revives Landowners' Water Rights Claims
• Spill Report Says BP Knew About Halliburton Trouble
• Determining The Fate Of AB 32
• NJ Takes Bid To Bar Del. River Dredging To 3rd Circ.
• GAO Targets Drilling Regulators On High-Risk List
• Salt Lake City Wins Intervention In Wetlands Suit
• Lawmaker Seeks To Block EPA Waivers For Ethanol Fuel
• Nev. Residents Sue BP, ARCO Over Mine Pollution
• US Gets Partial Win In Ohio Superfund Suit
• Leahy Calls Again For Stiffer CWA Penalties
• Refining Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Claims
• Corporate Counsel Applaud Enviro Standouts
• DOI To Take New Look At Oil Shale Rules
• Judge Greenlights Culling Of Yellowstone Bison
• States Challenge Nuclear Waste Storage In DC Circ.
• EPA Fines Calif. Biomass Plants Over Air Pollution
• Wind Farms And The Law Of The Sea
• Enviros Sue To Block $3B Ind. Highway Project
• Oakland Port Facility Can't Shake CWA Suit
• Judge Extends Bar On $8B Chevron Ecuador Ruling
• NC Asks High Court To Review $1B TVA Emission Ruling
• Judge Tosses Texas Power Line Suit Against Army Corps
• Enviro Group Accuses Siemens Of CWA Violations
• Ohio AG Hits BP With Class Action Over Pension Losses
• US Sued Over Lake Tahoe Basin Logging Project
• Obama's Enviro, Energy Cuts Fall Mostly On EPA
• Power Co. Makes Case To Jump Into Calif. Enviro Suit
• Ecuadorean Court Hits Chevron With $8B Judgment
• Funds Want Old GM Plan Blocked Over $369M Payment
• Lyondell Affiliate Battles $74M Glidden Claim
• Judge Allows Some Activities After TRO In Bayer Suit
• Cleantech's 'Sputnik Moment': What's Next?
• Enviro Group, EPA Settle Air Pollution Case
• Baker Hostetler Adds DC Enviro Practice Partner
• Garden State Jumps Into Edison Power Plant CAA Fight
• Possible $113B Award Barred In Chevron Ecuador Case
• USDA Unveils Newest Forest Planning Rule In 3 Decades
• Climate Change Disclosure Obligations For Insurers
• Metal Co. Partner Must Pay Up To $8.7M Over Cleanup
• House Revives Bill To Ban Radioactive Waste Imports
• Senators Unveil Bill To Overhaul Transit System
• Judge Bars Bayer From Reopening W.Va. Plant For Now
• Airport Can't Cut Trees Without Permit: 2nd Circ.
• US Fire May Have To Pay Superfund Costs: Lubrizol
• Cemex To Pay $3.4M Over Ohio Plant Pollution
• Judge Pares Enviro Claims Against Bridgestone, Others
• Growing Abuse Of The Absolute Pollution Exclusion
• Wis. Citizens Group Sues To Block Wind Farm
• Thinking Strategically About Petroleum Contamination
• Republicans Convene Hearing To Bash GHG Regs
• House GOP Calls For Deep FY 2011 Budget Cuts
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 2
• ORRCO Hits Pacific With $5M Contaminated Oil Suit
• EPA Unveils Draft Plan For Fracking Study
• King & Spalding Lands 14-Lawyer Filice Brown Team
• W.Va. Residents Sue To Stop Bayer Plant Reopening
• Chevron Wins TRO On $113B Ecuadorean Judgment
• Bouchard To Pay $4M Over NY Gas Spill
• BLM's Sale Of Oil, Gas Leases Draws Fire Again
• Republicans Ask High Court To Back Off Climate Change
• The Threat To Calif.'s Climate Change Efforts
• TIG Says Limits Reached On Gull Oil Pollution Claims
• Insurer Casts Doubt On Newmont Enviro Coverage Claim
• Allegheny May Face Suit Over W.Va. Plant Pollution
• US Faces Suit Over $124M Flood Control Project
• Reworking The NJ Renewables Framework
• Century Escapes Liability In Alumina Pollution Suit
• EU Legislators Get Behind S. Korea Trade Pact
• Caribbean Petro Plan Resolves Debts, Enviro Liability
• 2 NM Cities Balk At Navajo Water Rights Settlement
• Court Nixes Off-Road Vehicle Plan For Idaho Forest
• Former Pa. DEP Chief Joins Eckert Seamans
• Asarco Targets US Steel, Others Over Cleanup Costs
• The Necessity Of Rulemaking In CWA Jurisdiction
• US Taps 4 Coastal Areas For Offshore Wind Energy
• US, Canada Launch Regulatory Cooperation Council
• California Regulator OKs Pollution Offset Rules
• Senate Dems Propose Tougher Pipeline Safety Rules
• Lloyd's Demands Legal Records In Teck Coverage Suit
• Lyondell Ch. 11 Trust Settles Lead Claims For $8.7M
• DLA Piper Takes On Green Energy Co. Over Unpaid Bills
• When The Flood Valves Open ...
• EU Revives Bid For Blocwide Collective Actions
• CWM On Hook For $3.2M In Ohio Landfill Cleanup
• Chevron Gets Partial Discovery Win In Ecuador Case
• Industry, Enviros Push Senate To Revamp TSCA
• 9th Circ. Revives Barnum Suit Over Calif. Creek
• Shell Scraps Alaska Drilling Plans For 2011
• DOI Unveils Scientific Integrity Policy
• EPA Exempts Industrial Plants From New GHG Rules
• Will Obama's Regulatory Reform Change EPA?
• Law360 Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
• EPA Must Review Calif. Clean Air Plan: 9th Circ.
• Gowanus Superfund Site Could Pose Health Risk: EPA
• Pa. Enviro Groups Seek Removal Of Natural Gas Wells
• EPA Gets W.Va.'s Mining Permit Suit Sent To DC
• Final BP Spill Payouts To Double 2010 Losses
• DOI Details Structure Of 3 MMS Successors
• Sens. Want More Studies Of Chromium-6 Levels
• Oil Giants Conspiring To Discourage Biofuel, Suit Says
• The 'New Normal' In ESI Preservation Duties: Part 1
• 9th Circ. Vacates DOE Electrical Congestion Study
• Chevron Accuses Ecuadoreans' Atty Of Extortion
• US Told To Revamp Off-Road Rules For Mojave Desert
• Anadarko Reaches Deal With US On Tronox Docs
• Citgo To Fight $1.7M 7-Eleven Deal In MTBE Case
• Green Groups Sue Maine Dam Operators Over Salmon
• Colo. Mine Sparks Endangered Species Suit
• GOP Tries To Take Down GHG Rules With New Bill
• Check Your Specs
• Alaska Sens. Push Bill To Ban Genetic Frankenfish