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Environmental - July, 2012

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• Senate Panel Wants Airlines Barred From EU Emissions Program
• Wal-Mart Project To Proceed After Calif. Court Backs City's OK
• San Fran Panel Delays Vote On $2.5B CPMC Hospital Project
• Chevron Can't Shake Ecuador's $19B Enviro Judgment
• Enviros Seek To Lower FDA Mercury Standards For Seafood
• NRC Takes Rare Step In Fight Over Indian Point Nuke Plant
• Offshore Well Blowout Test Leaves Industry Breathing Easier
• Judge Buries EPA Mountaintop Mining Guidance
• BP Subsidiary To Pay $2.5M For Colo. Uranium Mine Cleanup
• Homeowners' Challenge To Landfill Plans Blocked By Court
• 5th Circ. Says EPA Can Limit Defenses For Some Polluters
• Shell's Bid To Shield Arctic Drilling Approvals Survives
• Minor Oil Spill Could Mean Major Problems For Enbridge
• Morocco Closes Financing On $350M Wind Farm
• Groups Buck Corps' Treated Wood Ban In Ore., Alaska Waters
• Judge Tosses Challenge To Wyo. Coal Lease Sales
• Lloyds Puts Up $1.6B For Renewables, Infrastructure
• Livestock Groups Say Ethanol Mandates Will Hurt Food Prices
• Enviros Target Consol In Latest Selenium Pollution Suit
• Continental Holdings Settles Fla. Gas Plant CERCLA Suit
• Arent Fox Adds Former Congressional Atty To DC Office
• FirstEnergy To Pay Fines, Close Ash Disposal Site
• Barnes & Thornburg Adds Ex-DLA Piper Enviro Partner
• Hollywood Condo Tower's Permit Yanked Over Enviro Review
• Calif. Rolls Out Expansive Rules For Greener Products
• Martifer Exits Suit Over $5M NJ Solar Project For Now
• American Superconductor Gets Investor Suit Pared Down
• Green Groups Accuse NC Pig Co. Of Illegal Waste Dumping
• China Tells EU Costs, Not Dumping, Drive Solar Panel Price
• Chevron Fine Ratcheted Up To $19B In Ecuador Enviro Case
• Keystone XL Pipeline Receives Key Permit For Southern Leg
• TSCA Reform: A Step Forward?
• 9th Circ. Won't Vacate EPA Approval Of $1B Emissions Swap
• W.Va. Senator Floats Broad Coal Mine Safety Reforms
• Trade War Looms As EU, Chinese Solar Panel Makers Spar
• Senate Sends Sequestration Transparency Act To President
• Safety Standard Is Key To Finding Chemical Law Compromise
• Shell Eyes 2013 Payoff As Arctic Drilling Progress Slows
• Now A Fracking Opponent, NY Could Soon Be Defending It
• Greek Shipper Fined $1.2M For Ocean Dumping, Cover-Up
• New Seattle Bridge Wins OK Despite Enviro Objections
• NJ Gov. Vetoes Greenhouse Gas Initiative Bill
• New Bill Would Allow Yearly Adjustment In Biofuels Mandate
• EPA Won't Ban Pesticide Blamed For Widespread Bee Deaths
• GOP Sen. Pushes EPA To Delay New Soot Pollution Standards
• Fed. Circ. Reverses $4M Takings Award Over Water Rights
• Court Tosses Pa. Zoning Law Encouraging Marcellus Drilling
• Senate GOP Unveils Far-Reaching Domestic Energy Plan
• Issues For Plaintiffs Settling Private CERCLA Litigation
• DOT Suit Over Pipeline Safety Must Be Filed Under APA: Judge
• DOE's Deal With Solyndra Investors Broke Law, GOP Says
• Linc Energy Unit Faces Contract Suit Over $236M Well Sale
• Dems Say 'No More Solyndras' Gives Pass To Nuclear Power
• Calif. Gov. Brown Floats $14B Water Tunnel Proposal
• FERC To Begin Enviro Review Of Freeport LNG Project
• EPA Mercury Rule Review To Benefit Select Few Coal Plants
• House GOP Passes Extensive Offshore Drilling Bill
• Oil Group Launches New DC Circ. Attack On Biofuel Mandates
• Army Corps Beats Challenge To $3B Ind. Highway Project
• Mich. Judge Blocks Club's Bid To Halt Mine Project
• EPA Finds Pa. Town's Water Lacks Fracking Contaminants
• Pa. Coke Plant To Spend $36M To Settle Pollution Claims
• Chemical Safety Bill Advances In Senate
• Dry Cleaning Chemical's Danger Merits CERCLA Award: Judge
• 3M Sues Covington & Burling Over Minn. Representation
• The Evolving Origins Of Species Under The ESA
• Calif. County's Drug Disposal Law Headed For Big Pharma Fight
• Judge OKs Feds' Texting Charges Against Ex-BP Engineer
• NY Ups Bonuses For Energy-Efficient Buildings
• Kerr-McGee Witness Begins Defense In $25B Tronox Case
• Lawmakers Trade Barbs As 'No More Solyndras' Debate Opens
• Safety Indicators Were Ignored Ahead Of Gulf Spill: Report
• GOP Spurns Chemical Safety Bill Ahead Of Markup
• Adviser's Fee Claims Pared In Fight Over $58M Cleantech Deal
• Calif. Sen. Wants $68B Rail Plan Delayed For Enviro Review
• EPA Delays Final Water Cooling Rules Until 2013
• House GOP Says Interior Is Stonewalling Drilling Ban Inquiry
• EPA Steps Up Oversight Of Cadmium, Lead Substitutes
• White House Threatens To Veto GOP Offshore Lease Plan
• DOI Picks 17 Hot Zones To Fast-Track Solar Power
• BNSF Doesn't Owe Cleanup Costs In Superfund Suit: 8th Circ.
• Seattle Eases Enviro Review Rules For Residential Projects
• Feds Fire Back In NY Challenge To Fracking Regs
• House Panels Probe NRC Chair On Policy, Communication
• Wide-Ranging Impact Of NTSB Kalamazoo River Spill Report
• 9/11 Wasn't Act Of War Under CERCLA, Building Owner Argues
• Land Lease Bill Unlocks Tribal Leasing Opportunities
• Tenn., Texas, Others Bring EPA Smog Rules Fight To DC Circ.
• Union Can't Derail NJ DEP Alternate Workweek Changes
• British Columbia Seeks 'Fair Share' For Support Of $5B Pipeline
• EPA Lacks Central Permit Compliance Database, GAO Says
• Texas Utility Signs Deal For $1B Solar Project
• PBF Puts Rail Project Ahead Of $1B Refinery Expansion
• DC Circ. Slashes Tribes' Attys' Fees Award In EPA Suit
• Keystone XL's Biggest Supporter Tries Again With New Bill
• Technicolor Wants Chartis To Cover $6M Film Site Cleanups
• EPA Takes Aim At Luminant Over Texas Plant Permits
• EPA Wants $1.55M From NL Industries For NY Superfund Site
• BOEM To Lease 20M Acres In Gulf Under New Plan
• Christie Signs Law To Require NJ Utilities To Buy More Solar
• Ohio's On Top Of Underground Injection Control Activity
• Texas Judge Orders Review Of Air Permit For $3B Power Plant
• EPA To Review Portions Of New Power Plant Mercury Rule
• NRC Blames Design Flaws For Calif. Nuclear Plant Leak
• GOP Offshore Lease Bill Would Net Gov't $600M, CBO Says
• Canadian Mining Co. Hit With $2M Arsenic Pollution Penalty
• Hollywood Residents Contest Plan Allowing Taller Buildings
• Brazilian Regulator Slams Chevron For 2011 Spill
• NJ's 1st Offshore Wind Farm Gets Green Light
• Solutia, Pharmacia Take CERCLA Recovery Case To High Court
• DC Circ. Nixes States' Challenge To Sulfur Dioxide Rule
• Norton Rose Bolsters New Arctic Team With McInnes Hire
• DC Circ. Upholds Emissions Exemption For Ethanol Plants
• Indigenous Ecuadoreans Want Cut Of $18B Chevron Judgment
• Enviros Won't End Fight Over Shell's Alaska Drilling Plans
• Environmental Property Services Now More 'Tax'ing In NY
• Stephen Baldwin Loses 1st Round In Bid For New Costner Trial
• Navy's 'Green Fleet' Could Make Congress Believe In Biofuel
• Utilities Count On DC Circ. To Relax Pollution Rule's Deadline
• US Fire On Hook For Nearly Half Museum's $1.5M Oil Cleanup
• Patton Boggs Faces Transfer Of $22M Chevron Bond Suit
• GOP Bill Aims To Give Oil Lease Oversight To DOE
• Judge Tosses Environmental Fee Claims In Hertz Fraud Suit
• CWA Allows Revocation Of Permits, EPA Tells DC Circ.
• BOEM, FERC Revise Offshore Hydrokinetic Power Guidelines
• Tronox, Kerr-McGee Trial To Resume In Enviro Liabilities Row
• House GOPs Slam Obama For Slow Coal Rulemaking Process
• Chinese-American Groups Challenge Calif. Shark Fin Ban
• Texas ‪Chemical Co., CEO Charged ‬Over Employee Deaths
• Exposing A Fracking Hazard: Silica Dust
• Ill. Gov. OKs Bills To Boost Clean Energy, Protect Consumers
• Neb. Seeks Spill Risk, Other Info On Keystone Reroute
• NY Fracking Expansion Could Trigger 2013 Budget Fight
• Greenpeace Fights To Lift Ban On Shell Drilling Protests
• Issa, Mica Say FAA Let Politics Cloud Wind Farm Approval
• UK's Carbon Storage Plans Advance With Shell, SSE Deal
• GOP Offshore Drilling Bill Moves Forward In House
• House Votes To Force OMB To Reveal Sequestration Plans
• Chevron Settles US, NJ Emissions Suit
• Dems Blame Chinese Trade Tactics For Abound Solar's Woes
• A Solution To Complex Problems In 30(b)(6) Depositions
• Judge Lets Oil Co.'s $26M CERCLA Insurance Suit Proceed
• Preparing For The 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season
• Enviros Win Halt On Planned Community Project In Calif.
• 9th Circ. Flushes NRDC Challenge To Calif. Water Contracts
• GOP Spars With DOE, EPA Officials Over Renewable Fuels
• GOP Rep. Wants To Open CBO Numbers To More Scrutiny
• Massey Units Sued Again Over Selenium Pollution
• DC Circ. Kills Challenge To EPA's Nitrogen Dioxide Rule
• Citgo Asks 5th Circ. To Nix Appeal Of $6M Oil Spill Fine
• Senate Passes Bill To Expedite Tribal Land Leases
• Sierra Pacific Settles For Record $122.5M In Wildfire Case
• Chattanooga To Make $250M Sewer Upgrades To End CWA Suit
• ND Can't Ditch Landowners' Suit Over Mineral Rights
• Top 10 Corporate Environmental Concerns
• Nigeria Threatens Shell With $5B Fine For Oil Spill
• House Sets Clock On Bill To Mellow Law Behind Gibson Raid
• German Utility Gets €200M For British Waste Energy Plant
• Leaving Enviro Rating Program Was Mistake, Apple Says
• GOP Bill Would Revive Pre-Deepwater Offshore Lease Plan
• Navistar Takes EPA Rumble Over Rivals' Engines To DC Circ.
• Pipeline Co. Hit With Fine Over 4K-Gallon Oil Spill
• Abu Dhabi's 1st Nuclear Power Plant Gets Environmental OK
• NJ Court Clarifies Cleanup Requirements For Eminent Domain
• Calif. Seeks Pollution Payout for Historic Mine Site
• Interior Officials In GOP Crosshairs Over Drilling Ban
• Nationwide Statements Shake Up Fracking Coverage Debate
• Alaska Sues Feds To Block Emissions Rule For Ships
• BACT: To The Future Of GHG Regulation
• Judge Greenlights $880M Everglades Restoration Plan
• US Mining Projects Face Dim Future Without Permit Reform
• Chevron Sued Over NJ Refinery Emissions
• CORRECTED: Alcoa, Chevron, Exxon Settle $56M Texas Superfund Suit
• Apt. Management Co. Sues Greenwich For Cleanup Coverage
• Murkowski Wants Anti-Shell Drilling Protests Checked
• Ohio Valley Coal Co. To Pay $7M Over Slurry Spills
• Evergreen Solar Gets Approval To Turn Out The Lights
• Chamber Says EPA Haze Regulations Are Coal Industry Killer
• BP Can't Collect From Transocean Insurers, 5th Circ. Hears
• Testimony Challenging Blackstone Power Line Benefits Stands
• $13B Calif. Water Tunnel Plan Not Worth Price, Study Says
• 1st Circ. Hands Travelers Win In Superfund Coverage Suit
• Capital Dynamics Raises $282M For US Solar Projects
• House Sends Senate Bill To Hasten Mineral Mine Permitting
• Sens. Make New Push To Extend Wind Tax Credit
• Va. DOT, County Sue To Block EPA's Water Flow Limits
• 9th Circ. Won't Hear Teck's Appeal On CERCLA Liability
• EPA Board Backs Mont. Asbestos Report Over Industry Fears
• NYC Calls Getty's Liquidation Plan Inadequate
• Power Cos., Orlando Want Holding Co. To Share CERCLA Costs
• DOE Promises No More Solyndras
• High Court Asked To Weigh Juries' Role In Punitive Damages
• How SB 315 Changes Ohio's Oil, Gas Regulatory Process
• Alaska Leaders Rip BLM Over Abandoned Oil Wells
• House Panel Keeps Farm Bill Largely Intact After Hearing
• Shell Canada's Carbon-Capture Project Clears Enviro Hurdle
• San Francisco Spurns Macs After Apple Drops Enviro Rating
• EPA Settles Sierra Club Suit Over NC, SC Air Quality Plans
• White House Throws Its Weight Behind Biomass Incentives
• House Sets Up Vote On Strategic Mineral Mining Bill
• DC Circ. Won't Halt $14B Southern Co. Nuclear Plant Expansion
• Trucking Co. Can't Delay PCB Cleanup At ConocoPhillips Site
• El Paso Highway Project To Go Ahead Over Green Objections
• Class Cert. Granted In Georgia-Pacific Chemical Release Suit
• DOI Raises Enviro Concerns Over $1B Idaho Hydro Project
• Calif. City Fights For Right To Block Point Molate Casino
• Ohio Gov. Beefs Up Regs On Fracking Wells
• Enviro Says Timber Co. Polluting Wash. River
• Pittsburgh Faces CWA Suit Over Stormwater Management
• Streamlining NEPA, Renewable Energy Sustainability
• Chemical Cos. To Pay $15M To Clean Up Calif. Superfund Sites
• Williamson Act To Face Scrutiny In Solar Land Use Suit
• Chevron's Opposing Counsel Sanctioned In Enviro Suit
• NJ Gov. OKs Bill To Clean Industrial Sites With Tax Refunds
• Fracking Foes Gird For Legal Fight With NY Regulators
• Study Says Fracking Did Not Cause Aquifer Contamination
• JPMorgan To Pay EPA $1.3M For Superfund Cleanup
• Enviros Fight Shell's Arctic Oil Spill Response Plans
• Lawmakers Stress Need For Alternative Vehicle Fuel Options
• Enbridge Slow To Fix Cracks In Mich. Pipeline, NTSB Says
• Enviros Cleared To Pursue Appeal In RG Steel Pollution Case
• SEC's Proposed 'Conflict' Resolution
• GOP 'No More Solyndras' Bill Would Curb Clean Tech Loans
• Town Seeks Stay On Spectra Pipe Project Pending Enviro Studies
• FERC's NY-NJ Pipeline Review Was Proper, Spectra Says
• New House Bill Would Replace Obama's Offshore Drilling Plan
• Army Corps Can't Ditch Suit Over $650M River Dredging Plan
• Acwa Power Gets Prized 60-MW Plant In SunEdison Selloff
• Halliburton Seeks Ax Of Medical Monitoring Claim In Nuke Suit
• Kellwood To Pay $6M To Settle EPA Suit Over Mo. Pollution
• Bankrupt RG Steel Must Face Air Pollution Suit, Judge Says
• Cockatoo's $1.1B Coal Mine Ushered To Enviro Study Stage
• Monsanto, Pfizer Try To Revive Enviro Feud With Trucking Co.
• GM Insurers' Asbestos Suit On Hold In NY Pending Del. Case
• Federal Lands: To Develop Or Conserve?
• The Troublesome Trend Of D&O, E&O Pollution Exclusions
• 'Gridlock' Can't Derail $5B Tappan Zee Rebuild, Cuomo Says
• Suit Claims Weatherford Owns Fired Engineer's Designs
• BOEM Readies For New Gulf Lease Sales
• Energy Cuts In Farm Bill Leave Renewables Backers Worried
• Gov't OKs 2001 Impact Study For $8.2B NYC Rail Project
• EPA Maintains GHG Emissions Permit Standards
• NJ Court Limits State's Power To Order Cleanups
• Unions Sue LA Over Wal-Mart Project's Enviro Permits
• Fla. Town Can't Delay $791M Airport Expansion Project
• FAA Not Bound By EPA Comments On Air Analysis: 3rd Circ.
• Chevron Must Give Back Ecuadorean Docs, Consultancy Says
• UK Signs Off On 2 Massive North Sea Wind Farms
• Chemophobia Class Actions: Who Is Really 'Injured'?
• Calif. Lawmakers Push $11B Water Bond Ballot Vote To 2014
• GE Escapes Mitsubishi Wind-Turbine IP Suit
• EPA Settles Sierra Club Suit Over Texas Air Quality Plans
• Pa. Fracking Well Suffers 4,700-Gallon Acid Spill
• BP Ducks $2.6B Suit Over Canceled Post-Spill Dividend
• EPA Posts Guidance On Catastrophic Air-Quality Exceptions
• Union Pacific Says It Can't Be Railroaded Into Cleanup Fees
• Sierra Pacific Can't Hold Gov't To Account Over Fire Damages
• Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Was Man-Made, Report Finds
• Further Steps Forward In Ohio Oil And Gas Laws
• Calif. Makes Another Attempt At Reining In Wildfire Damages
• RG Steel Blasts Enviros' Exemption Claim To Ch. 11 Stay
• Argentine High Court Backs Glacier Protection Law
• CBO Clears Bill To Ease Pollution Regs In Emergencies
• In 3rd Circ., 2 States Lose Bid To Bar Del. River Dredging
• Green Groups Settle With US Over Energy Corridor Plan
• Expanding The Scope Of ESA Section 7 Requirements
• Veto Of NC Fracking Bill Overridden By Accidental Vote
• DOT Faces Challenge To $3B Columbia River Bridge Project
• House Panel Wants Loan Testimony From Abound Solar CEO
• Bird & Bird Adds Baker Botts Projects Pro In Hong Kong
• GE To Get $11M From US In CERCLA Settlement
• The Rising Risks Of Chlorinated Solvent Contamination
• Enbridge Hit With $4M Fine Over Mich. Oil Spill
• Preservationists Seek Review Of $35M Cruise Terminal
• USDA, Navy, DOE Announce $30M Joint Biofuel Investment
• NJ Gov. Christie Vetoes Foreclosure Relief Measure
• Chinese Fishermen Sue ConocoPhillips Over 2011 Oil Spill
• Judge Halts USFS Herbicide Plan In National Forest
• Abound Solar Files For Ch. 7 Despite Federal Loan Guarantee
• Sierra Club Seeks To Block Keystone Pipeline Permit
• NC Gov. Vetoes Fracking Bill Over Lack Of Safeguards
• Coca-Cola, GSK, Sherwin-Williams Face CERCLA Suit
• Dewey & LeBoeuf And The 'Unfinished Business' Doctrine