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Environmental - August, 2012

309 articles

• Texas High Court Kills Landowner's $70M Takings Claim
• Fluor Loses Asbestos Coverage Bid In Suit Against Hartford
• Kansas Supreme Court Absolves BP In Contamination Battle
• Guidelines Sentencing Sought In Asbestos Demolition Scheme
• US Chamber Opposes New EPA Air Quality Standards
• Miss. High Court Won't Rehear $15M Asbestos Verdict Reversal
• NYSPSC Rebuffs Enviro Report On $2B Blackstone Power Line
• 4 Firms Feared Most By In-House Counsel
• USDA Unit Says LNG Project Will Bisect Protected Wetlands
• High Court Grants Review Of CAFA Dispute
• Judge Rejects Challenge To $1B Wisc. Superfund Remedy
• EPA Confirms Final Ban On Pesticide AZM
• NRC Finalizes Guidance On Post-Fukushima Safety Measures
• Enviros Say Law Change For LA Stadium Is Unconstitutional
• The Limits Of FLM V. Cincinnati Insurance
• Keeping Joint And Several Liability Alive In The 7th Circ.
• Defining The Mission Of The Complex Case
• Ind. Court Extends Personal Injury Coverage To Enviro Claims
• Review Of $200M NJ Offshore Wind Farm Project Suspended
• Shell Gets Permit For Preliminary Drilling Off Alaska Coast
• Judge Slams Forest Service Over Idaho Mining Project
• Pa. Tightens Time Limits On Environmental Permit Reviews
• Obama Orders Agencies To Help Boost Energy Efficiency
• EPA Won't Be Fighting Interstate Pollution With CSAPR
• Probe Finds No Improprieties In DOE Law Firm Hires
• FERC Halts Review On TransCanada Alaska Pipeline
• Brazil Supreme Court Lets $12.6B Hydro Project Go Forward
• Australian State Toughens Fracking Disclosure Standards
• Electronics Maker Pays $367M To Clean Up NJ Superfund Site
• Lloyd's Fights Gun Club Over Contamination Claims
• EPA OKs Food Residue Tolerance For Controversial Pesticide
• Enviros In Tough Spot As Calif. Bike Lanes Skip Reviews
• US Escapes $72M Suit Over Failed Oil Projects
• 2nd Circ. Lets Ship Certification Co. Sail Free After Spain Spill
• Asbestos Whistleblower's Retaliation Win Upheld In Texas
• Mitsubishi Heavy In Partnership Talks With Wind Turbine Co.
• 14 Window Marketers Get FTC Warnings On Energy Claims
• Pa. Man Challenges Zoning Under Disputed Pro-Fracking Law
• Germany OKs Law To Cost-Split Offshore Wind Development
• As Hurricane Isaac Hits, EPA Approves Fuel Waiver For La.
• EPA Increases Ammonia Limit In Processed Food
• Enviros Sue BLM For Fast-Tracking Road Clearance In Oregon
• The Importance Of Keystone To NWP 12
• Shale Gas Group Proposes New Water Sampling Practices
• Firm Can't Seek Penalty It Paid For Convicted Worker: 3rd Circ.
• Wind Project Condemnation Case Reaches Texas High Court
• Calif. Lawmakers Exempt Bikeways From Enviro Requirements
• US Clears Path For Fracking In Ohio National Forest
• ND Regulator Intervenes In Enviros' Coal Mining Regulation Suit
• Chile High Court Stalls $5B Thermoelectric Project
• Chevron, Transocean Lose Bid To Modify Brazil Operating Ban
• US Finalizes Rule To Double Auto Fuel Efficiency By 2025
• Enviro Study For $930M NC Toll Project Insufficient, Groups Say
• Nixing EPA Disapproval Of Texas' Flexible Permit Program
• NM High Court Reverses Allstate Win In Enviro Coverage Suit
• DuPont, Olin Face $5M Bill For Niagara Superfund Cleanup
• 10th Circ. Axes Suit To Block $4B DOE Nuclear Facility In NM
• Texas' Latest Water Woes May Push Lawmakers To Action
• Navy Settles Hazardous Waste Storage Dispute With EPA
• NRC Amends Reporting Rule On Plant Construction Alterations
• Energy Firm Sues Paper For Libel Over CWA Guilty Plea Story
• EPA Won't Revisit GHG Emissions Rule For Heavy Vehicles
• AT&T, Subcontractors Settle $5M Fuel Spill Suit
• Case Study: California V. Continental Insurance
• New Incentives For Southwestern Solar Projects
• Patton Boggs Can't Duck Subpoena In Chevron's RICO Suit
• Texas Landowners Take Hit In Suit Against Range Resources
• Romney's Energy Plan Unfairly Favors Oil, House Dems Say
• Bloomberg's Fracking Stance May Undercut Climate Reputation
• Texas Gov. Seeks EPA Waiver For Renewable Fuel Standard
• Volvo's Diesel Engines Break Emissions Law, DOJ Says
• EPA Forces Emissions Cuts At NM Power Plant
• Cycle Capital To Close On $100M For 3rd Cleantech Fund
• Mining Cos. Sued For $100M Over SD Gold Mine Pollution
• Judge Drops RG Steel Affiliate From Air Pollution Suit
• Group Challenges 2nd FAA Approval For Cape Wind Project
• What's Making Attorneys Flee Their Firms?
• Enviros Drop Suit Over EPA's Clean Air Act Oversight
• Case Study: Summit Petroleum V. EPA
• Boston To Upgrade Sewer To End EPA Harbor Pollution Claims
• Calif. Assembly OKs Bill To Hasten Pipeline Maintenance
• CEQA Reform Will Have To Wait For Next Year, Lawmaker Says
• Judge Asked To Rethink Sanctions In $10M Superfund Fight
• Romney Plan Puts States At Helm Of Oil, Gas Development
• Pa. Enviros Challenge Permit For WPX Energy Gas Well
• Occidental To Pay $19M In EPA Del. Site Cleanup Deal
• Keystone XL Can Use Eminent Domain, Texas Judge Says
• Dry Cleaner Operators Shell Out $2.8M In CERCLA Settlement
• TVA Found Liable In 2008 Coal Ash Disaster
• UK Insurer Can't Arbitrate Ameren Reservoir Collapse Suit
• NYC Passes Bill To Put Permanent Climate Cops On Beat
• Renewable Energy Investment: REITs And MLPs
• High Court Asked To Weigh $3.4B Tribal Land Settlement
• Calif. Waste Agency Faces Claims Of Polluted Discharges
• SEC's Conflict Minerals Rules: Strict, Onerous, Vague
• India's GVK Gets OK For $10B Aussie Mine, Rail Effort
• Suffolk Downs, EPA Reach $5M Settlement Over CWA Claims
• TransCanada Must Upgrade Keystone Safety, Regulator Says
• Sen. Pushes For Greater Enviro Role After EPA Rule's Failure
• Southern Co. Cleared To Advance $14B Reactor Project
• SEC's Toned-Down Conflict Mineral Rule Still Faces A Fight
• GOP Govs. Call For Keystone Approval, Fewer Energy Regs
• Industry Groups Tell Senate They Won't Back TSCA Bill
• Enviros Urge NJ Gov. To Sign Fracking Wastewater Bill
• Lawmaker Challenges EPA Over Pesticide Linked To Bee Deaths
• Chicago Water Agency's EPA Accord Violates CWA, Enviros Say
• Taxpayers Group Protests Tax Measures On Santa Clara Ballots
• Latest Bid To Rein In CEQA Faces Green Group Fight
• DC Circ. Kills EPA Air Rule, Making Room For State Input
• 9th Circ. OKs Chukchi Sea Exploration Rule For Polar Bears
• FERC Grants License For First Wave-Power Project In US
• SC Utility Settles Suit Over Arsenic-Polluted River
• EPA Blasts Enviros' Cape Cod Cleanup Suit After Talks Fail
• Reverb Of The Gibson Guitar Settlement
• Exxon, CBS, Vertellus Shell Out $30M For Superfund Cleanup
• Shell Arctic Drilling Risks Run Too High, NRDC Says
• Gardere Wynne Adds Ex-DOE Adviser To Gov't Affairs Team
• EPA Beats Energy Broker's Suit Over Phony Fuel Credits
• Cuomo Signs Bill Package To Ease Solar Development Costs
• NJ Seeks More Flexibility In Fining Air Polluters
• DOI Ditches Claim Over Preserve Committee Picks
• Sinclair Oil To Pay $14M For Alleged Breach Of CAA Deal
• Manko Gold Opens Shale-Focused Satellite Office In Pa. Town
• Power Co. Sues City, Railroads In $40M Superfund Cleanup
• Argentina Takes EU To WTO Over Spanish Biodiesel Ban
• China Says US Is Illegally Subsidizing Clean Energy Projects
• EPA Withdraws Objections To $2B NJ Entertainment Complex
• Be As Green As You Can Be: Army Corps' RFP For Renewables
• Solar Could Win Big In Army's $7B Energy Buy
• Industry, Enviro Groups Back Calif. Carbon Offset Plan
• Offshore Regulators Assert Power To Punish Contractors
• EPA Rules' Effect On Grid, Costs Will Be Limited, GAO Says
• DC Circ. Blocks Trade Group Challenge To Ethanol-Gas Blend
• Solar Trade War Rages As Chinese Cos. Call For EU Probe
• Swimming Upstream: 9th Circuit CWA Cases Head To SCOTUS
• Enviros Fail To Sink Shell's Suit Over Alaskan Drilling
• Liberty Can't Kill $50M Coverage Suit Over Deepwater Deal
• Getty Petroleum Gets Go-Ahead To Abandon Storage Tanks
• Interior Completes Post-Deepwater Offshore Safety Regs
• EPA Takes Regulatory Reins At Shale Hotspot On Indian Land
• Chevron Faces Suit Over Aug. 6 Refinery Fire In Calif.
• Covington Rips 3M's Bid To DQ Firm From Minn. Enviro Suit
• Land O' Lakes Cleanup Suit Not Time-Barred, 8th Circ. Hears
• GOP Presses White House To Release Ocean Policy Funding Info
• Cabot Settles Fracking Pollution Claims From Pa. Residents
• Pa. Regulators Approve Noncoal Mining Fee Hike
• CORRECTED: Drill-Friendly Zoning Law On Hold Pending Pa. High Court Input
• Italian Shipping Co. To Pay $1M For Criminal Oil Discharges
• Tuna Co. Convicted Of Bilge Waste Fraud Faces $3M Fine
• Safety First: Minn. Reviews Changes To Excavation Laws
• CEQA Exemptions Unlikely To Pass Amid Enviros' Outcries
• Oregon Groups Sue State Over Rule Allowing GMO Canola
• FAA Again Says Cape Wind Poses No Threat To Air Traffic
• EPA Settles Suit Over Texas' Ozone Cleanup Plan
• GOP Accuses DOE Of Deception On Renewable Energy
• Pa. Suspends Vapor Recovery Rule For New Gas Stations
• Enviros' Challenge To Pa. Gas Facility Emissions Advances
• Goodyear Off Hook For $70M In Blimp Factory Pollution Costs
• Delays Could Add $300M To Ohio River Bridge Project: FHWA
• NJ Commercial Farmer On Hook For Destroying Preserved Land
• EPA Cleans Up CWA Suit With Mass. City
• Mass. AG Vet Joins Brown Rudnick's Energy, Enviro Group
• EPA Will Propose Rules To Fight Biofuel Credit Fraud
• Calif. Agency Must Improve Oil Spill Fund Control: Auditor
• A Coal Industry Victory Over The EPA
• Wind Installations Could Drop Despite Gains, DOE Says
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Contract Doesn't Bar Transocean Coverage
• Cos. Warn Cap-And-Trade Will Drive Industry Out Of Calif.
• Faster Pa. Enviro Permit Process Could Haunt Projects Later
• Danish Energy Co. Plunks Down €157M For German Wind Farms
• Interior's Oil Reserve Plan Draws Heat From Alaska Sens.
• €8B Nabucco Gas Pipeline Plan Wins Hungary's Approval
• FERC Told Pa.-NY Gas Pipeline Enviro Analysis Is Lacking
• Energy Group Urges FERC To Rethink Utility Regulations
• Enviros Sue Calif. Agency Over 8-Year Water Safety Delay
• Lawmakers Rip US Plans For Arctic Oil, Gas Leases
• EPA Wrongly Rejected Texas Permit Program, 5th Circ. Says
• 2 More Agencies Join $650M Challenge To Ga. River Project
• Jones Day Hires Torts, Insurance Partner From Thorp Reed
• Streamlining Offshore Hydrokinetic Energy Development
• LA Rail Case May Loosen Reins On Infrastructure Planning
• Class Action Blames Texas Brine For La. Sinkhole
• FERC Begins Cameron LNG Project's Enviro Review
• Romney's VP Choice Defines Clean Energy Battle Lines
• Ruling Expected On TransCanada's Right To Private Property
• NJ Proposes Rule Changes For Alternative Energy Developers
• Calif. Senate Panel Delays Vote On Fracking Ban Bill
• Chevron Refinery Fire Sparks Chemical Safety Board Probe
• EPA Strengthens Limits On Nitric Acid Plant Pollution
• Johnson Controls Beats Developer's Enviro Cleanup Suit
• DOE Can't Get Judge To Revisit $4M Entergy Settlement
• Solyndra To Pay $3.5M To Settle WARN Act Claims
• $2B Mojave Solar Plant Ducks Enviro Challenge In 9th Circ.
• A Step Back For Plaintiffs In Climate Change Litigation
• Calif. Refinery Fire Sparks Legal Onslaught Against Chevron
• Army Corps Beats Challenge To Mountaintop Removal Permit
• NY Gov. Pledges $107M Boost For Small Solar Installations
• Indian Harbor Fights Coverage Of $2.3M Landfill Judgment
• NJ Developer Can't Force State To Honor Enviro Permit
• NJ Court Halts $7M Wind Turbine Project
• Calif. High Court Takes Up LA Light Rail Project Dispute
• $4.5B Louisville Bridges Can Advance While Case Builds
• Sierra Club Seeks To Stop Lake Tahoe Resort Project
• RG Steel, Lafarge Face Class Action Over Air Pollution
• The Benefit Corporation: A Silent Trend
• FHFA Axed Clean Energy Program Without Due Notice: Judge
• Calif. Court Says Insureds Can Stack Policies For Max Coverage
• Houston Beats $17M Judgment In Drilling Ordinance Case
• Biodiesel Co. Indicted Over $42M Renewable Credits Scheme
• Expanded Oil, Gas Leasing Would Make $7B For US, CBO Says
• GOP Claims Obama Pushed Solyndra, Other Loan Guarantees
• Calif. Tribe Hits Water District With Endangered Fish Suit
• BP Owes $12M For Lease, Oil Spill Cleanup Co. Says
• Tronox Healthy At Time Of IPO, Kerr-McGee Witness Says
• 9th Circ. Nixes Alaskan Groups' Discharge Permit Challenge
• Public Will Quickly Learn Of Sewage Spills Under NY Law
• Washington Presses NRC, DOE Not To Curb Yucca Review
• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Halt Keystone Work During Appeal
• No Uniform Statewide Rules For Pa.'s Oil, Gas Industry
• Northern States Power Will Pay $40M For Superfund Cleanup
• Rockefeller Renews Push For Clean Coal Technology
• Anadarko Says Settlement Unlikely In Tronox Enviro Suit
• Plan For RI Offshore Wind Line Advances Without Competitors
• Dole, Others Beat Banana Farmers' Chemical Exposure Suit
• EPA Can Make Utah Revise Emissions Rule, 10th Circ. Says
• FERC Wants Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Rules Clarified
• Enviros Ask 9th Circ. To Halt $2B Calif. Solar Plant
• California State Agency Sues City To Block Oil Lease
• Nuke Waste Becomes Part Of Entergy Relicensing Debate
• Temple-Inland, Int'l Paper Sued Over Polluted Miss. River
• Virgin Islands Strikes Deal With US In Water Pollution Case
• Bakken Boom: A North Dakota Mineral Rights Primer
• NRC Halts Reactor License Rulings To Revisit Waste Storage
• UTC Sells Wind Power Unit To Finance $18.4B Goodrich Buy
• Army Seeks Proposals For $7B In Renewable Energy Projects
• Study Links Texas Earthquakes To Fracking Disposal Wells
• Minn. Fights 3M Bid To Remove Covington From Enviro Suit
• White House To Speed Permits For 7 Green-Energy Projects
• Pa. Towns Ask High Court For Quick Review Of Fracking Law
• NJ BPU Issues Changes To Renewable Energy Regs
• 6th Circ. Overturns EPA Single Stationary Source Finding
• NY Solar Cos. Feel The Burn As Subsidy Expansion Is Delayed
• Kerr-McGee Expert Says Tronox Was Solvent At Spinoff
• Reid Says Wind Tax Credit Will Be Extended In 2012
• Milwaukee Minority Groups Blast $1.7B Highway Project
• Energizer, Others To Spend $9M For Mercury Cleanup
• Calif. DAs Sue Walgreen For $60M Over Toxic Waste Disposal
• Farm Group Can Join Enviro Suit Over Calif. Highway Project
• Obama Signs Camp Lejeune Water Pollution Health Care Law
• EPA Rule On Emissions Threatens National Parks: Suit
• Coalition Sues EPA Over Lack Of Oil Dispersant Rules
• Snell & Wilmer Adds Jeffer Mangels Environmental Law Partner
• New Texas Rules May Jump-Start Biodiesel Market
• Enel, GE Unit Team Up For $305M Minn. Wind Farm
• UK Allots £100M For Clean Energy Projects
• DOE Urges Fed. Circ. To Reinstate Unavoidable Delay Defense
• DOT Says Enbridge Can Restart Pipeline Closed By Oil Spill
• Ex-Im Bank Plans $2B Financing For S. African Renewables
• Review Of $3B Southwest Wind-Generated Power Line On Hold
• EPA's Mercury Rule Sets Impossible Goals, DC Circ. Told
• 1st Circ. Upholds EPA Pollution Limits For Mass. Sewage Plant
• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Stop Keystone Pipeline Construction
• US Opens Up Military Land For Green Energy Projects
• Gibson Strikes Deal To End Wood Import Investigation
• US Sues PG&E, Quanta Services Over 2004 Forest Fire
• Emerging State Fracking Regulations
• EPA Delays Key Part Of Sulfur Dioxide Rule
• Sens. Want $1.2B In Mine Reclamation Funding Restored
• Reach Of US Enviro Laws Key To Fight Over Ex-Im Gas Loans
• DC Circ. Says Order Forcing NRC Yucca Review Likely
• 7th Circ. Orders NCR To Spend $70M More On Superfund Site
• Greener Buildings Would Slash NYC's Energy Use, Report Says
• Union Rips ITC For Lifting Duties On Indonesian Paper
• Riverkeeper Ready For Fight Over Tappan Zee Enviro Plan
• Enbridge Oil Spill Prompts Demand For Far-Reaching Review
• Velsicol Chemical Wants Chartis To Cover Cleanups At 3 Sites
• Miss. High Court Denies Rate Hike For $3B Plant Amid Appeal
• Bill Would Halt Removal Of Offshore Rigs To Save Habitat
• Tappan Zee Enviro Plan Leaves Doubts On Traffic, Pollution
• House Dem Proposes New Carbon Emissions Tax
• Wind Tax Credit Extension Blows Through Senate Panel
• US Steel Accused Of Thousands Of Air Pollution Violations
• 2nd Circ. Lets GE, Nat'l Grid Off Hook For PCBs At NY Site
• Bingaman Proposes Overhaul Of Nuclear Waste Disposal
• DLA Piper Hires Blank Rome Gov't Relations Ace In Philly
• $605B Defense Appropriations Bill Leaves Senate Committee
• GOP Members Say Interior IG Was Biased On Drilling Ban
• GOP Report Slams White House Over $535M Solyndra Loan
• Covidien Says AECOM Overcharged On Nuke Cleanup Contract
• Sunoco, Others Face Toxic Tort Suit Over Benzene Exposure
• A Shift To Sand: Spotlight On Silica Use In Fracking
• CARB To Study Whether Cap-And-Trade Could Make Cos. Flee
• 'No More Solyndras' Bill Clears GOP-Led House Panel
• BP Urged To Be Fair To Fla. On Deepwater Claim Payments
• Transocean Insurers Launch New Suit Over BP Spill Claims
• Grid Emergency Bill Could Temper Utilities' EPA Woes
• Final Impact Report For $5.4B Tappan Zee Project Released
• Dallas Comes Closer To Writing Urban Fracking Rules
• Traub Lieberman Expands To LA With Insurance, PL Team
• Murray Energy Blames Ohio Mine Closure On Coal Regs
• EPA Asked To Set Aside Corn Ethanol Rule In Wake Of Drought
• $4B Debt May Drive Calif. Edison Unit Into Bankruptcy
• Olin Still On Hook For Niagara Falls Superfund Cleanup
• 9th Circ. Says BLM's Approval Of $2B Power Line Stands
• Markey Presses IRS To Eliminate Tar Sands Tax Loophole
• Siemens Wins $462M Contract To Build Australia Wind Farm
• Pa. Agency Must Yield Fracking Pollution Docs To Reporter
• 2013: Mercury (Regulatory Issues) Rising
• Chevron, Transocean Told To Stop Drilling Amid Spill Probe