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Environmental - February, 2012

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• 10th Circ. Nixes Wyoming's Yellowstone Snowmobile Appeal
• 9th Circ. Backs Most Of Sierra Club's Lake Tahoe Win
• 1st Circ. Says EPA Can Seek $1.3M Cleanup Costs From GE
• EPA Will Miss 2012 Deadline For GHG Refinery Rule
• Estee Lauder's Bad Faith Claim OK'd In OneBeacon Dustup
• Shell Preemptively Sues Enviros Over Arctic Oil Spill Plan
• Lawmakers Spar Over EPA Policies On Coal, Fracking
• Utah Agency Defends $18B Nuke Plant Project
• House Passes Calif. Water Bill Opposed By Obama
• Sutherland Adds Ex-GC To Energy Trading Group
• Brazil Can't Take Down Chevron's Operations Following Spill
• EPA's New Emissions Rules Are Illegal, DC Circ. Told
• GE Unit Takes $100M Stake In Ariz. Solar Farm
• Sierra Club Claims NoLa Landfill Dirties Waterways
• 2nd Circ. Lifts Roadblock To $257M Marcellus Shale Pipeline
• Deepwater Litigants Still Gearing Up For Trial
• Chu Defends $27B Energy Budget Before House Members
• Algonquin Inks 25-Year Wind Energy Deal With SaskPower
• Whole Foods Can Build Store On Brooklyn Superfund Site
• Taseko, Tribes Strike Deal To Lift Ban On $1.5B Canadian Mine
• EPA's GHG Rules Based On Bad Science, DC Circ. Hears
• EPA Head Defends $8B Budget As Reps Rip Fracking Studies
• Sidley Swipes Environmental Specialist From DOJ
• GOP Says Interior Department Overstated Oil, Gas Success
• Court Won't End Suspension Of DOE Uranium Mining Program
• Arbitrator Upholds Chevron's Challenge Of $18.2B Ecuador Case
• A Side Of Superfund Liability With Your Asset Deal
• EPA Rule Would Keep GHG Thresholds Steady
• US Touts New Environmental Justice Policies
• Markey Presses NRC To Hold Off On Entergy Plant License
• Grand Canyon Mining Ban Sparks Suit From Trade Groups
• Insurer Wants Mont. To Repay $16M For Asbestos Suits
• Monsanto Fails To Nix Class In Radioactive Releases Suit
• Justices Pass On States' Asian Carp Fight With US
• TransCanada To Break Ground On Part Of Keystone Pipeline
• GE, JPMorgan Invest $225M In Texas Wind Farm
• Shell Sues Greenpeace Over Occupation Of Alaska-Bound Rig
• Shale To The Chief
• Brazilian Utility CPFL To Spend $622M On Wind Farm
• Judge Won't Step Away From Chevron RICO Suit
• Kinder Morgan Socked With Suit Over Calif. Oil Leaks
• Alaska Could Hold More Shale Oil Than Eagle Ford: US
• 2nd NY Local Gas Drilling Ban Upheld
• Monsanto Agent Orange Suits End In Medical Monitoring Deal
• Landowners Have Rights To Groundwater: Texas High Court
• $9.5B Western Water Pipeline Plan Springs A Leak
• EPA Wins DC Circ. Fight Over Utah Air Quality Violations
• Idaho Legislature To Weigh 2-Year Wind Farm Moratorium
• Senators Urge Extension Of Wind Power Tax Credit
• Mitsubishi Snatches $1B Stake In Mexican Wind Farm
• Curtailing The Ohio EPA's Cost-Recovery Authority
• Deepwater Trial Delayed As Settlement Talks Heat Up
• 221 Reps. Seek To Block GHG Rules For Power Plants
• Cummins Slams EPA Penalties For Diesel Engine Emissions
• Forest Service Faces Suit Over Manatee-Killing Dam
• UK Watchdog To Scrutinize RWE's Plan For Massive Wind Farm
• State Dept. Hit With FOIA Suit Over Keystone, Law Firm Ties
• Malaysian Residents Seek To Halt $200M Ore Plant
• EU Panel Deadlocks Over Tar Sands' Emission Value
• Enviros Sue US To Force Action On Agent Orange Element Ban
• Allegheny Wants Lloyd's To Pick Up Tab For Pollution Suits
• Lego's Parent Co. Builds $535M Stake In German Wind Farm
• Chinese, Austrian Cos. Form Ukrainian Solar Venture
• EPA Sends Water Protection Guidance To White House
• The Pitfalls Of Paperless Discovery
• BP, Anadarko On Hook For Gulf Oil Spill Pollution: Judge
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Shell's Alaskan Drilling Permits
• Oil Subsidies Will Likely Survive Tax Plan's Shift To Green
• Freeport-McMoRan To Pay $5.5M For 3 Mine Cleanups
• Nuclear Materials Caused Woman's Breast Cancer: Suit
• Toxic Fly Ash Used In Golf Course Prompts $2B Suit
• A Jolt Of Power For FERC In EPA Reliability Issues
• Power Co. Triumphs In High Court Ruling On Navigable Waters
• NY Court Upholds Fracking Ban In Town's Row With Anschutz
• Phosphate Co. Mosaic Settles Fla. Mine Expansion Dispute
• EPA's Fla. Water Standards Partially Struck Down
• Deepwater Rig Worker Settles Injury Claims Against BP, Others
• Mont. Landowners' Suit Over Exxon Spill Sent To State Court
• Air Quality Standard Needed Tightening: EPA To DC Circ.
• Exxon Sues La. Attys Over Star Document In Radiation Suits
• PG&E Holds On To $89M Award In Nuclear Waste Removal Suit
• Romanian Wind Co.'s Grid Suit Prompts Board Uproar
• 'Buy American' And Solar Devices — DOD Clarification
• BP Settles With Deepwater Drill Fluid Provider Over Spill
• 4th Circ. Greenlights $11B Va. Highway Project
• House Greenlights Energy Bill To Expand Oil Drilling
• Shell Scores BSEE Approval For Oil Spill Plan In Arctic
• 9th Circ. Tosses Enviro Group's Turtle Protection Suit
• Long-Awaited EPA Report Finds No Dioxin Health Risk
• Brazil's Banco Itau Gets $100M From IDB For Green Energy
• DC Circ. Tosses Appeal In Nuclear Plant Permit Fight
• Power Plant Emissions Rule Challenged On Multiple Fronts
• MOEX Hammers Out $90M Deal Over Deepwater Spill
• LA County OKs Permits For Stalled $1.4B First Solar Plant
• Arbitrators Tell Ecuador To Stop $18B Chevron Judgment
• Flying In A New Direction: Migratory Bird Treaty Act
• Law School, Meet Litigation PR ...
• Feds, Mining Co. Reach $10M Cleanup Deal On 7 Sites
• Century Urges 2nd Circ. To Dial Down Olin Coverage
• Enviros Sue NRC To Block New Southern Co. Reactors
• Patton Boggs Seeks $22M Over Tossed Chevron Injunction
• Judge Bars Mention Of BP Oil Spill Probe During Trial
• Ormat To Start Up Geothermal Power Plant In Kenya
• SDG&E Inks 300 MW Worth of Solar, Wind Energy Deals
• Siemens, Prysmian To Lay £1B UK Subsea Power Line
• Exxon Valdez Judge Won't Rule On $92M Damages Demand
• $3.4B Tribal Land Settlement Faces Challenge In DC Circ.
• Five Claims Blown Out In Wind Farm Rivals' Permit Fight
• Shale Of The Century
• Enviros Say Fla. Agency Hushed Up Plan To Block Creek
• EPA Violated CWA With Idaho Waterways Plan: Enviros
• Cape Wind Deal Advances $4B Northeast-Nstar Merger
• BP's Deepwater Well Site Leader Needn't Testify For Now
• Enviros Fight Transfer Of Colo. Wildlife Land For Highway
• Santa Clara Signs Deal For 50 MW Of Wind Power
• PE Firm Grabs Stake In Chinese Waste Treatment Operator
• OK For 1,700-Acre Arch Coal Mine Expansion Overturned
• Hostess Shouldn't Sell Polluted Sites Without OK: US
• New EPA Rule Cracks Down On PVC Plant Emissions
• Groups Sue EPA To Force Revamp Of Air Quality Standards
• BNSF Railway Settles Wash. CWA Suit For $2.5M
• Fracking Disclosures Needed To Quell Public Fear: Salazar
• TransCanada To Consider Splitting Keystone XL Pipeline
• WR Grace, Others Reach $21M Cape Cod Superfund Deal
• Judge OKs ConocoPhillips Deal In Water Pollution MDL
• San Francisco Sues Feds Over Lax Gas Line Enforcement
• Atlantic Yards Doesn't Need New Enviro Study: Attys
• Calif. Water Districts Can't Exclude Enviros From ESA Suit
• Waste Not, Risk Not
• Solar Co. Energy Conversion Devices Files For Ch. 11
• Alcoa Settles Superfund Suit Over Virgin Islands Plant
• Hog Farmer Off To Pen For Clean Water Act Violation
• Weatherford Escapes Deepwater Horizon Spill Claims
• BP Must Face Shareholder Claims Over Spill: Judge
• Power Co. Tells 9th Circ. Not To Put Brakes On $2B Project
• Enviro Group, South Lake Tahoe Settle City Plan Scrap
• Obama's Budget To Give Clean Energy A Leg Up
• FERC Greenlights Work On $257M Pa. Pipeline
• As Deepwater Trial Draws Near, Evidentiary Battles Intensify
• GOP Senators Seek Keystone Amendment Vote
• EPA Can't Give Ethanol Plants GHG Exemption, DC Circ. Hears
• Jeffer Snags Dewey, Downey Attys For San Francisco
• Recent Trends In Green Energy M&A
• Latham Takes Top Spot In Environmental Ranking
• Beazer East, Koppers To Face Wood Plant Pollution Claims
• US Adds NL Industries To Omaha Superfund Cleanup Suit
• NY Leads 11 States In Charge Over EPA's 'Lax' Soot Rules
• $257M Penn. Pipeline Could Be Bad For Birds, FWS Says
• Law360 Ranks Largest Environmental Practice Groups
• Asian Wind Tower Imports Threaten US Industry: ITC
• 9th Circ. Melts Enviros' Case Against Ski Resort's Fake Snow
• Solar Project's Permit Problem Holds Up $646M DOE Loan
• Enviro Groups Halve Challenge To $3B Ind. Highway Project
• Australia Puts $107M Toward Carbon Capture Project
• Inside The 2nd Circ. Stance In Naranjo And Figueiredo
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 2
• BP Gets Prior Accidents Excluded From Deepwater Trial
• Watchdog Finds No Bias In Keystone Enviro Review
• EPA Overreached With Greenhouse Gas Rule, DC Circ. Hears
• World's Biggest Molten Salt Solar Tower Goes Up In Nev.
• Resort Owner Sues San Diego County Over Lake Pollution
• Mont. Judge Tosses Challenge To $86M Coal Lease
• Disposal Co. Can't Duck Citizen Suit Over Waste Storage
• Union Pacific To Pay $1.5M Penalty For Oil Spills
• JF Lehman Scoops Up Seacor Spill Response Cos. For $97M
• Mine Site Owner Blasts Chartis' Effort To Avoid Damages
• Quite An 'Occurrence': Rehearing Steadfast V. AES
• Sniffing Out Vapor Intrusion
• Builder Seeks To Block Town Vote On Grand Canyon Project
• BP, Others Get Emails Excluded From Deepwater Trial
• US Settles Enviro Suit Over Wyo. Oil, Gas Drilling Plan
• AES Eastern Can't Sell Emission Credits In Ch. 11: NY AG
• Drilling Violations Are Barely Punished, House Dems Say
• House Committee Bill Demands Full Review Of Ethanol
• GAO Says $1.4B Went To Duplicate Emissions Programs
• EPA Chief Defends MACT Rule Amid Coal Plant Closures
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle E-Waste In Ill.
• Benefit Corps. — A New Structure For The New Economy
• Costner Claims Against Baldwin Stand Up In Oil Co. Suit
• Enviros Win Access To Agency's Jackson Lewis Contract
• BP Can't Keep Settlement Info Out Of Oil Spill Trial
• Ex-Murkowski Aide Gets 5 Months For Fish Falsehoods
• Dover Will Pay $1.4M To End EPA Claims Over Chemicals
• US Hits Steelmaker With CAA, Hazardous Waste Suit
• Intel, Raytheon Strike Superfund Cleanup Deal With EPA
• USDA Hit With FOIA Suit Over Deregulation Of GM Plants
• EPA Braces For Shake-Up As High Court, Congress Take Aim
• House Bill Aims To Strip Obama Of Keystone Permit Authority
• Ramping Up Calif. Renewable Energy
• 9th Circ. OKs DOE's Risk Assessment Of Viruses In Nuke Lab
• Dominion To Close Plant In Deal Ending $11M Emissions Suit
• Enviro Group Asks FERC To Officially Kill Maine Gas Project
• Solar Developers Sue Calif. County Over 'Sun Tax'
• The End Of Saving Greenbacks To Patent Greentech
• Deepwater Legal Fee Order Still Discourages Settlements: Atty
• EPA, Others Question Coal Lease Plan Near Bryce Canyon
• Enviros Challenge DOE's $8.3B Nuclear Loan Guarantee
• China Bans Its Airlines From EU Carbon Program
• Allied Waste Accused Of Polluting Calif. Water Source
• Hearing Out Voices Of The Wetlands
• Judge Denies Green Group's Push To List Sage Grouse
• EPA Sues Union Pacific Over Oil Spills In 3 States
• Chevron Won't Apologize To Slash $18B Ecuador Judgment
• Enviros Challenge Corps' $650M Ga. Harbor Project
• Calif. Court Rejects Challenge To Santa Barbara Wind Farm
• Pharmacia Should Replace Schools' Toxic Light Ballasts: Suit
• Biodiesel Co. Issued Bogus Renewable Fuel Credits: EPA
• A Fishy Default
• BLM Slashes Available Oil Shale Land In Western States
• Sierra Club Took $26M In Donations From Natural Gas Giant
• Feds Balk At Potential Halt Of $3B Ind. Highway Project
• Groups Seek To Rout SF Hotel On Historic Army Base
• Globe Indemnity Settles With Nammo Over Cleanup Costs
• Revised Removal Statutes — Possibilities, Pitfalls: Part 1
• Enviros Take Aim At Taylor Energy Over 7-Year Oil Spill
• Judge Limits Oil Co.'s Coverage For $15M Katrina Cleanup
• House Bill Would Put New Checks On Agency Settlements
• CERCLA Doesn't Apply To Consumer Products: 7th Circ.
• Squire Sanders Helps Taiga Take €90M Wind Farm Stake
• Ill. High Court Kills Suit Over Exxon Mine Cleanup
• House Committee Sends Arctic Drilling Bill To Floor
• Halliburton Cleared On Deepwater Data Destruction Claims
• Nuclear Utility Fees Should Fund Waste Program: Panel
• Uganda Starts Developing $900M Hydropower Plant
• DOI Advances Mid-Atlantic Wind Energy Initiative
• Expropriation Coverage For Feed-In-Tariff Projects
• Republicans Seek To Block GHG Rules For Power Plants
• Grain Co., EPA Settle Iron Plant Emissions Suit
• Colo. Enviros Sue To Stop Artist Christo's River Project
• Halliburton Can't Bar Cement Evidence In Deepwater MDL
• Alabama Can't Join Deepwater MDL Appeal: 5th Circ.
• Atlantic Power Invests In 300-MW Okla. Wind Farm
• House Panel Passes 3 Bills To Expand Oil, Gas Drilling
• DuPont, Suntech Reach Solar Tech Partnership Deal
• Indian Utility Accused Of Hoarding Solar Contracts
• Wyo. Gas Chief Rips EPA Fracking Report
• Travelers Battles W.Va. Plant Runoff Pollution Claims
• Mitigating Risk In Mass Nano Torts
• The Rise Of Earnouts In Renewables M&A
• The Importance Of Legal Audits