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Environmental - July, 2011

193 articles

• DOI Accused Of Interfering With Scientist's Enviro Work
• Wash., SC Sue NRC To Force Yucca Nuclear Decision
• A Bird's-Eye View Of Wind Power
• DOE Set To Begin Talks On New Transformer Rules
• Dow To Pay $2.5M Over Enviro Violations, US Says
• Judge Says US Can't Force Appleton Into Cleanup Work
• Obama Unveils Ambitious Fuel Efficiency Standards
• BP Claims Adjusters Denied Class In Wage Action
• Insurers Fight Coverage For Drummond Pollution Claims
• Caterpillar To Pay $2.55M Over Engine Exhaust Systems
• EPA Proposes New Fracking Rules To Cut Pollution
• Fishermen, Others Reach Deal Over Miss. River Oil Spill
• EPA Backs CAA Emission Fees Program
• River Group Sues EPA Over NJ Storm Water Enforcement
• Q&A With Steptoe & Johnson's Lawrence Riff
• Fast-Tracking Nev. Wind Farm Construction
• Building Your Own Business Development Plan
• Enviro Group Can Join Emissions Suit: NM High Court
• Climate Activist Gets 2 Years For Oil Lease Scheme
• House Scraps Extinction Rider In DOI Budget Bill
• House Panel OKs Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bill
• Enviro Group Sues To Stop Christo Art Installation
• Q&A With Orrick's Chris Vejnoska
• Massey Settles 7-Year Coal Slurry Mass Tort
• 9th Circ. Lets Enviros Intervene In Snowmobile Suit
• Debating Shale Development In NY
• Groups Call For Overhaul Of Cell Tower Safety Regs
• Coverage Remains At Issue In Factory Cleanup Suit
• Occidental Must Cover $4B River Cleanup, Judge Says
• Oil Groups Take EPA Rule Challenge To High Court
• EPA To Miss Deadline For New Smog Standards
• DOE Seeks More Public Input On Uranium Mining Plans
• NuChrome, US End Fight Over Hazardous Waste Storage
• Financing Solar Renewable Energy Projects
• DC Circ. Nixes Protest Of EPA Ship Discharge Permit
• Chevron Settles Puerto Rico Enviro Suit For $5.8M
• 9th Circ. Won't Block Lake Tahoe Logging Project
• Lawmaker Pushes Bill To Revamp DOI Offshore Oversight
• Swepco Settles Some Suits Over Ark. Power Plant
• EPA Tries To Put Brakes On Ethanol Gas Misfueling
• BP Accused Of Coercing Deepwater Settlements
• EPA Acted Irresponsibly On Anacostia Pollution: Judge
• Pa. Panel Unveils Plans For Shale Gas Development
• Utility, NM Board Colluded To Repeal Emissions Cap: Suit
• US Delays Deepwater Horizon Report
• 9th Circ. Won't Revive Hunters' Trophy Import Suit
• EPA Didn't Need Public Review Of Ship Permit: DC Circ.
• Massey Asks Panel To Bar Evidence In Slurry Case
• Great American Hits Pacific With Flood Coverage Suit
• GOP Questions Depth Of New Yucca Mountain Report
• 10th Circ. Says Enviros Can't Block Gas Drilling
• Enviros' Suit Over Wash. Road Shut Down For Good
• Air Pollution Prevention Agencies — 2 If By Sea
• EPA Finalizes Mountaintop Mining Guidance
• Sens. Block Vote On Offshore Drilling Safety Bill
• Ultra Petroleum Hit With CAA Suit Over Marcellus Wells
• Sens. Seek To Give EPA More Time On Boiler Rules
• Antero Drilling Pollution Harms Colo. Residents: Suit
• EPA Hit With Lawsuit Over San Joaquin Valley Smog
• NYC Slow To Remove PCB-Leaking Lights In Schools: Suit
• AIG Unit, Hexion Shift Explosion Coverage Claims To Ohio
• BP Gulf Spill Fund To Be Independently Audited
• Pa. Sewage Plant Faces Suit Over Shale Waste
• Locke Urges US To Take Action On Icelandic Whaling
• NOAA Can't Handle 2 Oil Spills At Once, Official Says
• Bill Seeks To Exempt US Airlines From EU Emissions Plan
• Katten Nabs Bingham Atty To Co-Head Enviro Group
• BP Loses Bid For Obama Aides' Emails
• PGE Settles Enviro Groups' Suit Over CAA Violations
• DOT Probe Into Yellowstone Oil Spill Too Slow: Senator
• Withdrawal Of Landmark Ruling On Metadata Production
• Citing Dukes, Mich. Judge Bars Class In Dow Dioxin Suit
• NJ City Agrees To Pay $52M To Fix Sewers
• Insurer Must Face Timber Co.'s Suit Over Wildfire
• Anadarko Loses Bid To Split Tronox Spinoff Suit
• Region III Admin To Take Over NRC Materials Office
• EU-Wide Biofuel Sustainability Measures Adopted
• States Underreport Drinking Water Violations: GAO
• DOE Official Defends Shale Gas Projections In Senate
• NY Judge Refuses To Toss Freeport McMoRan Suit
• EPA Hit With Suit Over Ozone Pollution In Calif.
• US Liable Under CERCLA For Defense Site Cleanup
• Entergy Fails To Block Vt. From Closing Plant
• Army Corps Dodges Ky. CWA Mining Permit Suit
• Tenaris Fined For Failure To Report Chemicals
• DOE Contractor Rigged $4.8M Subcontract, Suit Claims
• EPA To Run New Asbestos Tests On Mont. Wood Chips
• Kilpatrick Adds 2 Enviro Attys In DC
• 2nd Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Omya Contamination Suit
• Dems Question Safety Of Keystone Pipeline Proposal
• ESA Suits Over Dam Operations Should Proceed: Judge
• 9th Circ. Greenlights Nev. Wind Farm Construction
• Exxon, Ford, Others Sued Over Chicago Superfund Site
• Environmental Considerations For Loan Transactions
• Sierra Club Attacks EPA's Stay On Emissions Rules
• 9th Circ. Undoes Navy's Immunity In Child Injury Case
• US Settles Consumers Energy Nuke Waste Suit For $120M
• House Bill Aims To Give States Enviro Review Power
• Superfund Defendant Sanctioned For Destroying Docs
• Federal Agencies Call For Biobased Contract Reporting
• BP Wins Dismissal Of RICO Claims In Spill Suit
• Pengo Settles US, Texas Radioactive Waste Claims
• Chevron Settles With Maine Over Decades-Long Oil Leak
• DOT Bigwig Seeks Stricter Pipeline Safety Bill
• Country Club Says DuPont Herbicide Destroyed Trees
• BP Standards Could Be Model For New Rules: BOEMRE
• Freeport-McMoRan Reaches Deal Over 2008 Ariz. Spill
• Litigation Reform Impacts On Environmental Cases
• House Doubles Funds For Yucca Mountain Permit Review
• Exec Says Exxon Had No Idea Pipeline Was Unsafe
• Calif. High Court Reinstates City's Plastic Bag Ban
• Wind Generators — Transmission Owners And Operators
• 8th Circ. Upholds Injunction On Ark. Power Plant
• Mesa Targets Ontario Green Energy Rules In NAFTA Suit
• Using Financial Information In Settlement Negotiations
• IRIS Process Faces Changes Amid Credibility Attacks
• Atlantic Yards Needs New Enviro Review: NY Judge
• House Passes Bill Limiting EPA Water Authority
• NY Fracking Rules Could Spur Local Legal Battles
• DOE To Settle With 139 Manhattan Project Plaintiffs
• House Panel Passes Bills To Spark Energy Development
• Ameren Contractor Claims Breach For Enviro Warnings
• Tort Pro Joins Napoli Bern As Name Partner
• CPSC Seeks To Lower Lead Limit For Toys
• BP Fund Czar Denies Dodging Miss. AG's Subpoena
• Texas Refineries To Get New Emission Permits: EPA
• Montana Questions Exxon's Yellowstone Spill Estimate
• The Scope Of Questioning For A 30(b)(6) Deposition
• House Committee Reports Out 2012 EPA Budget Bill
• House Panel Passes Bill To Put EPA Air Regs In Spotlight
• Enviro Seeks To Bar Mineral Drilling In Wash. Forest
• Morrison Brings CERCLA Recovery Suit To Supreme Court
• Greens Fail To Win More Fees In Mass. CWA Suit
• US Works Out 2nd ESA Deal With Wildlife Group
• GAO, Sens. Call For EPA To Ramp Up Drinking Water Regs
• EPA Aims To End Gas Vapor Rule
• Watson Farley Expands NYC Energy Team
• Drinking Water Near Yellowstone Spill OK For Now: EPA
• NY Appeals Court Won't Toss GE Pollution Suit
• Calif. Appeals Court Chucks Enviro Suit Against Builder
• Obama Directs Independent Agencies To Overhaul Rules
• Project Supervisor Wants Probation For Asbestos Plot
• EPA Seeks To Require Notice Of New Glyme Uses
• Tribe Sues DOI Over Construction Of Mass. Wind Farm
• Judge Freezes Mosaic's Phosphate Mining Project
• Wash. Utility Sues DOE Again Over Nuclear Waste Removal
• Alternative Sentencing For Environmental Crimes
• BP Says Gulf Rebound Nixes Future Loss Claims
• Navistar Again Sues EPA Over Nitrogen Oxide Emissions
• SC Johnson Settles 'Greenwashing' Suits Over Windex
• FWS Allowed To Void Own Delisting Of Threatened Mouse
• Judge Backs Arbitration Ruling In Oil Field Dispute
• Q&A With Winston & Strawn's Nash Long
• Va. Official Backs Fracking In National Forest
• US To Pay $100M To End Xcel Nuclear Waste Fight
• Patton Boggs Rehearing Bid Nixed In Ecuador-Chevron Suit
• How Kyoto Protocol's Uncertain Future Affects Business
• CNA Can't Shake Asarco Suit Over $33M Calif. Cleanup
• High Court Curbs Nuisance Suits, Leaves State Door Open
• Logging Co. Escapes Fraud Claims In Cleanup Suit
• Mass. AG Wants Probe Of Southern Union Legal Fees
• Q&A With Wildman Harrold's Michael Dockterman
• Feds To Pay Bulk Of $70M Superfund Cleanup In Mass.
• LeClairRyan Absorbs NYC Firm With European Clientele
• BP, Anadarko Fight Over Spill Claim Arbitration
• Koch Sued Over PCB Cleanup At Asphalt Plant
• Pa. Agrees To More Stringent Drilling Permit Process
• Enviros Win Injunction On Calif. Highway Project
• EPA Unveils Final Cross-State Emissions Rules
• Regulators Plan To Ease Burden On Small Businesses
• Requiring Causation Proof In Foreign Recognition Actions
• Ex-Oil Refinery Veep Admits To Causing Toxic Gas Leak
• EPA Introduces New Emissions Regs For Aircraft Engines
• Exxon Ordered To Fix Oil Pipeline After Yellowstone Spill
• Arcelor, Severstal Still On Hook For Md. Pollution
• China To Amend Rare Earth Policy After WTO Ruling
• EPA Proposes Stricter Hazardous Waste Recycling Rule
• Counterclaims To Stay In Wis. Superfund Fight
• Chemtura Rejects $13M Payout For La. Superfund Cleanup
• Enviros Sue To Stop Bridge Into NC Wildlife Refuge
• Enviro Groups, US Settle Turtle Protection Suit
• US Airlines Challenge EU Emissions Policy's Reach
• Nonroad GHG Emissions Suit Trimmed
• EU Parliament OKs National Bans On Modified Crops
• Judge Trims BNSF Suit Over Calif. Solar Project
• CORRECTED: WTO Panel Rejects China Mineral Export Limits
• Suit For Sage Grouse Protection Can Proceed: Judge
• DC Circ. Tosses Challenge To Yucca Mountain Retreat
• DC Circ. Rejects EPA Waiver Of CAA Emission Fees
• Western Refining To Pay $1.5M Over Refinery Emissions
• Chamber Asks 2nd Circ. To Block $18B Chevron Verdict
• DC Circ. Won't Revive Suit Over Ky. Power Plants
• Starr Fights Coverage Of SGS Chemical Spill Cleanup