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Environmental - November, 2011

165 articles

• GOP Bill Would Force Obama's Hand On Oil Sands Pipeline
• Transocean Dodges Deepwater Subpoenas For Now
• Lawmaker To Float Clean Energy Standard Bill In 2012
• Opponents Dominate Final NY Fracking Rules Hearing
• Science, Politics Collide At The EPA, Lawmakers Hear
• 11 Cosmetics Cos. Settle Suit Over False 'Organic' Labels
• SolarCity's BofA Loan Keeps Ball Rolling On $1B Project
• BP To Set Aside $240M For Future Cleanups
• Congress Told Where DOE Went Wrong With Stimulus Funds
• Lafarge To Invest $8M, Pay Fine Over CWA Claims
• Creating An E-Discovery Process For Google Apps
• NRC Shuts Down Mass. Challenges to Nuclear Plant License
• ConAgra Owes $5.7M In Tannery Cleanup Costs: DOJ
• $750M PSE&G Transmission Line Faces Court Fight
• Tronox Battles Bid To Cap Damages In $15B Enviro Suit
• DC Circ. Tosses Most Sierra Club Claims In Fla. Mall Suit
• WildEarth Prods EPA To Wrap Up Planned Ozone Rules
• House Oversight Chair Probes Auto CEOs Over Fuel Rules
• The Changing Scope Of Expert Witness Disclosures
• Albuquerque Has No Right To Rio Grande Water: NM Court
• A Bird's-Eye View Of Oil & Gas Regulation
• Climate Talks Could Put Kyoto Protocol To Rest
• DOI Prepares To Issue New Citations For Deepwater Spill
• EPA To Offer Texas Emissions Plan To Appease Sierra Club
• Costner Must Yield Texts In Venture Fight Over BP Deal
• Steptoe Snags 2 FDA Food Safety Pros For DC Office
• EPA Beats Challenge To Pesticide Rotenone's Registration
• High Court Takes On Gas Co.'s $18M Mercury Fine
• BNSF, Freeport-McMoRan Exit $150M Asarco Cleanup Suit
• Insurer Owes Transporter $6M In Spill Coverage: 7th Circ.
• Coast Guard Right To Deny Oil Spill Funds: 5th Circ.
• Teamsters Expand Cross-Border Trucking Suit
• Judge OKs Kinder Morgan Deal In Water Pollution MDL
• Enviro Trust Says GM Owes $13.5M For Site Cleanup
• EPA Challenged Over Lack Of Coal Mine Air Pollution Regs
• Stanhill Withdraws $30M Evergreen Coal Tech Offer
• Marcellus Shale Strategies — State By State
• Lawmaker Asks Energy Chief About Hanford Safety Culture
• No Proof Of New 'Climategate' Email Breach: UK School
• Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Toss Drilling Permit Deadline
• NIPSCO, Insurers Bury Coal Pollution Coverage Suits
• Va. Judge Zaps Town's Go-Ahead For $6B Power Plant
• 9th Circ. Keeps Yellowstone Bears On Endangered List
• Facing Shutdowns, Coal Power Braces For EPA Air Rules
• Neb. Gov. Inks Bill To Shift Keystone Pipeline Route
• Steel Co. Columbus Fined For CAA Violations
• EPA Delays Oil Refinery Emissions Limits
• Raytheon Closes Book On Indiana Waste Cleanup Suit
• Alaska Loses Protest Of Beluga Whale Endangered Status
• Ford's Sanctions Bid Fails In Edgewater Cleanup Feud
• Chevron Faces $28M Fine For Oil Spill: Brazil
• US Ducks Transocean Claims In Deepwater MDL
• Sierra Club Can't Halt DOE Funding Of $2.4B Power Plant
• No Stay In FEMA, WildEarth Flood Insurance Suit: Judge
• Enviros Seek Quick Win In Post-Deepwater Oil Lease Row
• DC Circ. Backs Expanded Gas Drilling In Wyo.
• Key Delaware River Fracking Vote Postponed
• Discussing FERC And EPA Interplay
• Enviros Lack Standing To Wage CWA Fight: Allegheny Unit
• Subcontractor Can't Escape Suit Over AT&T Fuel Spill
• Enviros Up Ante In Fight Over Arctic Drilling Leases
• 9th Circ. Backs FWS In Mont. Mine Endangered Species Row
• Enviro Suit Over Swepco Coal Plant Permit Survives
• New Green Building Efforts Harbor Litigation Risks: Attys
• Republicans Slam EPA's Fracking Groundwater Study
• PE-Backed Malaysian Fund Eyes Clean Energy In Asia
• Investors Claim Mantria Perpetrated Green Ponzi Scheme
• Congress Takes Aim At DOI Bureaus' Consolidation Plan
• Getting The Lead Out In Assessing Greenhouse Gases
• BP Broke Probation With 2009 Alaska Oil Spill: US
• Neb. Votes To Advance Bill To Reroute Keystone Pipeline
• Inside The EPA's Mobile Source Penalty Policy
• EPA To Probe Fracking Water Treatment For Future Rules
• Obama Unveils Plans To Double Fuel Efficiency By 2025
• DOI Backs Fracking Despite Looming Rule Changes
• Ranch Cos. Fork Over $17M To End Calif. Wildfire Dispute
• BJ's, Newegg Fail To Disclose Energy Info: Complaint
• BP Can't Use Transocean Insurance For Disaster: Judge
• GOP Blasts Enviro Aid For China Amid Subsidies Row
• High Court Asked To Review Bayer Crop Damage Suit
• Duke Energy Scoops Up 3 Solar Projects From ESA
• TransCanada Agrees To Change Keystone Pipeline Route
• Case Study: ExxonMobil V. US
• Ala., La. Can Seek Punitive Damages In Deepwater MDL
• Home Energy Analytics Co. Says Rival Ripped Off Report
• Pittsburgh Pol Turns Up The Heat On Fracking
• DOE Beats Enviros' Challenge Of Berkeley Research Facility
• DOI, BLM Sued Over Drilling Permit Delay
• Trial In $15B Tronox Enviro Liability Suit Set For May
• Clean Power Plants Make Good Neighbors
• Arch Coal Gets Nod For 1,700-Acre Wilderness Expansion
• Fracking Panel Calls For Stronger Enviro. Safety Measures
• DuPont Settles Del. River Pollution Claims With EPA
• NY Developer Charged Over Soil Dumping In Wetlands
• EPA Agrees To Take Action On Haze Plans
• Calif. Appeals Court OKs Playa Vista Expansion
• Obama Admin Delays TransCanada Pipeline Decision
• Sens. Float Bill To Discourage Cuban Oil Drilling
• Implications Of US V. EME Homer City Generation
• Senate Rejects GOP Bid To Nix Coal Plant Regulation
• EPA Reaches Deal With Enviros Over NM Coal Plant Permit
• Vt. Enviro Agency Cops To Breaking Waste Disposal Laws
• BP Owes Fishermen For Decontamination Downtime: Suit
• CORRECTED: Special Master Favors Cabot In Medical Info Row
• Judge Rejects Discovery Plan in Costner-Baldwin Fight
• State Dept. Says Keystone Pipeline Could Be Rerouted
• Mining Cos., Tribe Bury Hatchet Over Idaho Cleanup
• Senate Proposal Aims To Delay EPA Utility Emissions Rules
• Toxic Torts: Designation For Causation
• Chinese Airlines Aim To Ground EU Emissions Plan
• Agency Proposes Limits On Fracking In Del. River Basin
• 10th Circ. Freezes Challenge To Colo. Ski Resort Projects
• DOI Opens Gulf, Arctic For New Oil Drilling Leases
• Xcel Unit Can't Quash Suit Over Wind Farm Contract
• BP, Others Want Gov't Reports Cut From Deepwater MDL
• Removal Of Wolf Protections Illegal, Enviros Tell 9th Circ.
• Chartis Tries To Shake Tesoro's $30M Cleanup Claims
• US Solar Cos. Press ITC Case Over Alleged China Subsidies
• Facing The Music: Luthiers And The Lacey Act
• $4M Arch Coal Pollution Deal OK'd As Enviros Back Down
• Minn. Agency Seeks To Dive Into 3M Water Pollution Fray
• 8th Circ. Shuts Down Neb. Water Appropriations Fight
• BP Can't Talk Blowout Preventer At Trial: MDL Plaintiffs
• Int'l Paper Seeks Help From Packaging Co. For NJ Cleanup
• US Urges Fed. Circ. To Nix $142M Nuclear Waste Award
• State Dept. Watchdog Eyes Keystone Pipeline Analysis
• Chevron Beats Last Claim In Gas Station Cleanup Suit
• Personal Injury Claims In The Wake Of Deepwater
• Supreme Court Won't Tackle EPA Renewable Fuel Rule
• Exxon Says Yellowstone Spill Could Cost $135M
• La. Must Follow Deadlines For Deepwater Docs: Judge
• Chartis Ordered To Cover Debris Hauler In Pollution Suit
• Dickstein Lures Energy Guru Fucci From Arnold & Porter
• Refiner Fined $1M Over Toxic Waste Misdeeds
• Neb. Lawmakers To Consider 5 Oil Sands Pipeline Bills
• Enviros Take Fight Over Power Plant Permit To 9th Circ.
• Trends Since Burlington Northern ...
• Ariz. Town OKs Huge Development Plan Near Grand Canyon
• Anticipating New Air Regs For Oil & Gas Sector
• Honeywell Fights $2M Fees Ruling In Chromium Action
• NJDEP Settles Suit Over Polluted Military Site
• BP Pays $50M To End Pollution Suit Over Refinery Blast
• ConocoPhillips, Williams Settle EPA's Pollution Claims
• The Vanishing Civil Trial Lawyer
• AXA Drops Legal Malpractice Suit Against Duane Morris
• US Wrongly OK'd Modified Crops In Wildlife Refuges: Suit
• Northern States Tussle Over Coal Power Importation
• SunPower To Shut Down Solar Plant In Enviro Settlement
• EPA Takes Aim At Kan. Power Plant Construction Permit
• Enviros Appeal EPA's Carbon Monoxide Ruling To DC Circ.
• Tioga Energy Scores Funds For 30 Solar Projects
• House Committee Stalls Bid To Subpoena Deepwater CEOs
• Congress Weighs Enviro Risks From Cuban Oil Drilling
• BSEE Names Former API Exec As Offshore Program Chief
• State Dept: No Rush On Keystone Pipeline Decision
• Kickstarting Calif. Construction Projects
• Mine Operator Owes Millions For CWA Violations: Suit
• Transocean Slams BP 'Charade,' Demands Spill Coverage
• Insurers Ordered To Cover CERCLA Admin Proceedings
• EPA Deputy Defends Power Plant Emissions Rule
• La. Tries To Fend Off Sanctions Threat In Deepwater MDL
• 2 Vinson & Elkins Enviro Attys Jump To Bracewell
• Halliburton Hit With Class Action Over Nuclear Waste
• NRDC Settles Groundwater Contamination Suit
• Global Warming Not Covered By Your Insurance