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Environmental - December, 2011

158 articles

• Sierra Club Sues DOE Over Planned Mich. Ethanol Plant
• Shaw, GenOn Trade Judgment Bids In $1B Contract Dispute
• Jones Day Helps SunPower Nab French Solar Co. For $165M
• Nicaragua Accuses Costa Rica Of River Damage
• Trafigura Can't Dump €1M Fine Over Ivory Coast Waste
• The Regulatory Debate Over Hydraulic Fracturing
• Gamesa To Provide Egypt With 100 Wind Turbines
• Ace Settles Deepwater Coverage Fight With BP Contractor
• Sterling Stays Off Hook For Now In $22M Superfund Fight
• BP Rejects Halliburton Indemnity Bid In Deepwater MDL
• EU-Backed Clean Energy Fund Invests In $2B Wind Farm
• Canada Blasts Russian Plan To Slash Seal Pelt Trade
• Solar Millennium Files For Insolvency In Germany
• JPMorgan To Hand NextEra $209M For Calif. Wind Farms
• AEP Will Shutter Upwind Plant To Save $1.7B Ark. Facility
• Chevron, Transocean Prepare For Brazilian Indictments
• Enel Wind Group Gets $339M For New Portugal Farms
• Black & Decker, Others Sued For Dump Site Cleanup Costs
• Propelling Efficient Risk-Sharing For Wind Farms
• Wildlife Group Tries To Halt Puget Sound Flood Insurance
• DOI Strips Protections For Gray Wolves In Great Lakes
• BP Gets More Time To Answer Local Gov't Spill Claims
• EPA Loses Battle Over ND Power Plant Scrubber
• EU Court Rejects Airlines' Challenge To Emissions Plan
• EU Bank Gives Nottingham $172M For Light Rail Buildout
• US Says Plant Needs More Time To Secure RCRA Permit
• EPA Unveils Long-Delayed Mercury Limits For Power Plants
• Finnish Retailer Anttila Plans Energy-Neutral Store
• DOD To Require US-Made Solar Devices In Contracts
• BP Exits Solar Energy Business, Citing Market Forces
• EU Lawmakers Agree To Hold Back 1.4B Carbon Permits
• Buchanan Steers EverPower In Wind Farm Deal
• DC Circ. Awards Costs To Tribes In EPA Rule Case
• Maple Coal Denied Appeal Bid In Sierra Club Suit
• Halliburton Denies Destroying Deepwater Evidence
• Simpson, Milbank Aid KKR, Google In Solar Investment
• Judge Weighs Paper Co.'s Liability In $700M River Cleanup
• KPCB Leads $35M Financing Round For ERecyclingCorps
• Army Corps Greenlights ConocoPhillips' Alaska Drilling
• Coal-Fired Plant Would Surpass New EPA Limits: Enviros
• 2nd Circ. Puts DuPont, Olin On Hook For Superfund Cleanup
• Duke-American Nets $3.5B Wind Power Line For 1st Outing
• Mizuho Supplies $250M For Sharp Unit's Solar Projects
• First Wind Snags $210M Financing for Wash. Wind Project
• Flawed Records Can Taint Agency Decisions
• Builders Can't Fight Army Corps Ditch Rule: DC Circ.
• Pfizer, Others To Shell Out $6M For Superfund Cleanup
• API's Challenge To NC Renewable Fuel Law Tossed
• Lion Oil Sues EPA Over Arkansas Wasteload Limits
• Traders Sue Enviro Futures Exchange Founder For Fraud
• Summit Power Nets Funding For Alaska Wind Turbines
• Clean Air Act Compliance Challenges
• Case Study: Iberdrola Renewables V. Bonneville Power
• Gulf Blowout Preventer Maker To Cough Up $250M To BP
• EU Eyes Honeywell, DuPont In Antitrust Probe
• Colorado Floats Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rule
• CalPortland To Pay $1.4M To End EPA Pollution Claims
• Equitas Wants Out Of Pepsi Toxic Tort Coverage Suit
• Superfund Full Cleanup Rule Gets NY High Court's Nod
• Senate Panel OKs Bill For Solar Permitting Grants
• NRC Head Tells Senate He Didn't Bully Colleagues
• 6th Circ. Sends Back Mich. Battle Over Enviro Decree
• Insurers Fight Settlement Costs In Oil Cleanup Suit
• Wells Fargo Dodges Sanctions In Pollution Coverage Suit
• The Future Of Greenwashing Claims
• Insurers Squabble Over GM Asbestos, Enviro Defense
• Report Shows 'Questionable' Moves In Deepwater Disaster
• EU Parliament Votes To Slash Phosphates In Detergent
• Sierra Club Sues EPA Over PCBs In Navy's Sunken Ships
• Chicago Water Agency Settles Pollution, Overflow Claims
• Enviros, Utility Battle Over $3B Plant In Miss. High Court
• Brazil Sues Chevron, Transocean For $11B Over Oil Spill
• Billing Records Reveal Solyndra Faces Grand Jury Probe
• Bird Group Seeks Clear Regs For Deadly Wind Turbines
• Investors Want Breazeale Put Back In Housing Project Suit
• Hawaii's Biggest Wind Farm Set To Break Ground
• Empire Oil To Expand In Clean Energy With Enigma Buy
• Surviving The Rise In Natural Disasters
• Patton Boggs Accuses Gibson Of Sabotage In Chevron Case
• DOJ Seeks To Add $1M To Mass. $13M Cleanup Settlement
• NRG Energy Puts Del. Wind Farm Project On Hold
• Environmental MVP: Latham & Watkins' Janice Schneider
• NextEra Clears Planning Hurdle In $250M Wind Power Deal
• US Sued Over 1st Gulf Lease Sale Since Deepwater Spill
• Lightening The Load: Economizing US Autos
• House Raises Fines In New Pipeline Safety Bill
• LS Power Drops Plans For Ark., Ga. Coal Power Plants
• Environmental MVP: Vorys Sater's Mark Norman
• DuPont To Pay Waste, Safety Fines For NJ Plant Violations
• Energy Cos. Want To Add To $92M Spent Fuel Award
• Washington Gas To Pay $730K For River Pollution Cleanup
• Ga., Contractor Pay $3M To Settle Water Dumping Suit
• High Court Seeks US Input In Logging Runoff Permit Row
• No, Virginia, There Is No Greenhouse Gas Clause
• Judges Clear Massey's $35M Deal To End Coal Slurry Fight
• FWS Clarifies ESA Rule To Protect Species' Entire Ranges
• House, Senate Will Fast-Track New Pipeline Safety Bill
• Builders Lack Standing To Fight CWA Finding: DC Circ.
• EPA Ordered To Reconsider Part Of Cement Kiln Rule
• PE Firm Warburg Pincus Puts $355M In Clean Energy Tech
• Honeywell, Colo. City Settle With EPA Over Milling Site
• Akzo To Cover Cleanup Costs At 2 Ala. Superfund Sites
• The Economics Of RGGI
• Environmental MVP: Kirkland & Ellis' Walter Lohmann
• EPA Floats 1st-Ever Aluminum Plant Emissions Regs
• US Bests Exxon's Suit Over Valdez Spill Docs
• Enviros, Sandy Creek Reach Deal Over Texas Coal Plant
• Patriot Coal Can't Shake Enviros' Selenium Dumping Suit
• Fracking May Have Contaminated Wyo. Water, EPA Says
• NY To Fork Over $5.6M For 1,200 Acres Of Catskill Land
• House Approves Bill To Ban EPA Farm Dust Regs
• DOE Strikes Deal With 383 Manhattan Project Plaintiffs
• Environmental MVP: Dickstein Shapiro's David Elkind
• Generating Electric Reliability Compliance
• Cures For The Common Closing
• Senate Bill Takes Aim At EU's Airline Emissions Plan
• Chevron Sanctioned Over Subpoenas In Ecuador Case
• White House Threatens To Veto Farm Dust Bill
• House OKs Bill To Boost Congress' Power Over Regulations
• Calif. Appeals Court Reverses Denial Of Water-Use Pact
• Don't Tie Keystone To Payroll Tax Cut Bill: Obama To GOP
• Citing Dukes, La. High Court Nixes Wood Treatment Class
• US To Decide On BPA Food Packaging Ban By March
• Residents Want Town To Rethink Grand Canyon Project
• Enviro Groups Take EPA To Court Over Pulp Mill Regs
• BP Accused Of More Violations Over Deepwater Spill
• New Zealand Fishing Co. Indicted Over Pollution Claims
• Reinsurer Must Pay Up In Monsanto Deal: Ex-AIG Affiliate
• Conoco Closes In On Drilling Project In Alaska
• FWS To Tackle Backlog In Wake Of ESA Settlements
• Goodwin Procter Enviro Vet Joins Sidley Austin
• Alpha To Pay $209M For Deadly Massey Blast
• Getting Ahead In The PACE Funding Race
• Calif. Agency Marks Usage Targets For Renewable Energy
• Use Deepwater Spill Fines To Restore Gulf: Task Force
• Halliburton Destroyed Deepwater Spill Evidence: BP
• Rentech, US Settle Dispute Over Plant Emissions, Permits
• Ethanol Dispute Drives Getty Petroleum Into Ch. 11
• Arnold & Porter Atty Hid Chevron Ties: Ecuadoreans
• A New Way Of Looking At Solid Waste
• US, Pa. Settle Smelting Site Pollution Suit For $30M
• First Reserve Invests $150M In European Wind Farms
• Pipeline Co. Denied Quick End To Leak Coverage Row
• House GOPs Aim To Kill Regulations
• DuPont Settles EPA Suit Over Railcar Waste Disposal
• Wash. Told To Limit Emissions From BP, Other Refineries
• EPA Revamps Biomass, Boiler Emissions Rules
• EPA Notches Partial Win In NRG Plant Pollution Suit
• GOP Highlights Jobs In Push For Oil Sands Pipeline
• Legal Hurdles In The Pursuit Of New Energy Sources
• Judicial Watch Sues Obama Admin For Solyndra Docs
• Asarco Faces Hiccup In Freeport Cleanup Settlement
• Tenants Can't Have NY Subway Entrance Relocated: Judge
• EPA Floats Ship Permit Changes To Halt Invasive Species
• Case Study: Honchariw V. County Of Stanislaus
• Century Cleared Of Liability In Alumina Pollution Suit
• Halliburton Wants BP To Cover Deepwater Spill Claims
• Anadarko Joins Enviro Suit Over Gulf Drilling Leases