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Environmental - November, 2012

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• Desalination Plant Challenge Axed As Tax-Free Bonds OK'd
• Calif. Court Tosses Challenge To Sturgeon Habitat
• Colo. Enviro Firm Seeks Chevron Suit Coverage In 10th Circ.
• Solar Energy Co. Hits DLA Piper With Malpractice Suit
• GOP Bill Would Boost Funding For Oil, Gas R&D
• Canada Nixes Cenovus Plan For New Gas Wells In Alberta
• Nalco Skirts Lawsuits Over Corexit Use After BP Oil Spill
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 52 Firms
• Sen. Skeptical Of Hyundai, Kia Fuel Payback Program
• $2B Wind Farm Proposed For Tasmanian Island
• Chevron Disputes Canadian Jurisdiction In $19B Oil Spill Row
• Derailed Conrail Tanker Spills Hazardous Vinyl Chloride
• NY Quietly Publishes New Fracking Proposal
• Pa. DEP Regs Would Ease Emergency Access At Fracking Sites
• Navigating Latin American Natural Resources Deal Flow
• EPA Settles With Energy Co. Over W.Va. Wetlands Violations
• Kinder Morgan Gets Tentative OK To Exit Fuel Spill Suit
• Solar Co. Satcon Spars With Lenders Over Ch. 11 Deal
• Dems Urge Obama To Act On Gasoline Emission Standards
• GOP Pick For Energy Oversight Panel Puts Focus On Fracking
• Senate Drops Biofuel Refinery Restriction From Defense Bill
• India Probes Alleged Solar Cell Dumping By China, US, Others
• Lloyd's Avoids Covering Part Of Tyco's $76M Wis. Cleanup
• IRS Says Solar Trust's Ch. 11 Plan Denies Its Setoff Rights
• Texas Court Upholds TRO In Sierra Club Toxic Dump Battle
• Calif. Appeals Court Greenlights Merced Wal-Mart Center
• Wis. Says NewPage Ch. 11 Plan Shirks Cleanup Duties
• Callahan Can't Dodge Mine Cleanup Dispute
• State Officials Seek More Influence In CAA Implementation
• How Healthy Is Your Law Firm? Time For A Stress Test
• Lender Wants AstraZeneca Affiliate's Ch. 11 Case Tossed
• BP Suspension Shows No Contractor Is Too Big To Debar
• Calif. Appellate Court OKs Antioch Wal-Mart Expansion
• 9th Circ. Greenlights $272M Alaska Rail Extension Project
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Alaskans' Climate Change Suit
• BP Workers Plead Not Guilty To Manslaughter In Gulf Spill
• Enviros Sue Over Mexican Wolf Recovery Rule Delay
• Senate Trims Anti-Biofuel Language From Defense Bill
• DOI Speeds Permit Process For Green Energy On Indian Land
• 10th Circ. OKs Army Corps' Permit For Kan. BNSF Facility
• Lawmakers Urge Congress To Pass Wind Tax Credit Extension
• Military Officials OK 100-Turbine South Texas Wind Farm
• Sierra Club Says EPA Failed In Pollution Plan Duties
• Obama Administration Lands $134M In Gulf Lease Sale
• Enviros Ask Pa. DEP For Tougher Evaluation Of Gas Facility
• DOJ Defends Obama's Block On Chinese Wind Farm Buy
• Calif. Court Nixes Santa Cruz Campus Expansion Enviro Report
• BP Suspended From US Contracts After $4.5B Deepwater Deal
• Philly Sewage Plant Says Whistleblower Suit Came Too Late
• BP Settlement: Lessons About Congressional Investigations
• Does The Divisibility Defense Really Exist?
• Don't Bet On Force Majeure In NY Oil And Gas Leases
• Int'l Paper Wants Atty Fee Agreement Axed In Enviro Suit
• DOI Wasn't Barred From New Ban On Gulf Drilling: 5th Circ.
• API's Suit Over Biofuel Rule Sharpens Policy Battle Lines
• Bipartisan Group Proposes Panel To Handle Energy Policy
• Environmental Groups Sue Over Wyoming Wolf Plan
• NAACP Loses Bid To Speed Up Minn. Light Rail Enviro Report
• Obama Signs Bill Exempting US Airlines From EU Carbon Plan
• Lyondell Unit, Cleanup Site Owner Spar Over Bankruptcy Claim
• Re-Evaluation Ordered For Exide's Lead Smelter Permits
• Katten Adds Baker Botts Enviro Partner To Austin Office
• Spending Provisions Sink Sportsmen's Act In Senate
• Renewable Energy Incentives In Light Of Election Results
• Brazil Approves Record $10.8B In Debt For Hydro Project
• Metal Refinery Sued Over Omaha Lead Superfund Site
• Army's Plan To Reopen Enviro Contract Sinks Injunction Bid
• US Looks To Ax Electric Co.'s Appeal In Coal Plant Suit
• Top Dems Seek Answers On Black Elk Oil Rig Explosion
• China's Ming Yang To Build 2,500 MW Of Wind Power In India
• Tronox, Kerr-McGee Tie Off Monthslong Trial Over Spinoff
• Judge To Review Weinberg Docs In Chevron Enviro Case
• China To Weigh Retroactive Duties On Solar Material Imports
• Valero, Sunoco Sued Over Worker's Benzene Exposure
• Fuel Group Urges EPA To Put Biodiesel Hike On Hold
• Owl Habitat Boost Would Hurt Timber Industry, Lawmaker Says
• Nev. Enviro Regulators Greenlight $1.2B Mining Project
• Pa. Mining Co. Says Feds Illegally Holding Enviro Funds
• Spector Gadon Taps Ex-EPA Honcho To Launch Energy Practice
• NCR, Others Ordered To Follow Massive PCB Cleanup Plan
• As Planet Heats Up, So Does National Security Risk
• Early Steps Toward Developing US Nanopesticide Policy
• Calif. Appeals Court Grants Water Rights To Landowners
• Forest Service Asks High Court To Review Sierra Nevada Plan
• Army Corps Wrongly Approved Wetland Fills, Judge Rules
• Enviro Group Calls Foul On Fresno Mine Project
• European Parliament Calls for Shale Regulation, Rejects Ban
• Beverly Hills School District Sues FTA Over LA Subway Plan
• Pa. Town Sues EPA Over Stream Pollution Restrictions
• NRG Unit Fined $14M In Air Pollution Case
• Texas Judge Denies Enviros Win In CAA Suit Against Exxon
• Texas Instruments To Pay $15M Over Radioactive Pollution
• King & Wood Adds Melbourne Enviro Atty From DLA Piper
• Grappling With The Scope Of Pollution Exclusion
• Enviros Challenge EPA's Chromium Emissions Standards
• Top Energy And Environment Issues In Wake Of The Election
• LA Judge Finds No Irreparable Harm From Chinatown Wal-Mart
• Pa. Landowners Attack Permit For Frack Water Impoundment
• Oregon Enviro Agencies Hit With Suit Over CWA Permits
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Sale Highlights Viable Carbon Market
• Sens. Seek To Remove Anti-Biofuel Measure From NDAA
• EIB Lends €300M To Morocco's 1st Solar Project
• Penn, North River Lose Judgment Bids In Landfill Coverage Row
• NY Appeals Court Tosses Challenge To Domino Project
• Consent Decree Clears Way For Alaska Clean Coal Plant
• Developer Sues DOJ, EPA To Defend Farmland Conversion
• Permits For First Pa. Natural Gas Power Plant Challenged
• Civic Group Moves To Block LAX Light-Rail Expansion
• Enel To Pay $165M For Vestas Wind Project In Chile
• Chevron Says NY Pol Favored Ecuadoreans In $19B Enviro Row
• TVA Coal Ash Disaster Damages Row Sent To Mediation
• Fed. Court Can't Interfere In Ga. Water Row, 11th Circ. Says
• ESA Deals Thwart Conservation Efforts, DC Circ. Hears
• Technicolor, Chartis Settle $6M Cleanup Coverage Suit
• Strategic Use Of Lone Pine Motions
• Clearing Calif.'s $68B Rail Plan Won't End Legal Woes
• Pro Rata Ruling Could Make It To Mo. High Court
• NJ Toughens Penalties For Dumping Medical Waste
• BP $4.5B Spill Deal Sets Stage For Expanded Enviro Work
• TCEQ Weighs Radioactive Fracking Waste Disposal Rule
• Republicans Press EPA To Revisit Particulate Matter Rule
• Virginia DOT, County Seek Win In EPA Water Flow Limits Suit
• EPA Says Pesticide Controls Comply With ESA In Enviro Suit
• Int'l Cos. Ask UN For Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Price
• NY Fracking Study Team Biased Against Drilling, Group Says
• Anadarko Shareholders Urge Court Not To Toss Deepwater Suit
• NRC Ignored Post-Fukushima Tips In Reactor OK, DC Circ. Told
• Australia Passes Bill To Cut Down Illegal Timber Trade
• Woodside Wins Key Enviro Nod For $40B Aussie LNG Project
• 4 Primary Phases In Complex Insurance Claims
• Calif.'s Cap-And-Trade Program And Its Impact
• Enviros Allowed To Add New Lease To Wyo. Coal Mining Suit
• Honeywell, Others To Pay $4.5M For NJ Superfund Cleanup
• EPA Ozone Rules Not Stringent Enough, States Tell DC Circ.
• EPA Won't Waive Renewable Fuel Regs Despite State Concerns
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Landowner's $70M Taking Claim
• Chevron Tells 6th Circ. To Uphold Opposing Counsel Sanctions
• RE Organizations Intervene In EPA Water Flow Limits Suit
• Trafigura To Pay $1.7M In Dutch Toxic Waste Settlement
• EPA Urges FERC To Expand Review Of Dominion LNG Project
• Fracking Pollution Plaintiff Wants Property Access Denied
• Calif. Project Wrecks Endangered Owl Habitat: Enviro Group
• Construction Co. Demands Sanctions In DOE Cleanup Cost Row
• Did The Supreme Court Mean What It Said In Concepcion?
• Chevron Releases Cos. From Landfill Cleanup Suit
• Drilling Co. Unveils Emails Linked To Pa. Pol's Campaign
• Senate Slows Down Controversial Cost-Benefit Analysis Bill
• Emissions Monitor Team Industrial Fined Over False Reports
• A Possible Road Map For Regulating Oil And Gas Emissions
• Maximizing Recovery For Hurricane Sandy Losses
• Power Plant Sales Don't Shed CAA Liability, Feds Tell 3rd Circ.
• DOJ Gets $1.1M In Remacor Superfund Cleanup Settlement
• Denbury Sues Lloyd's To Recoup $52M In Oil Well Losses
• Thompson Hine Lands Energy Ace From Morris Manning
• St. Paul Says It Has No Duty In Okla. Toxic Waste Action
• $90M Sale Of Solyndra Factory, HQ To Seagate Gets Clearance
• BP To Pay $4.5B, Cop To Worker Deaths In Deepwater Spill
• Overhaul May Be On Horizon For Calif. Environmental Law
• Legal Brawl Clouds Debut Of Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auction
• Pa. DEP Proposes Massive Hike For Dam Permit Fees
• EPA Inks Settlement Over Pulp Mill Emissions Standards
• DOJ, EPA Fine Vehicle Importers Over Clean Air Act Violations
• Wal-Mart Bests Calif. Activists' Bid To Stop Stockton Store
• Enviros Ask FERC To Rethink $400M NJ-Pa. Pipeline
• Enviros Demand Pa. Gov. Release Full Fracking Water Tests
• Dole Misleads On Banana Farm Enviro Practices, Consumers Say
• CB&I Ruling Deters CERCLA Cleanups, US Tells 3rd Circ.
• Obama's 2nd Term: A Victory For Climate Change Advocates
• House Passes Bill Exempting US Airlines From EU Carbon Plan
• Ex-BP Engineer Wants Gov't Emails In Deepwater Texting Case
• High Court May Close Class Waiver Loophole In AmEx Case
• Calif. Chamber Of Commerce Fights Cap-And-Trade Auction
• Target's Proposed Hollywood Store Gets LA Panel's OK
• Downstream Plant Found Liable For $3M Paper Mill Damage
• Roquette To Pay US $4M In Waste Discharge Settlement
• AES Solar Gets $752M Financing, Grows Portfolio To 500 MW
• High Court Lets SG Join Logging Runoff Permit Arguments
• Thousands Of Jobs Rely On Wind Credit, Govs. Tell Congress
• Don't Undercut Timberland Purchase And Sale Agreements
• Tips For Quality Control In Technology-Assisted Review
• Chevron Calls On Argentine Judge To Undo Asset Freeze
• Election May Save Wind Tax Credit, But Industry Woes Remain
• Republicans Question Math Behind NRG Wind Farm Lease
• Pa. DEP Head Fires New Salvo In Fracking Water Test Row
• Interior Fences Off Western Lands To Oil Shale Exploration
• Hines, Chicago Reach Deal On $1B Wolf's Point Project
• BakerHostetler Hires 2 Enviro, Energy Pros From McKenna
• EPA Permits 2 Fracking Wastewater Disposal Wells In NW Pa.
• Pitcher Can't Block Pipeline With Phantom Ocelots, Cos. Say
• Enviros Lose NRC Hearing Bid On San Onofre Plant Restarts
• Groundwater Policy Covers Degraded Waters, Calif. Court Says
• Arbitrators Award Alaska $255M For 2006 BP Oil Spill
• Judge Won't Let Ex-BP Engineer Off Hook In Deepwater Case
• Baker & McKenzie Leads South Africa's Rush Into Clean Power
• Pa. County Overhauls Air Quality Regs For Pittsburgh Area
• CPUC OKs Utility Efficiency, Renewable Energy Programs
• Judge Won't Halt Early Work On $2.6B Ky. Bridge Project
• Lathrop & Gage Adds Environmental Pro In Chicago
• Fired Chemical-Dump Whistleblowers Sue Philly Sewage Plant
• EPA Calls For More Public Input On Fracking Study
• PRIA 3 May Have Hidden Disadvantages For Industry
• Exxon Enviro Settlement Docs Privileged, Texas Court Says
• Williams Lands FERC Approval For NE Gas Pipeline Project
• NJ Sierra Club Asks EPA To Review Post-Sandy Permit Waivers
• Pa. PUC Issues Revised Figures For Fracking Impact Fees
• National Wildlife Federation Sues NY Over Ballast Water Regs
• Shell, Sunoco Settle With NH In $772M MTBE Pollution Suit
• EU Expands Chinese Solar Probe To Target Subsidies
• Obama Unlikely To Boost Federal-Land Drilling In 2nd Term
• Interior Dept. Seeks Tough Review Of Ore. LNG Project
• Litigation Hold Doesn't Bar Pa. Fracking Site Cleanup: Judge
• Argentine Judge Freezes Chevron Assets In $19B Judgment Row
• Ties To Polluter Leave Union Carbide Liable, 2nd Circ. Told
• Pa. DEP Head Slams Enviros In Pollution Aggregation Row
• Forest Oil Wants $20M Award Chucked For Arbitrator Bias
• Calif. Voters Pass Business Tax For $550M Energy Funding
• Trump Unit Drops $100M Suit Over Calif. Development Delays
• HR Guide For Responding To Natural Disasters
• EPA's Additional Fracking Rules May Bring Confusion
• Rep. Misunderstood Fracking Public Health Data, Pa. DEP Says
• Vale Gets Brazil's Nod For $2.5B Copper Mine Expansion
• Michigan Voters Reject Tougher Clean Energy Goals
• Enviro Settlement Doesn't Nix Sewage Dumping Suit, Judge Says
• Fracking Rows Possible After Dems Flip Pa. AG's Office
• Calif.'s $120M NRG Car Charging Pact Gets Federal Approval
• PE-Backed Big Island Carbon Files For Ch. 7 In Del.
• Post Sandy Payroll: What Employers Must Remember
• Phillips 66 Skirted PCB Cleanup Duties At Ill. Site, EPA Says
• EPA Approves Post-Sandy Fuel Delivery Workaround For NJ
• Promoting Sustainability Can Create Value For PE Firms
• Latham Nabs Ex-Linklaters Enviro Pro For NY Office
• NJ Relaxes Infrastructure Permitting After Hurricane Sandy
• Oil, Gas Cos. Want More Endangered Species Info From FWS
• Crawford Labs Wants Arcadis Ordered To Continue Site Cleanup
• Oakland Coliseum Wants U2 Concert Pollution Suit Tossed
• Texas Agency Considers Exclusive Well-Cleanup Contracts
• Enviros Challenge Approval Of Shell's Spill Response Plan
• Climate Change To Seize Spotlight In Obama's 2nd Term
• Natural Gas, Renewables Set To Dominate Obama's 2nd Term
• Sandy Could Change The Face Of Coastal Development In NJ
• Texas Judicial Hopeful Skirts $1.3B Malpractice Trial Until May
• US Beats Enviro Suit Over $2.2B Mojave Solar Plant
• SC High Court Blocks $650M Savannah River Project
• Enviros Blast Utilities' Challenge To Pa. Efficiency Targets
• US Defends Enviro Impact Review Of Ore. Wind Project
• Tools For Limiting Environmental Liability
• Enviros Challenge NMFS' Sea Turtle Incidental Take Rule
• Enviro Suits Threaten $320M Water Plan, Town Claims
• How To Maximize Insurance Coverage After A 'Superstorm'
• Enviros Lose Bid To Revive EPA Aircraft-Pollution Suit
• German Shipping Cos. Pay $1.2M For Oil Dumping At Sea
• Hyundai Hit With Consumer Fraud Class Suit Over Fuel Errors
• Enviro Groups Sue Again Over Mojave Water-Mining Plan
• Hurricane Sandy Causes Diesel Tank Damage, Oil Spill In NJ
• Akerman Senterfitt Adds Herrick Feinstein Land Use Pro
• Sandy Leaves NJ Dealing With Water Worries
• Oyster Fisheries Opt Out Of $8B BP Oil Spill Settlement
• Edwards Wildman Picks Up Litigation Pro From Neal Gerber
• Gulf Landowners Sue BP As Opt-Out Cases Trickle In
• NRC Questions Exelon Nuke Plant's Flood Plan Post-Fukushima
• Pa. Lawmaker Blasts DEP's Handling Of Fracking Water Safety
• FTC's Final Green Guides Offer Clarity And Confusion
• AEG Strikes Deal To End Enviro Suit Over $1.5B LA Stadium
• Cheap Natural Gas, EPA Regs Claim Another Coal Mine
• Pa. DEP Finalizes Rule On Permit Timetables Over Objections
• Could CT's Approach To Clean Energy Be A National Model?
• Fight Over CEQA-Dodging Ballot Initiatives May Hit High Court
• Enviros Lose Bid For Injunction Blocking Calif. Bypass
• Brace For A Business Interruption Coverage 'Superstorm'
• House Dems Sound Alarm On Climate Change In Sandy's Wake
• Insurers Avoid Defending Enviro Firm In Chevron's RICO Suit
• Only Proven Carcinogens Will Make Prop 65 List: Calif. Court
• Army Corps Defends Studies For $791M Fla. Airport Project
• Ecuadoreans Open New Fronts In Chase Of $19B Chevron Award
• Clock Ticking For Legal Challenges To Tappan Zee Approval
• No Due Diligence May Mean Spill Act Liability, NJ Court Says
• China Adds EU Cos. To Expanded Probe Of Solar Suppliers
• Comcast Gives Justices Chance To Raise Class Cert. Bar Again
• Energy, Enviro Agency Heads Set For Election-Year Exits
• TransCanada Faces Canadian Safety Audit
• Pa. AG Says Doc Can't Challenge Fracking Medical Gag Rule
• Ex-Obama Atty Perrelli Rejoins Jenner & Block In Washington
• Mapping The Pre-Election Landscape