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Environmental - October, 2012

284 articles

• Calif. City Can't Use Initiative To Skip Wal-Mart Enviro Review
• Developer Scales Back Contested Maine Wind Farm Plan
• Industrial Cos. Sued Over Costs For RI Superfund Cleanup
• Calif. County Beats Biz Group's Challenge To Land-Use Plan
• W.Va. Democrats Blast EPA Over Mining Permit Delay
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block Coal Mine Near Bryce Canyon
• FERC To Revisit Ruling In Exelon, Xcel Tariff Row
• Neb. Unveils TransCanada XL Pipeline Reroute Assessment
• Illinois AG Sues ExxonMobil Over Oil Burst At Refinery
• Texas Utility Dodges Suit Over Water Sold To Nuclear Plant
• Chevron Rips Ecuadorean Bid To Seek $19B Award In Argentina
• Mintz Levin Hires Ex-Haynes And Boone, DOE Clean Tech Pro
• Insurers Seek Contributions In Toxic Idaho Mine Defense
• Barnes & Thornburg Nabs Ex-Stoel Rives Financing Partner
• Contractor Loses Bid To Add Claims In Navy Cleanup Suit
• Enviros Target FWS Over Desert Bald Eagle Protection
• Predictions Regarding Predictive Coding
• Jury Can Set Punitive Damages In PG&E Pipeline Blast: Judge
• Block On Mont. Silver Mine Upheld Over Threat To Trout
• Indian Tribe Says Cape Wind Project Flouts Conservation Law
• Suit Says $200M Iberdrola Wind Farm Hurts Home Prices, Health
• Aussie State To Restart Uranium Mining After 30-Year Ban
• BP Doubts It Will Reach Deepwater Deal Ahead Of Trial
• Ala. City Beats Landowners' $1.8M Runoff Contamination Suit
• TDY Will Pay $1.8M To Settle CERCLA Claims
• Trends In Fracking Groundwater Contamination Litigation
• Obama Has Authority To Halt Chinese Co. Wind Farm Buy: DOJ
• CAFA Provides Wide Removal Power, NAM Tells High Court
• BP Balks At La.'s Bid For Separate Deepwater Trial
• Cliffs Improves Landfill Site That Triggered Enviro Fine
• House Bill Aims To Bar BP From Deepwater Tax Benefit
• US Beats Constitutional Challenge To Coal Mine Fees
• $3.8B Meadowlands Project Gets Key Environmental Approval
• CFIUS Shows New Aggressiveness In Ordering Divestiture
• Weinberg Can't Shift Doc Burden In $19B Chevron Verdict Row
• $3.4B Tribal Land Settlement Won't Get Supreme Court Review
• Ignorance Is Not Bliss: 'Sham Affidavit' In 9th Circ.
• Bankrupt Solar Co. That Got DOE Loan Faces Criminal Probe
• NJ Senator Wants Sunoco, Town Probed Over Tax Refund
• Ex-Sen., DLA Piper Pull Out Of PG&E Explosion Mediation
• Pa. Regulator Ordered To Stop Reviewing Local Fracking Laws
• Super Bowl, Mardi Gras Will Delay BP Deepwater Trial
• Texas Agency Sinks Bid For Solar, Geothermal Energy Rules
• Maine LNG Project Not Needed, Enviro Group Tells FERC
• 11th Circ. Won't Review Challenges To EPA Water Transfer Rule
• Texas High Court Again Snubs Shell, Amoco Arbitration Appeal
• Pa. Officials Admit Fracking Impact Fee Miscalculation
• $105M Syngenta Herbicide Pollution Settlement OK'd By Judge
• Benefits Of Conn.'s Ambitious Energy Strategy
• US Moves To Boot Relator From Time Card Fraud FCA Suit
• BrightSource Solar Wins Approval For Some Power Contracts
• Sunoco Settles With EPA Over Pa. Hazardous Waste Claims
• Louisiana Wants Separate Trial On $1B In Deepwater Claims
• Utah Approves Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rule
• Pa. Town Asks For Its Cut Of $200M In Fracking Impact Fees
• Lewis Brisbois Lands Former Calif. Enviro Watchdog Chief
• Chevron's Subpoenas Stand In $19B Ecuador Judgment Row
• Mining Co. Takes EPA Emissions Rule Challenge To High Court
• Ore. County Can Block LNG Pipeline, Court Says
• Kellogg Strikes Cereal Factory Emissions Deal With EPA
• 5th Circ. Denies EPA Bid To Nix Texas Air Quality Provision
• EPA Punts On NM Air Pollution Plan For Second Time
• Union Sues To Block $490M Seattle Arena Near Ports
• DuPont Faces Wrongful Death, Injury Claims Over C8 Exposure
• DLA Piper Urged To Quit Mediator Role In PG&E Pipeline Case
• US, Calif. Towns To Get $5.7M For Superfund Cleanup
• Insurer Asks Supreme Court To Stop 'End Run' Around CAFA
• Oil, Gas Cos. Should Submit EPA Emission Reports, Enviros Say
• Energy Game Changer: Electric Storage Systems
• Pa. Enviros Warn Dems Of Potential State-Park Fracking
• Mediation Delayed In $650M Challenge To Ga. River Project
• International Paper Pollution Suits Too Vague, Judge Says
• NRG Gets Lease For 450-MW Del. Offshore Wind Project
• AstraZeneca Affiliate Running Factory Cleanup Enters Ch. 11
• NRC Tightens Uranium, Thorium Usage Rules
• Perdue Farms Unit Targeted Over Water Pollutants
• Ore. National Forest Dredging Endangers Salmon, Suit Says
• Pa. Court To Eye State's Oversight Of Local Fracking Rules
• Power Co. Sues Insurers For Wis. Cleanup Coverage
• Embattled $210M San Fran Subway Station Gets Green Light
• Idaho Utility Asks FERC To Rethink Wind Power Ruling
• NJ High Court Weighs Warrantless Enviro Inspections
• Enviros Win Challenge To GMO Farming On Wildlife Refuges
• Updated Clean Air Standards May Mean Higher Costs
• Enviros Ask Pa. Gov. To End Delays On Fracking Water Notices
• How To Get The Most Out Of Your Statistical Sampler
• Lyondell MTBE Claimants Object To $450M Settlement Plan
• NY Orders Utility To Triple Solar Power Purchases
• Oil Co. Apache Enters Fight Over Gulf Drilling Lease Sale
• Blasting Critics, BP Urges Approval Of $7.8B Deepwater Deal
• Calif. Water Districts Lose Suit Over Expanded Fish Habitat
• 9th Circ. Tells Interior To Rethink Ruby Pipeline Approval
• Group Presses Calif. Gov. To Delay Cap-And-Trade Auction
• Haskell Sues Travelers, Others For Cleanup Coverage
• New DuPont Herbicide MDL Deal Allows Individual Claims
• Blocking Ore. Wind Farms: Overstepping Authority?
• Legal Industry Trends: Lawyer Salaries And Job Growth
• Pa. Township Says Fracking Law Not Impeding Gas Development
• CWA Clearly Requires Logging Runoff Permit, High Court Told
• Hunton & Williams Hires Charlie Crist's Ex-GC In Miami
• Enviro's Challenge To $16M Water Pipeline Denied
• Calif. City Improperly Approved Housing Project, Court Says
• Powerful House, Senate Panels Set For Election Year Shake-Up
• Navy's Green Energy Resolve Brings Chances For Contractors
• Texas Reaches $2.1M Deal Over Dry Cleaner Pollution
• USDA Doors Still Open To Cleantech After DOE Loan Firestorm
• Sanctioned Counsel Pursued Chevron Properly, 6th Circ. Told
• Polar Bears' Threatened Status Not Justified, Alaska Claims
• Massive LA Development Halted Over Environmental Concerns
• Enviros Say Army Corps' W.Va. Mine Permit Violates CWA
• Pa. Township To Lose Impact Fees For Violating Fracking Law
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block 15-MW Cogeneration Project
• Macias May Mean More Liability For Wash. Manufacturers
• A View From Inside The Litigation Finance Market
• Insurers See Ways Around Calif.'s Landmark Stacking Ruling
• Calif. Air District To Ramp Up Oversight After Chevron Fire
• Satcon Gains Access To Cash Collateral In Ch. 11 Case
• Judge Tosses Enviro Suit Over San Diego Naval Complex
• Kinder Morgan Unit Fined Over Oil Spill At NJ Facility
• Petro Group Rips EPA's Wyo. Fracking Pollution Report
• Pa. AG Candidate's Enviro Goals May Meet Partisan Roadblocks
• World Bank Pullout Won't Halt $877M Kenyan Wind Farm
• Drill, Pa., Drill — On School Land
• FERC Denies Enviros' Bias Claims Over $1.2B NJ-NY Pipeline
• 40 Years Of Clean Water Act: Muddy Aspects Remain
• EPA Must Press States On Ozone Pollution Plans
• Additional Discovery Blocked In $1.5B Wis. Superfund Case
• Halliburton Says Deepwater Deal Taints Liability Fight
• Chevron Trial Over $19B Ecuador Verdict Set For October 2013
• Grain Co. Sues EPA Over Permits For $3.4B Iron Plant
• Walter Energy Sues National Union For Slurry Spill Coverage
• GOP Rep. Presses White House For Offshore Drilling Ban Info
• Covington Challenges Removal From Minn.'s 3M Enviro Case
• EPA Particulate Rules Improperly Enforced, DC Circ. Told
• EU Seeks To Limit Food-Based Biofuels
• San Fran, Others Oppose DLA Piper Appointment In PG&E Case
• Solar Power Converter Satcon Technology Enters Ch. 11
• Pa. Lawmaker Floats Plan For Drilling Safety Panel
• Blackstone Project Row Hinges On Possible NYC Power Crunch
• US Steel Challenges Permit Requirements For Pa. Facility
• Dodger Pitcher Says Pipeline Threatens Ocelots On His Ranch
• EU Approves Creation Of UK's Green Investment Bank
• Alternative Burdens May Come With Alternative Causes
• Pa. Senate OKs Use Of Mining Wastewater For Fracking
• Exxon Says Privilege Protects Docs In Enviro Indemnity Suit
• Town Trash Import Ban Exposes Limits Of NY Power-Siting Law
• US Demands Solyndra Tax Break Docs Before Key Hearing
• Drillers Face Harder Times If Pa. Pro-Fracking Law Falls
• Patriot Coal OK'd To Seek Extension On Enviro Deadlines
• Sierra Club, Others Sue Calif. In Bid To Halt Fracking
• Texas Energy Co. Loses Bid To Condemn Land For Wind Project
• AEG Can't Defend $1.5B Stadium Project In Enviro Law Suit
• House Dems Press BP For Response To New Gulf Oil Sheen
• George Mitchell, DLA Piper To Mediate PG&E Explosion Talks
• Making It Harder To Obtain Damages Under NJ Spill Act
• Obama, Romney Throw Blows Over Energy, Health Care, Trade
• Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Plan May Hinge On Fuel Standard Case
• Pa. Delegation Says EPA Rule Threatens Coal-Refuse Plants
• Texas High Court Mulls Wind Energy Credit Penalties
• Entergy Underestimates Indian Point Corrosion Risk, Judges Told
• As DOE Wraps Stimulus Projects, GAO Eyes Cost Management
• US Must Balance Energy Needs, Water Demands, GAO Says
• NJ Town Sues Insurers For Defense In Pollution Rows
• Green Groups Target US Over $1.2B PPL, PSE&G Power Line
• Calif. Court Nixes Challenge To $120M Car-Charging Deal
• Judge Nixes Suit Against US Over Modified Crop Farming
• Fracking Fees Net $204M For Pa.
• Tribe Members Say They Were Shut Out Of $290M Dam Trust
• The Treasury's Harder Look At Developer Fees
• Solyndra Fires Back At IRS Over Ch. 11 Plan Tax Breaks
• Calif. Sues Tank Storage Co. Over Diesel Exhaust Emissions
• Clean Air Act Blocks Damage Claims In Pa. Power Plant Suit
• African States Flex Muscles In Natural Resource Dealings
• LA Sues Pollution Control Agency Over Owens Dust Mitigation
• Solyndra Lobs Cartel Allegations At Chinese Solar Cos.
• Feds, Transocean Challenge BP Spill Witnesses' Silence
• Chinese Solar Panel Duties Will Hurt Energy Trade, China Says
• $1B Wind Farm Package Blends Commercial, Development Debt
• DOI Approves Solar Development Fast-Track Plan
• Wells Fargo Stripped Of Award In Pollution Tax Break Appeal
• PG&E Customers Should Pay $277M For Pipeline Work: CPUC
• Mont. Sens. Urge EPA Action On Asbestos Cleanup Standards
• Implications Of Chesapeake's Water Improvement Program
• Covington Can't Rep Minn. In 3M Enviro Suit, Judge Says
• Deepwater Judge Won't Bump Settlement Opt-Out Deadline
• New EPA Report Again Ties Wyo. Water Pollution To Fracking
• 9th Circ. Revives Enviro Challenge To Nev. Housing Project
• Stakes Are High For Nuclear Power In Indian Point Trial
• BP, Transocean Could Be Liable For Recent Gulf Oil Sheen
• Brooklyn Board OKs Lightstone To Lead 700-Unit Development
• SF Panel's Nod Keeps $4.2B Transit Center Plan On Track
• EPA Can Improve CWA Guideline Revision Process, GAO Says
• Enviros Continue Bid To Nix Cape Wind Project Approvals
• Sherwin-Williams Wins Atty-Client Docs In Cleanup Suit
• Toro's $280M Aussie Uranium Project Gets Green Light
• Aussie Official OKs Coal Terminal In GVK's $10B Project
• 1st US Fuel Refinery In 30 Years OK'd For Bakken Tribal Lands
• IRS Says Solyndra's Ch. 11 Plan Is Ploy To Skirt Taxes
• Mining Cos. To Pay $30M To End SD Mine Pollution Claims
• GenOn Settles Conemaugh Plant Infractions With Pa.
• AVX Will Pay $366M In Largest Superfund Settlement Ever
• Ford, Severstal Secure $4M From US In Superfund Settlement
• 1st All-Gas Power Plant In Pa. Wins DEP Approval
• Treasury IG Probes Solar Firms Over $14B Grant Program
• Enbridge Says Post-Spill Pipeline Rebuild Suit Lacks Proof
• Exxon Knew Of Pipeline Trouble Before Oil Spill, Suit Says
• What You Should Know About Prepaid Power Contracts
• A Dispatch From The Front Lines Of E-Discovery
• Brunswick Will Pay $3M To End Feds' Suit Over PCB Releases
• Wal-Mart Project Dispute May Spur Call For CEQA Reform
• 9th Circ. Rules BLM Owes No Fees In Grazing Permit Suit
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Solutia's Appeal On CERCLA Costs
• Ex-Jackson Walker Environmental Pro Rejoins Vinson & Elkins
• Union Says Private Creditors Hog Solyndra Ch. 11 Dollars
• EU Panel Votes To Raise Bar For Oil, Gas Drilling Permits
• Regulators Handcuffed In Fracking Oversight, GAO Says
• Interior Advances Anschutz Unit's Wyo. Wind Energy Project
• Army Corps Faces Suit Over Railway Project Discharge
• Justices Won't Hear Chevron's $19B Ecuador Judgment Appeal
• Disney Urges Dismissal of 'Drastic' Clean Water Act Suit
• Sen. Wants NRC Probe Done Before Calif. Nuke Plant Restarts
• DC Circ. Nixes Judgment Barring Import Of Elephant Carcasses
• Enviro Sues Army Corps For Docs On $160M Levee Repair
• EPA Seeks En Banc Rehearing Of Vacated Clean Air Rule
• Pa. DEP Finalizes New Oil, Gas Air Quality Source Rules
• Alaska Village Urges 9th Circ. To Rehear Climate Change Suit
• CERCLA Preempts Wis. Law Claims In $1B Fox River Cleanup
• Case Study: Kivalina V. ExxonMobil
• Transocean Can't Duck Merger Suit Over Safety Record
• How NY Navigation Law Leaves Fracking Insurers Liable
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Laws Still Hazy On Project Funding
• Texas Landowners Seek To Block Keystone's Eminent Domain
• Enviro Groups Hit Midwest Generation Over Coal Ash Dumping
• EPA Widens Restrictions List For Chemical Makers, Importers
• Gulf States Fight For Share Of Potential Deepwater Deal
• EPA Has Right To Revoke Coal Co.'s Permit, DC Circ. Hears
• NM Court Sides With Shell In Polluted Neighborhood's Appeal
• Suit Over $35M Charleston Pier, Cruise Liners Shipped To SC
• Conn. Judge Backs State's 1st $12M Wind Farm
• Spotlight On Steve Gold's Toxic Tort Causation Paper
• Renewables Obligation — Is UK Solar On The ROCs?
• EPA Orders Enbridge To Intensify Mich. Oil Spill Cleanup
• Obama, Romney Clash Over Tax Plans, Deficit In 1st Debate
• Winstead Nabs Ex-Beirne Attys, Opens In New Orleans
• Wildfire Victims Seek Share Of $69M Award From Insurers
• High Court Considers Federal Taking Standard For Flooding
• Dominion Withholding Pipeline Info From FERC, Enviros Say
• Pa. County Challenges Approval Of Exide Smelter Upgrades
• NY Judge Cans Binghamton's Ban On Gas Drilling, Fracking
• Int'l Paper, Waste Management Accused Of Fouling River
• EPA Rips FERC Analysis Of 224-MW Calif. Hydro Project
• Exxon, Lilly, Others Sued Over $21M In Superfund Costs
• FTC 'Green Guides': What The Changes Mean For Marketers
• NY Enviro Regulators OK $1.4B Upstate Natural Gas Plant
• Pa. Enviros Challenge Permit Over Fracking Water Byproduct
• Bid For Quick Discovery Denied In Taylor Energy Oil Leak Suit
• Calif. Gov. Signs Bills Divvying Up Cap-And-Trade Funds
• 9th Circ. Halts $272M Alaska Rail Extension Project
• Judge Tosses Enviro Suit Over Historic W.Va. Battlefield
• Park Service Gives $1.2B Power Line Final Approval
• Claims From Areas Unsoiled By Oil Axed From Deepwater MDL
• Kirkland Helps Sumitomo Gain Stake In $2B Solar Park
• Texas Pipeline Group Rips New Barnett Shale Setback Regs
• Linen Co. Seeks $21M Superfund Award From Insurers
• EPA Agrees To Review Standards For Municipal Landfills
• Chinese-Owned Co. Adds Obama To Blocked Wind Farm Suit
• Travelers, Hartford Can't Duck Ariz. Contamination Claims
• FERC Approves $141M Alliance Gas Pipeline To Cut Flaring
• Biomass Suffers A Setback
• Ex-Navy Contractors To Pay $14M To End CERCLA Suit
• Senate Energy Panel Shake-Up May Put Gas On Front Burner
• Texas To Encourage Fracking Fluid Recycling With New Rules
• Cleveland Beats Whistleblower Suit Over Airport Pollution
• Brazil Court Eases Drilling Ban On Transocean, Not Chevron
• FTC Updates Green Marketing Guides
• Under Pressure, Cuomo Administration Punts On Fracking Rules
• Anschutz Can't Dodge Asarco Suit Over $80M Mine Cleanup
• ConocoPhillips Shakes Cleanup Suit Over Contractor Work
• Supreme Court Rejects Challenge To EPA Sulfur Dioxide Plan
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Mining Industry's Forest Rule Appeal
• Enviros, Union Lose Bid To Halt Work On Calif. Wind Project
• Berkshire Hathaway Unit Snags 2 Wind Farms Totaling 300 MW
• US Right Forum For Peru Oil Pollution Suit, High Court Hears
• Insurer Lexington Beats Toxic Discharge Coverage Suit