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Environmental - March, 2011

248 articles

• Lloyd's, Others Sue Exxon Over NJ Cleanup Coverage
• Judge Voids DOI Logging Plan Withdrawal
• Mo. Looks To Rein In Farm Odor Nuisance Suits
• Sierra Club Wins Bid To Hold Up Kan. Power Plant
• House Passes Bill To Exempt Pesticides From CWA
• Corps Beats CWA Suit Over Puget Sound Energy Permit
• Cleanup Crews Say BP Spill Dispersants Made Them Ill
• Velsicol Settles Water Pollution Suit For $26.5M
• County To Sue Montana DOT Over 'Megaloads' Project
• 9th Circ. Affirms EPA's Calif. Auto Emissions Ruling
• CBD Wages War On Climate Change In Calif. Courts
• Fed. Circ. Vacates $5.8M Award In Ark. Flooding Suit
• Obama Aims To Slash Energy Imports
• Judge Approves Old GM's $36M EPA Deal, Liquidation
• NRC To Review Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage
• Pollution Agency Wins $11.7M Fight Over Oil Spill
• Clyde & Co. Gets 2 More Cozen Insurance Attys
• Shaping A Clean Energy Standard
• Calif. Renewable Energy Bill Heads To Gov.
• Mo. Court Affirms $11M Award Over Pig Farm Stench
• EPA Reverts To Stricter Ala. Air Pollution Rule
• EPA Power Plant, Factory Rule Aims To Save Fish
• Baker Hostetler Gains 17 Howrey Attys
• Insurer Sheds Claims Over Factory Cleanup Coverage
• Brockovich, Others Testify For Disease Clusters Bill
• EPA Wins Suit Over Veto Of $220M Miss. Flood Plan
• BP Bosses May Face Manslaughter Charges Over Blast
• An Ounce Of Prevention For Problems With No Cure
• 9th Circ. Affirms Calif. Shipping Fuel Rules
• High Court Won't Hear Joshua Tree Landfill Case
• 5th Circ. Says WQIS Must Pay $2M For La. Barge Spill
• 9th Circ. Upholds Smelt Protection Under ESA
• BP Engineer's Emails To Wife Not Privileged: Judge
• NY AG Targets Entergy Over Nuclear Power Plant Safety
• Judge Upholds Flying Squirrel Protections
• Sherman & Howard Adds Land Use Guru In Colo. Offices
• Judge Trims Enviro Claims Over Ex-Airbase Cleanup
• Canada Steps Up WTO Fight Over EU Seal Fur Ban
• Lloyd's Wants Stay Of Forest Fire Coverage Suit
• Asarco Wants Others To Help Cover $33M Calif. Cleanup
• Massey Triumphs In W.Va. Coal Dust Action
• EPA Touted Coal Ash Use Before Studying Risks: Report
• US Bans Live Bighead Carp Imports
• Combating Junior Lawyer Fallout — Part I
• Insurer Wins Toxic Water Suit Against Ill. Village
• Court Trims TVA Coal Ash Spill Class Action Claims
• Utah Counties Join Fight Over DOI Wild Lands Policy
• EPA Calls For Truce In Texas CAA Permitting Fight
• Gray Wolf ESA Settlement Illegal, Green Groups Say
• UGI Fights Victorian-Age Pollution Claim In 2nd Circ.
• Quebecor Exits Unilever Suit Over RI Superfund Cleanup
• Enviros Sue ICG Over Selenium From W.Va. Coal Mines
• Rising Star: Hunton & Williams' Tauna Szymanski
• NRC Launches Review Of US Nuclear Plant Safety
• Chesapeake Energy Project Halted Over Water Issues
• Md. House OKs Bill To Limit Marcellus Shale Drilling
• Insurer For Consultant Fights Chevron Suit Coverage
• Wis. High Court Rejects Challenge To Water Permit
• Rising Star: Winston & Strawn's Nash Long
• Calif. Appeals Court Allows Funding For $3B Tunnel Plan
• Corps Must Hand Over Emails In BNSF Rail Yard Fight
• Drill Pipe Blocked Deepwater Blowout Preventer: Report
• Get Ready For Conflict Minerals Reporting
• Costner Seeks Dismissal Of Suit Over $52M BP Deal
• US To Lease Wyo. Land For Coal Mining
• EU Court Adviser Says French Crop Ban Is Illegal
• Rising Star: Baker Botts' Scott Janoe
• Texas Says Gas Co. Not To Blame For Well Pollution
• GenOn Liable For Pollution In Pa. River, Judge Says
• US OKs 1st Post-Spill Deepwater Exploration Plan
• State AGs Urge EPA Action On Air Pollution Rule
• Asbestos Removal Co. Indicted For Improper Disposal
• DOE, States Battle Over Yucca Mountain In DC Circ.
• MoFo Adds Former Calif. Clean Energy Regulator
• Gas Co. Settles With EPA Over Saipan Emissions
• Raising The Bar For Mass. Utility Mergers
• BP Tries To Nix Deepwater Horizon Securities Suits
• Calif. Emissions Plan Breached State Law: Judge
• Rising Star: Beveridge & Diamond's Lily Chinn
• Enviros Sue USDA Over Monsanto Alfalfa Approval
• Supreme Court Won't Hear NJ Enviro Inspection Case
• Sierra Club Takes Aim At 3 Luminant Coal-Fired Plants
• No Superfund Coverage In Penn Policy: 4th Circ.
• 5 Marketing Lessons From Howrey's Graveside
• US Nuclear Agency Pledges Safety Review Of Reactors
• Trade Groups Want Say In EPA Pesticide Suit
• Exxon, Others To Pay $1.75M To Settle Enviro Claims
• 7-Eleven, Calif. Agency Settle Enviro MDL For $1.7M
• Lyondell Unit Settles Akzo's $74M Glidden Claim
• Gray Wolves Lose Some ESA Protection In Settlement
• Iowa Developer Pleads Guilty In Asbestos Disposal Case
• Bayer CropScience Abandons MIC Production In W.Va.
• Roundup Ready Sugar Beet Suit Sent To DC
• Rising Star: Best Best & Krieger's Chris Calfee
• St. Joe Wins Remand Of Transocean Suit Over Spill
• Ex-La. Official Pleads Not Guilty To Kickbacks
• US, Oil Cos. End Enviro Suit Over Water Pollution
• W.Va. Court To Hear 7 Cases In Massey Slurry Suit
• Berkshire Unit Bound By Coverage Settlement: Judge
• ComEd Off The Hook In Air Pollution Suit
• Obama Orders NRC To Probe US Nuclear Plant Safety
• Ky. Farm Owners Sue Army Corps Over Road Project
• 2nd Circ. Greenlights Chevron, Ecuador Arbitration
• US Says NuChrome Ignored Hazardous Waste Order
• Ex-Coke Plant Manager Admits To CWA Violations
• Blowout Preventer Co. Tries To Keep Device From BP
• DOE, NRC Say Japan Crisis Won't Alter Nuclear Policy
• Jackson Subjected To More Criticism Of EPA
• FWS Plans To Renew Polar Bear Take Rule
• Koch Paper Mill Violates CWA, Enviros Say
• Senate Bill Calls For Fracking Chemical Disclosures
• NJ Asks To Join Suit Over Nuclear Waste Storage Rule
• ADR — Mediation Vs. Arbitration
• Oil Spill Panel Calls For Industry Self-Policing
• EPA Proposes Lower Power Plant Mercury Emissions
• States, NYC Urge High Court To Allow GHG Suit
• The Global Impact Of Japan's Disasters
• 5th Circ. Stays Judge's Drilling Permit Orders
• EPA, Enviro Groups Seek To Stay ESA Pesticide Suit
• 5th Circ. Wipes Part Of EPA Factory Farm Permit Rule
• Attempts To Block EPA GHG Regs Advance In Senate
• Enviro Group, Calif. City Settle Sewage Spill Suit
• Ala. Power Triumphs In CAA Case Over Power Plants
• Senate Energy Chair Urges US Nuclear Safety Review
• Board Can Impose Enviro Terms On Mergers: DC Circ.
• Ill. Gov. Quinn Kills 2 Coal-To-Gas Plants
• Chevron Wins Contract Battle Over Lead In Calif.
• W.Va. DEP Seeks Sanctions On Pesticide Plaintiffs
• Take It Easy On Fracking
• Miss. Passes Carbon Capture, Sequestration Law
• 9th Circ. Affirms Coke Win In LA CERCLA Spat
• BP Joins Enviro Suit Over Oil Spill Response Plan
• 5th Circ. Denies Battery Recyclers' Fees Bid
• Fla. DEP, Others Sued Over Inlet Pass Closure
• Texas Bill Pushes Fracking Chemical Disclosures
• Asbestos Air Monitor's Conspiracy Acquittal Nixed
• Consol To Pay $5.5M Over CWA Violations
• 2nd Circ. Nixes Insurer's Appeal Of Spill Coverage
• Champion Seeks Quick Win In PCB Cleanup Suit
• US Weighs Nuclear Policy In Wake Of Japan Quake
• Virgin Islands Channel Not Exempt From CERCLA Claims
• The Evolution Of BACT Demonstrations For GHGs
• Honeywell To Pay $12M To Settle EPA Permit Case
• Texas Supreme Court Overturns Well Permit Grant
• EPA Administrator Warns Against Steep Budget Cuts
• Perkins Coie Adds 5 Bingham Enviro Attys In SF
• Va. Top Court To Hear AG Appeal For Climate Records
• Fed. Circ. Voids $60M Award In Nuclear Storage Suit
• Case Study: Precon V. US Army Corps Of Engineers
• Sierra Club Sues DOE Over Miss. Power Plant Funds
• Judge Won't Bar Yellowstone Bison Culling Amid Appeal
• US Won't Expand Water, Cow Emission Regs: EPA Chief
• Chevron Appeals $8.6B Enviro Judgment
• LA County Back On Hook For Watershed Pollution
• Forest Service Sued Over Oil Cos.' Mega-Load Highway
• Texas Insurer Ordered To Indemnify Sabic In MTBE MDL
• House Panel OKs Bill To Block EPA Action On GHGs
• Sens. Push Repeal Of Corn Ethanol Tax Credit
• Mo. City Pays $61K For Sludge, Wastewater Violations
• Judge Lets Industry Groups Join Energy Corridor Suit
• Winstead Nabs 4 K&L Gates Enviro Attys In Texas
• Senate Committee Weighs Energy Efficiency Changes
• A Green Bond Project Destined For Disaster?
• Not So Sweet 16
• Gulf Sens. Call For 1-Year Oil, Gas Lease Extensions
• Canadian Provinces Tighten Gas Extraction Regs
• Ariz. Senate Seeks To Reject US Air, Water Regulation
• Seafood Co. Settles US Pollution Claims For $1.9M
• Clinton Pushes Green Trade Efforts At APEC Forum
• Judge Halts Massey Unit's Coal Mine Development
• Alaska Tries To Upend Polar Bear Habitat Protections
• Windex Buyer Seeks Class Cert. In Fraud Action
• Utilities Contest US Nuclear Waste Fees In DC Circ.
• K&L Gates Brings On Stoel Rives Enviro Atty
• EPA Adds 10 Sites To Superfund List
• A Blow To Wind Energy
• US Faces Noise Complaint Over Texas Highway Plan
• Texas Court Clears NRG Power Plant Permits
• Ind. Appeals Court Keeps Public Sewer Action Alive
• EPA Settles With Mich., Enviros Over Ship Discharges
• Battery Co. Settles Ill. Cleanup Claims For $1.3M
• Scientists Clash In House Hearing To Ban GHG Regs
• BP Wants More Tests On Deepwater Blowout Preventer
• Updating NY's Environmental Assessment Forms
• US Fights Penalty Rate Ruling in Citgo Spill Suit
• EPA Proposes Clean Air Plan For 3 Okla. Power Plants
• Water Near Pa. Gas Drilling Sites Safe, Agency Says
• Judge Won't Force $92M In Exxon Valdez Payments
• DOJ Launches BP Oil Spill Task Force
• Chevron Wins Injunction On $8B Ecuador Judgment
• Court Upholds NRC Permits For Entergy Nuclear Plant
• Interior Department Appeals Drilling Permit Orders
• State Utilities Renew Bid In DC Circ. To Nix DOE Fee
• Pengo Nearing Settlement With Texas In CERCLA Suit
• Occidental Hit With $2M Tab In Turtle Bayou Fight
• Old GM Reaches $51M Settlement Over Enviro Claims
• 3 Green Groups Sue Over Texas Coal Plant Pollution
• Lockheed, Others Avoid Liability in Alumina Suit
• Streamlining Mich.'s Site Cleanup Process
• EPA Slaps Calif. Landfill Operator With CAA Suit
• Nev. Wind Farm Builder Intervenes In BLM Suit
• TI Says Gov't Should Pay $2M Superfund Tort Costs
• Minn. Gov. OKs Law To Cut Enviro Permit Red Tape
• NY Bill Encourages Fracking Chemical Disclosure
• US Clears BP In Atlantis Safety Probe
• La. Sues BP, Others For Deepwater Oil Spill Penalties
• INA Can't Dodge Newmont CERCLA Coverage Suit
• How States Are Spearheading Chemical Regulation
• Tracking Fracking In The Marcellus Shale
• House Bill Aims To Ramp Up US Energy Production
• Target Settles Calif. Toxic Waste Suit For $22.5M
• Appleton, NCR Told To Share $700M PCB Cleanup Cost
• Sacramento Sewer District Targeted In CWA Suit
• GOP Lawmakers Make Push To Eviscerate GHG Regs
• EPA Deal Over PG&E Plant OK'd Despite Protest
• NEC Sues Linde For $5.7M In Cleanup Costs
• GOP Sens. Aim To Curb EPA's Mine Permit Veto Power
• Lockheed, Calif. Airport Reach $2M Pollution Deal
• Exxon Wants US To Cover Cleanup Under WWII Contract
• Enviros To Sue Chicago Water District Over Pollution
• SF Faces ESA Suit Over Golf Course Operations
• Ark. High Court Knocks Down Gas Lease Challenge
• Exxon Fights $92M Alaska Oil Spill Claim
• Considering Cap-And-Trade Details In Calif.
• EPA Considers Cutting Back Idaho Superfund Plan
• Travelers Off Hook For PCB Cleanup Costs
• 4th Circ. Revives Dow Bid To Kill Pesticide Study
• Manufacturers Sue Travelers Over Pollution Coverage
• Clean Air Act Has Saved $1.2T, EPA Says
• Texas Developers Want Sanctions For CWA Suit
• Are Consumer Class Actions Coming To The EU?
• Hartford, First State Seek To Dodge MTBE Suit
• US Ordered To Act On ATP Drilling Permits
• Alaska Energy Cos. Sue DOI Over Polar Bear Habitat
• Calling For Clarity On Conflict Metals
• Industries Win Extension Of GHG Reporting Deadline
• Texas AG Nails Gulf Chemical With Pollution Charges
• Judge Backs State Regulators In Miss. Coal Plant Suit
• Honeywell Can't Shake NJ Chromium Class Action
• GOP Puts EPA Chief In Hot Seat Over Air Rules
• Insurer May Have Appealed Too Soon, 2nd Circ. Says
• Monsanto Seeks To Step Into Sugar Beet Venue Battle
• BP Tries To Nix Bevy Of Claims From Deepwater MDL
• Oil, Gas Revenue Tops List Of DOI Struggles, GAO Says
• Arch Coal To Pay $4M For Chemical Discharges
• Navy Fights To Shield Records In Whale Habitat Suit
• PRPs With Contribution Claims: Pay Up Or Skip Court
• Proving Causation For 'Increased Risk Of Cancer'