Environmental Archive » June, 2011

Environmental - June, 2011

192 articles

• Tortoises Can't Outrun Mojave Solar Project: Judge
• Judge Upholds FWS 'Threatened' Polar Bear Designation
• US Gets Power Plant Haze Pollution Suit Tossed
• NY Enviro Agency Says State Should Lift Fracking Ban
• Calif. Defers Cap-And-Trade Compliance To 2013
• Developer, Green Mountain Settle Suit Over Toxic Site
• Sens. Question EPA On Air Quality Regs For Texas
• Asbestos Scheme Bros. To Be Resentenced: 2nd Circ.
• The Nuances Of 'Nano' In Pesticide Products
• Sioux Falls Settles Sewer Overflow Suit for $2M
• ICG Wins Dismissal Of Enviros' Selenium Discharge Suit
• Green Groups Threaten Ky. Coal Cos. With CWA Suit
• 9th Circ. Boots Challenge To Calif. Clean Air Plan
• Wyo. Judge Orders DOI To Stop Drilling Lease Delays
• 9th Circ. Nixes Securities Fraud Claim Against BP
• Settlement Saves Historic Seattle Fed Building For Now
• 11th Circ. Vacates Limit On Ga.'s Reservoir Access
• Q&A With Taft's Jackie Bennett
• Enviros Fail To Force Review Of BNSF Rail Yard Project
• Sierra Club Can't Join US Spill Suit Against BP: Judge
• ATP Demands US Extend Gulf Drilling Lease
• Judge Won't Revisit Grand Canyon Uranium Mine Ruling
• AEP V. Conn.: Empty Victory For Corporate Defendants?
• Q&A With Bingham's Jim Dragna
• BNSF, Union Pacific Not Liable For Pollution: 9th Circ.
• Enviro Tries To Halt Mojave Solar Project
• Morgan Stanley Can't Shake Suit Over $81M Loan
• Homebuilders Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Standards
• High Court Takes Up Landowners' Fight Over CWA Order
• Sen. Blocks NRC Confirmation Over Nuclear Plant Row
• NY Suit Challenges Regional Carbon Trading Program
• EPA, Coast Guard To Coordinate On Vessel Pollution
• Calif. Appeals Court Stays Cap-And-Trade Roadblock
• Gauthier Gets No Coverage In Baldwin Suit: Insurer
• GHG Reporting Rules Pushed Back For Oil, Gas Cos.
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Kevin Bruno
• GE Settles In $30M Radioactive Cleanup Suit
• CAE Hits Former Neighbors With $2.1M CERCLA Suit
• Alaskan City Accused Of Flood Of Wastewater Violations
• Negligence Claim Stays In San Diego's Pollution Suit
• Calif. Road Project Halted Over Impact On Frogs, Snakes
• Farmers Ask High Court To Hear Smelt Protection Suit
• Old, New GMs To Pay $7.4M To Mercury Program
• EPA Sets New Time Table For Boiler Air Standards
• BP, Transocean Fight Over Who Keeps Blowout Preventer
• Developing The Marcellus Shale
• DC Circ. Won't Review EPA Medical Incinerator Rule
• How To Make It Rain By Marketing Individual Lawyers
• States Balk At EPA Push For Water Nutrient Limits
• DOE Tries To Nix TI's $2M Nuclear Waste Suit Again
• Rig Worker's Attys Defend 5th Amendment Move In BP MDL
• NRC Staff Slam Chairman Over Yucca Mountain Decision
• House Panel OKs Bill To Let States Set Water Rules
• Ohio House OKs Bill To Allow Major Lake Erie Withdrawals
• Canada-US Oil Pipeline Bill Passes House Committee
• BOEMRE: No Rules Planned For Offshore Contractors
• ATP Sues For DOI Action On Drilling Permits
• Deferring To The Executive Branch On Global Warming
• JFE Wins Contract Claims In Enviro Cleanup Suit
• Enviro Group Threatens To Sue EPA Over Black Carbon
• Enviros Can Challenge $4M Arch Coal Settlement: Judge
• House Passes Bill To Ease Offshore Drilling Review
• Ecuadoreans Ask 2nd Circ. To Stay Chevron Case
• Deepwater Worker's Attys Face Sanctions In BP MDL
• Enviro Co. Denied Payment In Kickback Case
• Introducing Class Actions In Mexico
• Sherwin-Williams Sued Over Pollution Cleanup
• EPA Bumps Up Renewable Fuel Standards For 2012
• House Panel Passes Coal Ash Bill
• Transocean Says BP Lapses Caused Deepwater Disaster
• Greif Must Pay Cleanup Costs From Asset Deal: 5th Circ.
• 4th Circ. Lets GenOn Challenge Md. County Carbon Tax
• DC Judge OKs $3.4B Deal In Indian Royalty Fight
• NRG Asks 2nd Circ. To Nix Forum Fight In Enviro Row
• Massey Units Lose Bid To Appeal Orders In Selenium Suit
• Enviros Sue Army Corps Over Calif. Tree Removal Plan
• Weatherford To Pay BP $75M For Deepwater Spill
• Lawyers Weigh In On AEP V. Conn.
• DOI Weighs Ban On New Grand Canyon Uranium Mining
• Texas Gas Co. Can't Exit Suit Over EPA Order
• Baldwin Barred From Rabobank Info In BP Deal Suit
• Ky. Mining Pollution Suit Filed Too Late: Appeals Court
• Golf Club Asks 2nd Circ. To Re-Tee Pitney Bowes Suit
• Texas 1st To Require Fracking Chemical Disclosure
• Talking 'Timely' Removal In Multidefendant Litigation
• High Court Limits GHG Nuisance Claims In AEP Ruling
• BP Spill Judge Drops Third-Party Enviro Claims
• Greenpeace Head Jailed In Arctic Drilling Protest
• Peru OKs Green Reforms As Part Of US Trade Deal
• Kiss My Face, 25 Others Sued Over 'Organic' Labels
• Ship Engineer Gets 6 Months In Oil Discharge Case
• Evolving Environmental Risks From Wilder Weather
• DC Circ. Won't Force FDA's Hand On Bid For BPA Ban
• EU Unveils Rules To Reinforce Emissions Trading System
• U2 Guitarist's Malibu Development Permits Denied
• Seattle, Port To Pay $33M To Clean Superfund Site
• Wis. Can Implement EPA Air Pollution Rules: 7th Circ.
• 1st Circ. Says Toolmaker Needs Permit To Modify Dam
• ConocoPhillips Unit Sues Trucking Co. Over PCB Cleanup
• US Sues ConocoPhillips For Texas Navy Plant Cleanup
• Senate Grills NRC Over Yucca Mountain, Vt. Power Plant
• Beef Co. Pays $1.3M Over Neb. River Pollution
• Senate Votes To End $6B In Ethanol Subsidies
• Inside Smith V. Bayer
• Calif. Utility Fails To Block Water Slowdown
• Judge Overturns Sundown Win In Spill Coverage Fight
• High Court Greenlights W.Va. Class Bid In Baycol Fight
• Tenn. Nuke Plants Caused Cancer, Property Damage: Suit
• EU Committee Calls For Wider Detergent Phosphate Ban
• House Panel Backs Bill To Speed Up Keystone Pipeline
• DOJ Fights Cleanup Co.'s Latest Bid In Kickback Case
• EPA Wrongly Cleared Use Of Rodenticide, Judge Rules
• Principles For Regulating Nanotech
• DOE Can't Nix $2.1M Suit Over Radioactive Landfill Costs
• EPA Head Defends Benefits Of CAA Regulations
• Q&A With Beveridge & Diamond's John Guttmann
• La. Ordered To Revise Water Pollution Permit
• Republicans Target NRC Head's Yucca Closure Actions
• Senate Blocks Move To End $6B In Ethanol Subsidies
• 7th Circ. Revives Landfill Suit Against Trash Hauler
• Judge Nixes NEPA Suit Over W.Va. Dam
• Award Upped To $92M In DOE Spent Fuel Removal Suit
• EPA Delays Emissions Rule Under Industry Pushback
• Judge Rules Hardship No Excuse For Ignoring Cleanup
• Carnival Hit With Enviro, Nuisance Suit Over SC Ships
• Uncertainty Over Policy Fuels Wild Lands Litigation
• EPA Emissions Rules Won't Hurt Power Supply: Report
• The Fate Of Global Warming Nuisance Suits
• Hecla Settles Idaho Superfund Suit For $263M
• Judge Won't Bar Northrop's State Enviro Suit V. Reuland
• Exxon Strikes Deal In Enviro Group's Waste Suit
• Calif. Utility Sues US Over Water Agreement
• Judge Trims NY Superfund Suit Against Dow, Others
• LA Can Dump Biowaste In Kern County For Now: Judge
• Lloyd's Off Hook For Coal Pollution Coverage: 6th Circ.
• AEP To Close 5 Coal Plants Because Of EPA Rules
• NRC Boss Slammed Over Nuclear Waste Safety Report
• BNSF, Dow Win $4.6M Over Calif. Cleanup
• King & Spalding Adds 2 Radiation Attys In DC
• The Coming Wars: Energy, Environment And Business
• La. Wastewater Co. Owner Gets 33 Months In CWA Case
• Bid To Nix Sears' Oil Spill Suit Fails
• Cos. Brace For Calif. Green Chemistry Program
• 11th Circ. Must Ban Shell's Gulf Drilling, Groups Say
• Dutch Court Enjoins Greenpeace Arctic Oil Protest
• Mad Scientists In The 'Laboratories Of Democracy'
• US Ducks Suit Over Mont. Wildfire Mitigation Project
• Enviros Threaten Suit Over San Joaquin Water Pollution
• Judge Wrongly Nixed Air Quality Suit: NRDC To 9th Circ.
• EPA Hits Plastics Maker Polar With CAA Suit
• EU Lawmakers Cite Enviro Worries On Canada Trade Deal
• Solvent Schemes Come To America
• US Review Of TransCanada Pipeline Not Enough: EPA
• Judge Won't Toss CAA Baytown Suit Against Exxon
• Kevin Costner Can't Shake Suit Over $52M BP Deal
• NY Assembly Backs Extension Of Fracking Ban
• CalChamber Loses Appeal Over Prop. 65 Chemicals List
• Sewage Board, Insurer Settle Coverage Dispute
• Regulating The Environment Through The Courts
• Enviro Group Seeks To Derail Wis. Highway Expansion
• Judge Bars Intervenors From EPA Pesticide Suit
• GenOn Pays $5M To End Suit Over Pa. River Pollution
• States Ask DC Circ. To Nix EPA's GHG Regs
• Lessons From Another Stinging Scalia Dissent
• Asarco Hits EPA With 2nd FOIA Suit Over Superfund Site
• High Court Declines To Hear CERCLA Due Process Case
• Neb. Supreme Court Reverses State Basin Water Ruling
• Pan Am To Pay $1.5M To Settle Tar Cleanup Claims
• Home Depot Hit With $30M Suit Over High-VOC Paint
• Green Group's Suit Seeks Removal Of Wisconsin Dam
• Downey Taps Land Use Pros For San Francisco Office
• DOI Unveils Plan To Ease Offshore Drilling Permitting
• Calif. City Settles Water Board's Sewer Overflow Claims
• Strategies For Avoiding Calif.'s Prop 65 Trap
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Is Still Alive, Despite Delays
• Q&A With Blank Rome's Joseph Speelman
• Ecuadorean Court Tosses Case Against Chevron Lawyers
• Cairn Seeks €2M Per Day For Greenpeace Disruptions
• Offshore Oil Watchdog Head Defends Drilling Rules
• Superfund Kickback Conspirator Hit With House Arrest
• NRA, Idaho Lose Bid To Intervene In Wolf ESA Suits
• Union Pacific Settles Omaha Superfund Case For $25M
• The Trouble With Atmospheric Public Trust Claims
• Refinery Groups Sue EPA Over Emissions Data Request
• Ex-La. Official Cops To Kickback Conspiracy
• Tribe Can't Force Mining Co. To Pay EPA Fines: 9th Circ.
• Occidental Wins Rehearing Of Peru Pollution Suit
• Okla. Seeks To Block EPA's Haze Control Plan
• New Federal Rule Strengthens Green Acquisition Practices
• House Spending Bill Disregards Yucca Mountain Shutdown
• Implications Of NEDC V. Brown
• Judge Splits Chevron's $18B Amazon Pollution Fight