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Environmental - April, 2012

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• NJ Sierra Club Blasts Proposed Business Permit Changes
• Smelt Ruling Will Delay ESA Enforcement, US Tells 9th Circ.
• Half Of $170M Wyo. Wind Farm Postponed Amid Challenges
• EPA Official Resigns After 'Crucify' Remark On Oil, Gas Cos.
• Farmers Push USDA To OK Dow's Genetically Modified Corn
• NY City Council Relaxes Green Building Rules
• Dems' Bill Would Slash Oil Tax Breaks, Boost Clean Energy
• NCR Ordered To Perform Part Of $1B Superfund Cleanup
• Shiver Me Timbers!: A Blow To Forest Service Activities
• IFC Raises $500M In US Green Bond Issue
• FERC OKs Feasibility Permit For 2,000-MW Hydro Project
• Insurers Try To Dump Electric Co.'s Waste Cleanup Coverage Suit
• FirstEnergy Agrees To Settle $9M Arsenic Poisoning Suit
• Enerjisa Gets €135M For Turkey's Largest Wind Farm
• Unocal, Lario Can't Duck 3rd-Party Superfund Cleanup Claims
• Marcellus Industry Group To Unveil Gas Drilling Guidelines
• DOE Broadens Enviro Review Of $11B Blackstone Power Line
• ESA Suit Over SF Golf Course Between Holes But Not Over
• Suit Says Army Corps Flouted Injunction On CWA Policy
• Calif. Court Upholds Irrigation District's Water Use Plan
• Ill. State Senate Passes Fracking Regulation Bill
• Conoco, CNOOC To Pay $266M Over China Oil Spill
• US Chamber Pans EPA Science In Asbestos Draft Assessment
• EPA's New Source Performance Standards For CO2
• FERC Seeks Input On 660-MW Texas Hydroelectric Proposal
• Deepwater Oil Spill Penalty Bill Set To Move Forward
• GOP Co-Opts 'Fairy Tale' Attack To Push Own Energy Plan
• Sierra Club Says Settlement Blocks Dominion LNG Plant
• EPA Won't Reconsider Sewage Sludge Incineration Rule
• Senate Energy Committee Moves 4 Key Nominees Forward
• Sierra Keeps $3B Coal Plant Fight Alive In Miss. Court
• Sackett's Impact On EPA Not So Dramatic, Ex-Official Says
• Cuomo Unveils $450M Energy Efficiency Effort
• EDF, Eneco Partner On 1,200-MW UK Offshore Wind Farm
• EPA Under Fire After Admin's Call To 'Crucify' Fracking Cos.
• BP Oil Spill Deal Unfair To 200K Victims, Miss. AG Says
• BNSF Railway Settles With EPA Over RCRA Allegations
• Duke-Sumitomo Venture Lands $353M For Kan. Wind Farms
• The Sackett Decision: What It Means For Fracking
• Operationalizing Law Department Performance Metrics
• EIB Considers $127M Clean Energy Loans To China
• IEA Sets $5T Goal For Investments In Clean Energy By 2020
• GOP Sens. Seek Action On House Energy, Enviro Bills
• Ship Owners' Suit Says CVS Oversold Drugs To SF Spill Pilot
• Enviros Lose Bid To Stop Tejon Ranch Development Project
• Calif. District To Spill Out $1.5M In Sewage Overflow Fines
• State Law Dictates Renewable Energy Credit Ownership: FERC
• Halliburton Lashes Out Against Deepwater MDL Settlement
• As NY Eyes Fracking, Foes Attack Economic Benefit Claims
• Judge Blocks GOP, Industry From Defending Pa. Drilling Law
• Fostering Wind Energy Development In The Great Lakes
• Hess To Spend $45M To Curb Refinery Pollution, DOJ Says
• Unions Rip Blackstone Power Project While NYC Pol Backs It
• Calif. Senate Panel Greenlights Carbon Capture Bill
• GOP Keystone Measure In Doubt As Dem's Support Wavers
• BOEM Considers First Offshore Hydrokinetic Power Lease
• EPA Establishes New Use Rules For 23 Chemicals
• Pharmacia, Tiffany, Others Can't Escape NJ Pollution Suit
• Calif. Panels Pass Cap-And-Trade, GHG Reduction Bills
• Enviros Want Wheels Off Wash. Highway Project
• House Energy Committee Takes Up GOP-Backed Fuel Price Bills
• Enviros Challenge Calif. Law That Speeds Up CEQA Suits
• Power Plant Operator Sues EPA To Shield Business Data
• Freeport-McMoRan Pays $7M To Settle Mine Pollution Suit
• Sierra Club Asks DOE To Block La. LNG Export Facility
• Interior Weighs In Against Mississippi River Hydro Project
• Salazar Rips GOP Energy 'Fairy Tales' In Legislation Push
• Indian Solar Farm Gets $103M Asian Development Bank Loan
• Ex-BP Engineer Faces 1st Criminal Charges In Deepwater Probe
• Harnessing Wind And Sun To Reduce Taxes
• 9th Circ. Allows Calif. To Enforce Carbon Fuel Standard
• FERC To Rehear $9.5B Western Hydropower Pipeline Pitch
• Calif. Cities Say $2B Power Line's Rate Formula Shafts Users
• The Future Of Green Skyscrapers
• Amnesty Says Nigeria Spill Far Larger Than Shell Reported
• Summit Agrees To Restore Wetlands, Undercuts Enviros' Suit
• Shrimp Trade Group Calls BP Settlement Biased
• A Failure Of Logic In Va. Supreme Court GHG Case
• EPA Bars Zep Disinfectant From Hospitals Due To TB Worries
• US, UK To Fund Floating Turbines For Deepwater Wind Farms
• Calif. Panels To Mull Bills For Tapping Cap-And-Trade Funds
• US Says Scientist's $5M Chemical Weapons Suit Came Too Late
• La. Lawmaker Accused Of Writing Bills To Aid Big Oil Clients
• Va. High Court Upholds Steadfast's Win In AES Climate Suit
• EPA Settles Beef With Exxon, Others Over Bogus Fuel Credits
• Enviros Sue NJ Developers Over Wetlands Remediation
• EPA Uncovers Arsenic In Pa. Well Amid Fracking Fears
• Nuke Groups Ask DC Circ. To Nix DOE's $750M Yucca Fee
• US, NJ Sue Hess Over Refinery Emissions Violations
• Banco Santander Takes $125M Stake In Ariz. Solar Plant
• Enviros File DOE Protest Over Cheniere LNG Export Project
• How The EPA Aims To Kill Coal
• Forest Service Wants 9th Circ. To Revisit Sierra Nevada Plan
• BP Spill Fund Shortchanged Victims By $64M, Audit Finds
• USFS Accused Of Bias In Suit Over Fast-Tracked Wind Farm
• EPA Greenlights 50-MW Wood-Burning Electric Plant In Mass.
• $20M PG&E Fine Over Pipeline Violations Stands
• CVS Pays $14M To Bury Calif. Hazardous Waste Claims
• EU May Issue Fewer ETS Permits To Bolster Carbon Market
• NYU Expansion Plan Foes Seek Enviro Study, Public Input
• Tribes Call On BLM To Drop Fracking Regulations
• DTE Energy To Build 4th Wind Park In Mich.
• TransCanada Draws Up New Keystone Routes Through Neb.
• Reps. Say Fuel Bill Would Limit Consumers' Legal Options
• EPA Plays It Safe With Dioxin Assessment
• Chevron Says Bankrupt Co-Developer Can't Sell Solar Projects
• Enviros Sue EPA, Coast Guard Over Oil Cleanup Chemicals
• EPA Delays 1st Fracking Air Pollution Rule Until 2015
• 11th Circ. Rebuffs Enviros' Bid For Panther Habitat Rules
• Honeywell, Enviros Settle CWA Suit Over Leaks At Calif. Site
• 5th Circ. Reinstates CWA Suit Against Baton Rouge
• House Passes Bill To Force Approval Of Keystone XL
• Enviros Sue Mont. To Enforce Coal Mine Water Rules
• Ala., EPA Sue Oil Cos. Over Storage Facility Leakage
• Pfizer Sells Land Near Old Brooklyn Factory To Local Investors
• BP's $7.8B Deepwater Spill Deal Allows Up To $600M In Fees
• Shell, Conoco Sued Again Over Ill. Carcinogen Releases
• EPA Ozone Rules Ignore At-Risk Citizens, States Tell DC Circ.
• Is Air Quality The Latest 'Victim' Of Fracking?
• Docket Diving: Strategic Uses Of Online Docket Info
• Calif. Official Presses For Funds For $68B High-Speed Train
• Formaldehyde Cancer Link Could Spur Modest Tort Wave
• Public To Chime In On NJ Beach Rules Opposed By Enviros
• Calif. Appeals Court Rebuffs Challenge To Light Rail Project
• White House Threatens Highway Bill Veto Over Pipeline
• FERC Approves Cheniere LNG Export Project
• Fishing Boat Engineer Pleads Guilty In $24M Pollution Case
• UK Geology Experts Back Fracking With Strings Attached
• EPA's E15 Gas Blend Will Hurt Carmakers, DC Circ. Told
• Ariya Capital Forges African Energy Project Venture
• Salazar, Panel Blast Congress Over Drilling Safety
• Chevron Pollution Doc Seizure Went Too Far, DC Circ. Hears
• National Union Wins $49M Carbon Black Coverage Appeal
• WR Grace To Pay $2M For Texas Asbestos Cleanup
• Canadian Solar Cos. Ink $187M Purchase, JV Deals
• CH. Karnchang Keeps $1.6B Hydro Contract In-House
• Memphis To Make $250M In Sewer Repairs To End EPA Suit
• NY Greens Pressure GOP On Fracking Waste Bill
• Army Corps Says Suit Over $650M Harbor Project Is Early
• Skirting The Constitutional Question In Criminal Fines
• Calif. Senate Panel Gives Go-Ahead To Carbon Capture Bill
• Malibu Strikes $1M Deal To End Coastal Pollution Suit
• Tort Claims Act Doesn't Apply To Camp Lejeune MDL, US Says
• House Dems Blast GOP's Fuel Standard, Gas Leasing Bills
• EPA Seeks Input On Challenged Coal Mine Discharge Permits
• NYC Scraps Waste-To-Energy Plant Plans For Old Dump Site
• Fed. Circ. Trims Entergy's $106M Nuclear Waste Award
• Don't Raise Electric Rates To Fund Solar, NY Biz Group Says
• Enviros Ask DC Circ. To Block Ga. Nuke Plant Expansion
• Sierra Club Fights Freeport LNG Export Bid
• Chinese Power Giant Gets Nod For 48-MW Wind Farm
• Wyo. Gov. Calls Interior's Fracking Rule Excessive
• DOE Says Cleanup Co. Got $50M More For Contracts To Parents
• EDF, Mitsui Enter Moroccan Market With Wind Farm Deal
• DuPont May Owe $235M After Study Ties Chemical To Cancer
• Mining Co. Must Face CWA Suit Over Contaminants
• Results Of Oregon Water Temp Litigation Are Lukewarm
• Volvo Powertrain On Hook For $72M In Emissions Penalties
• Utilities Dealt Setback In Calif. Net Metering Decision
• Energy Cos. Attack DOI's Lease Delays Before 10th Circ.
• Ex-Im Bank Grants $80M Loan For Indian Solar Project
• EPA Moves To Ramp Up Public Access To Chemical Data
• Brazil Moves One $11B Chevron Spill Case To New Court
• Bear Hunt Policy Won't Get NJ Supreme Court Review
• States, Power Plants Fight EPA Air Pollution Rules in DC Circ.
• JPMorgan Chase Unit, 3 Others Settle Ill. Superfund Suit
• Obama Launches Gas Development Working Group
• FEMA Cleared To Provide Flood Insurance In Puget Sound
• Sierra Club Says BLM Wind Project Violates ESA, NEPA
• US, Calif. Score $1.7M For San Gabriel Superfund Cleanup
• Opening The Door To EPA Challenges — But Only So Far
• House Committee Chair Says DOI Dodged Coal Rule Subpoena
• FWS Presses For Eagle Permit Changes To Boost Wind Energy
• NJ Civil Enforcement Efforts Racked Up $150M In 2011
• Judge Says DOI's Preserve Committee Picks Don't Violate Law
• Enviro Groups Take Arctic Drilling Fight To 9th Circ.
• Solar Co. BrightSource Shuts Off Plans For $180M IPO
• Atlantic Yards Needs New Enviro Study, NY Court Says
• Fisheries Service Draws Fire Over Stalled Hydro Projects
• Possible NY Fracking Deal Prompts Warning From Enviros
• EPA Sends Revamped Combustion Engine Rule To White House
• EPA Denies Green Groups A Review For Waste-Burning Rule
• Pa. Judge Extends Life Of Local Fracking Laws
• More CERCLA Recovery Hurdles For 'Compelled' Costs
• Travelers Asks 8th Circ. To Make Reinsurer Share EPA Cleanup
• Feds Probe Oil Slick Near Shell's Wells In Gulf Of Mexico
• Calif.'s $120M NRG Deal Raises Competition Issues, Group Says
• US Will Provide Docs With Early Gulf Spill Estimates To BP
• EPA Funding Rule Imperils NY Waterfront Projects: Enviros
• Sierra Club Hammers Out Deal With Ga. Coal Plant Developer
• Brazil Fails In 2nd Bid To Halt Chevron Operations After Spill
• US To Pay Tribes $1B For Mismanaged Trusts, Resources
• Fracking Notice Bill Moves Forward In Calif. Senate
• Neb. Passes Bill To Resume Keystone Pipeline Review
• BorgWarner Should Cover PCB Claims, Kuhlman Contends
• House Committee Demands More Interior Drilling Ban Info
• GAO Upholds DOE's Award Of $123M Cleanup Project
• Calif. County Can't Sue DOI Over Colo. River Water Plan
• Revamping Calif.'s Wetland Policy
• Beyond Conventional Wisdom: 4 Tips For New Lawyers
• Dewey Loses 2 UK Partners To Reed Smith, DLA Piper
• Md. Lawmakers Greenlight Shale Impact Area Bill
• Calif. Group Derides Wave Power Permit Bid
• Backer Of Green Building Tax Cut Vows Push In NY Assembly
• Enviro Report Alleges Illegal Peruvian Wood Trade
• Appleton Ducks Sharing $700M Superfund Cleanup Tab
• Panel Tells NRC Not To Play Politics With Nuclear Waste
• EPA Rejects NRDC's Request To Ban Agent Orange Ingredient
• Ind. Builder Sued Over Coverage For Project Sediment
• Deepwater MDL Court Issues $134M In Oil Spill Claims
• Kyocera, IHI, Mizuho To Build Japan's Biggest Solar Farm
• Biofuel Groups Back EPA Fuel Rule In Petroleum Group's Suit
• Sierra Club Sues Ohio For Public Lands Drilling Plans
• Implications Of State Auto V. Flexdar
• EPA, HUD Settle Lead Paint Suit With Chicago Property Owners
• EPA Rejects Groups' 2nd Shot At Ban On Lead Ammo
• ComEd Air Pollution Ruling Flouts CAA, US Tells 7th Circ.
• EPA Says Pa. Well Water Is Safe Despite Fracking
• Green Groups Want Loopholes Out Of EPA Fracking Rule
• NY Bill Calls For Earthquake-Fracking Link Study
• Tenaska Locks In $500M Loan For 1st Foray Into Solar
• Sunoco Pays $2.2M To End Tank Leak Payment Row
• Dismissed Means Dismissed: Comer V. Murphy Oil
• Drummond's Coke Pollution Coverage Claims Trimmed
• NRDC Asks 9th Circ. To Let Smelt Protection Plan Go Ahead
• Bill Looks To Boost Calif. Clean Energy Exports
• Calif. Groups Ask FERC To Nix Wave Energy Plant Bid
• Enviros Slam Bid To Have FERC Rehear $9.5B Pipeline Pitch
• New US Study Links Soaring Earthquake Totals To Fracking
• Chicago Property Owners Didn't Disclose Lead Hazards, US Says
• France Hands Out €7B Worth Of Offshore Wind Contracts
• DOE To Release $15M To Fund Bio-Oil Research
• Harvard Study Links Nicotine-Based Pesticide To Bee Deaths
• BP Investors Ask 9th Circ. To Revive Alaska Spill Suit
• Mass. Senate Passes Bill Targeting Energy Costs, Renewables
• BSEE, Coast Guard Agree To New Oil Spill Response Plan
• DOE Touts Renewable Energy Program's Economic Benefits
• DOE Veteran Joins Dickstein Shapiro
• Contractor Says NYC's Enviro Delays Bled It Of $32M
• Fueling The Fight For GHG Standards
• Cap-And-Trade Funds For $68B Calif. Rail Project To Spur Suits
• Green Groups Say Ore. Wind Farm Would Mar Landscape
• DOE Gets Ready For New Round Of Green Loan Guarantees
• 2nd GOP Subpoena Goes After DOI's Coal Rule Details
• Nebraska Keystone Bill Gains Second-Round Approval
• Mass.' Challenge To Entergy Plant Licensing Heads To 1st Circ.
• United Fire Asks To Dodge Coverage For Pollution Injuries
• CB&I Avoids CERCLA Claims In Pollution Suit
• Enviros Sue To Force EPA's Hand On Coal Ash Standards
• Swedish Developer Snags 500-MW Norwegian Wind Portfolio
• Top NY Fracking Foe Shows Mild Support For GOP Bills
• Judge Orders New Enviro Review On Calif. Highway Project
• Wash., Tribes Advance CERCLA Suit Against Mining Co.
• Case Study: Sackett V. EPA
• Predictive Coding — Cost Savings If Investment Is Made
• Exxon Ducks Claims Over Toxins From LA Facility Leak
• GAO Questions Pentagon's Clean-Energy Funding Strategy
• George Lucas Studio Development Stalled Over Enviro Concerns
• Calif. Faces Enviro Challenge To New River Mining Rules
• Ex-Mayor Can't Get Coverage For Dirty Water Suits: Ill. Court
• FERC Approves Remainder Of Marcellus Shale Pipeline
• Assessing NY Chemical Exposure Litigation Trends
• Mining Co. Makes Peace With Enviros In Selenium Dumping Suit
• Internal Report Shows KBR Knew Of Toxin Risk, Soldiers Say
• Oil Tycoon Grabs Majority Stake In 377-MW Wind Farm
• Palm Springs Says Wind Farm Approval Process Was Proper
• Germany OKs $4B Offshore Wind Farm Amid Grid Delay Fears
• Case Study: US V. General Electric
• San Jose Faces Raw Sewage Leak Claims In CWA Suit
• Brazil Lodges 2nd $11B Suit Against Chevron, Transocean
• Pillsbury Beefs Up Enviro Team With Chapman And Cutler Atty
• Top Republican Subpoenas Interior For Drilling Ban Info
• EPA Carbon Rule Would Curb Coal, Boost Gas Power Plants
• Dems Ask EPA To Mull Fracking Findings For New Rules
• Riverkeeper Flays Enviro Plan For $5B Tappan Zee Rebuild
• Halliburton Escapes RCRA Claim In Nuclear Waste Class Action
• DOI Unveils Plans For Faster Oil, Gas Permitting
• Altona Enlists Chinese Firm For Clean Coal Ventures
• Chevron Loosed From $22M Bond In Ecuador Pollution Fight
• FWS Wind Energy Guidelines For A Wild(life) World
• North American Leaders Stress Energy, Climate In Trade Talks
• Judge Trims CERCLA Suit Over Toxic GE Transformers
• Suncor To Pay $2M For Refinery's Air Quality Violations
• EPA Delays Fracking Air Pollution Rule For 3rd Time
• Solar Millennium Units Seek Ch. 11 Amid Project Funding Woes
• Marten Law Snaps Up Shook Hardy Enviro Guru For New Office
• Nstar May Pay $940M Extra For Cape Wind Power
• EPA Greenlights E15 As Registered Fuel
• GE Grabs Majority Stake In $375M Wind Development
• EPA Releases Climate Change Plan For Water Resources
• Atlantic Boosts Stake In 300-MW Okla. Wind Farm
• KBR, Halliburton Settle Asarco Superfund Claims
• Ark. Suit Over Army Corps Floods Heads To High Court
• High Court Seeks DOJ's Take On Texas-Okla. Water Fight
• Navigating History: Mont. And State Riverbed Ownership