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Environmental - December, 2012

171 articles

• Calif.'s Fracking Rules On Deck For Enviromental Fight
• Dallas Denies Keystone Unit's Floodplain, Park Drilling Bid
• Conservative Groups Press Congress To Kill Wind Credit
• EPA Issues CAA Rules For Industrial Boilers
• Feds Assail Civic Group's Bid To Block $1.7B LAX Railway
• 2nd Circ.'s Olin Ruling Could Prove Costly For Insurers
• The Camel's Nose — EPA And LNG Export
• EPA Details Fracking Study Progress, Won't Hint At Results
• Solutia, EPA Ink $1M Deal Over Pollution At Chemical Plant
• Environmental MVP: Sidley Austin's Roger Martella
• Enviro Groups Sue NJ Over New Waterfront Access Rule
• DOI Stresses Pipeline Construction In Oil Reserve Review
• Perdue, Farm Prevail In Chicken Waste Pollution Suit
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Case
• Enviro Authorities Seek To Duck LA Dust Pollution Suit
• Pa. PUC Releases New Details On Fracking Impact Fee
• Del Monte Seeks $14M From Kraft, RJR For Pollution Cleanup
• Critical Insurance Coverage Issues And Cases Of 2012
• Beware Discovery In 3rd-Party Litigation Funding
• NJ Bill Would Extend Ban On Fracking Until EPA Report
• Judge Trims Subcontractor Suit Over Nuclear Site Cleanup
• 7th Circ. Says CERCLA Suit Against Enviro-Chem Can Proceed
• Brazil Looks To Augment $150M Chevron Oil Spill Settlement
• Enviros Ask Pa. To Halt $400M Pipeline Amid Permit Challenge
• Calif. Draft Rules On Fracking Call For Chemical Disclosures
• 2nd Circ. Puts Olin Insurer On Hook For Plant's Enviro Harm
• WTO Rules Against Ontario Green Energy Project Requirements
• Transocean Says BP Win Would Exhaust Its Spill Coverage
• Statoil Drops $590M For Marcellus Shale Buy
• AES Eastern Ch. 11 Plan Shirks Enviro Duties, Utility Says
• Reasons Behind 7 States' Intent To Sue EPA
• How To Protect Your Business From Natural Disaster
• Environmental MVP: Jones Day's Kevin Holewinski
• EPA's Soot-Slashing Rule May Hold Up Power Plant Expansions
• Texas Lawmaker Sets Sights On Solar In Green Energy Proposal
• Environmental MVP: Thompson Hine's Terrence Fay
• Momentive Gets Partial Win In Brazil Spill Coverage Suit
• Iberdrola, Vattenfall To Build World's Biggest Wind Farm
• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Block $3B Miss. Coal Plant
• EPA Inspector General Investigates Alias Email Accounts
• NRC Mulls Stricter Rules For Cooling Spent Nuclear Fuel
• Oil And Gas Group Sues Colo. Town To Kill Fracking Ban
• Fed. Circ.'s Opportunity To Clarify 'Duty To Cooperate'
• How Fracking Benefits Air Quality
• Calif. High Court's 2nd Stab At Henkel Could Help M&A
• Home Builders Sue FWS Over Endangered Species Listing Rules
• Feds Seek Hard Time For Asbestos Fraudster At 2nd Circ.
• US Offshore Leasing Plan Fails Economic Test, DC Circ. Told
• Patton Boggs' $22M Chevron Bond Suit Can Still Move To NY
• GOP State Officials Push Obama To Drop Fracking Rule
• Consol Energy Lands Drilling Rights At Pittsburgh Airports
• DC Circ. Says Challenge To EPA Biofuel Rule Is Too Late
• Mining Co. Liable For Columbia River Pollution Costs
• BP Flouts NY Law In Pursuit Of $300M Wind Farm, Town Says
• Environmental MVP: Latham & Watkins' Mary Rose Alexander
• Western Pa.'s Take On Carbon Dioxide Liability Claims
• Man Cops To Selling Fake Biofuel Credits In $42M Fraud
• Environmental MVP: DLA Piper's Robert Alessi
• Chevron Closing In On $150M Brazil Oil Spill Settlement
• Coney Island Boardwalk Facelift Exempt From Enviro Review
• Schneiderman Grabs Reins In Run-Up To Methane Battle
• Olin Asks 2nd Circ. To Uphold $14M Award In Pollution Suits
• EPA Stiffens Soot Standard By 20%
• Philippine Investor Buys Stake In Chevron Geothermal Unit
• US Home Loses Suit Over Contamination Shutdown Costs
• Canadian Mining Co. Hit With $152M Kyrgyz Pollution Claim
• 5th Circ. Lets Seacor Duck Deepwater Firefighting Suit
• Surviving Motions To Dismiss Under Section 1500
• Chevron Pays Utah $1.8M To Exit Coverage Suit
• $3.4B Nucor Iron Plant Survives Permit Challenge
• EcoSolargy Lands $150M In Solar Project Financing
• Enviros Target Ex-Im Bank Over $3B LNG Loans
• Walgreen To Pay $16.6M To Settle Calif. Toxic Waste Suit
• Pa. Sewer Authority Agrees To $140M Fixes In Pollution Suit
• Long-Term Wind Credit Extension Is Needed, Trade Group Says
• Georgia-Pacific Faces $235M Suit Over Stormwater Release
• NY Localities Have Legal Right To Ban Fracking, NRDC Argues
• UK Ends Fracking Ban, New Projects Slated To Move Ahead
• Landmark Class Action Case To Be Heard In Supreme Court
• A Fresh Look At Diversity In ADR
• Tronox, Kerr-McGee Dispute Intent In Closing Arguments
• LA Landfill Neighbors Sue Browning-Ferris Over Pollutants
• Enviros, Wind Energy Firms Reach Deal To Protect Whales
• Judge Seeks More Info In Enviro Suit Coverage Battle
• $10M Claims Over Chem Exposure Just The Start For Conrail
• US Pays Asarco $15M To End Neb. Superfund Cleanup Dispute
• New Tribal Leasing Regulations To Spur Renewable Energy
• Judge Won't Clarify Federal Modified Crop Farming Ruling
• ADB Commits $300M For Greener Vehicles In Philippines
• DOE Beats Sierra Club Suit Over Ethanol Plant Approval
• Ex-BP Exec Gets Deepwater Obstruction Trial Bumped
• Enviros Back Long-Term Deals In Pa. PUC Alt. Energy Rules
• NRC Eyes Tougher Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Reviews
• States Announce Plan To Sue EPA Over Methane Emissions
• Indian Harbor Loses Bid To Keep $2.3M Landfill Dispute In SC
• Agency Info Protected In Grumman Pollution Row, Judge Says
• What May Come Of EU's Hold On Int'l Flights
• Colo. Gov. Says State Won't Sue City Over Fracking Ban
• US Pushes Tough Prison Term For Barge Owner's $22M Oil Spill
• Fraud Continues To Undermine Renewable Fuel Standard
• Interior Approves Renewable-Friendly Utah Transmission Line
• Dems Press Coast Guard On Deepwater Oil Sheen Response
• Oil Group Slams EPA Biofuel Mandates As 'Insane'
• $7.5B Oregon LNG Site May Dry Up Coastal Lakes, Enviros Say
• Wind Tower Cos. Fight For Duties On China, Vietnam
• Ky. Residents Sue Over Train Derailment, Chemical Fire
• 9th Circ.'s Take On A Recent Trend Of Enviro Groups
• Newspapers' Bid To Unseal Pa. Fracking Deal Revived
• GDF Suez Scores $1.1B For Control Of Italian Wind Portfolio
• PECO Loses Bid To Adjust Energy Efficiency Targets
• NJ Bill Would Exempt Minor Pollution From DEP Regulations
• Canadian High Court Lets Bankrupt Co. Escape Cleanup Order
• Pharma Groups Take On Calif. County's Drug Disposal Rule
• Litgo Urges 3rd Circ.To Hold US Liable For Polluted Site
• BP To Inject $350M Into Brazilian Biofuels Operations
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Delay In Obstruction Trial Over Gulf Spill
• Developers Must Pay For Atlantic Yards Litigation, Groups Say
• Enviros Seek To Halt Construction On Pa., NJ Power Line
• SCA, E.ON Join Forces For Swedish Wind Power Projects
• Sandy's Environmental Impacts: Cleanup Has Just Begun
• FERC OKs Fracking Buffer Zone Around Pa. Gas Facility
• Continental On Hook For Technicolor Cleanup Court Costs Only
• Asarco Agrees To Settlement In $18M Mine Cleanup Row
• Del. River Agency Rejects Enviros' Pipeline Oversight Petition
• Enviro Group Wants FERC Review Of Spectra Pipeline Orders
• Teamsters Tell DC Circ. DOT Eased Mexican Trucker Standards
• EPA Agrees To Set New Brick, Clay Product Emission Regs
• Calif. Lawmaker Takes 2nd Crack At Fracking Disclosure Bill
• A Snapshot Of Renewable Energy Project Litigation
• Judge Shelves EIR On San Diego's $200B Transportation Plan
• Ecuadoreans Renew Bid To Toss Chevron Fraud Claims
• Berkshire Unit Headed To Trial In $230M Superfund Case
• Oyster Farm Sues DOI For Rejecting Lease Renewal
• Utility Group Blasts EPA, Enviros' Power Plant Pollution Deal
• Consol Bids $44M To Frack At Pittsburgh Airports
• EPA Sued Over Pollution Controls At Xcel Power Plant
• DOE Gets Claims Trimmed From Uranium Site Cleanup Fight
• 12 Cos. Reach $50M Settlement For Calif. Superfund Cleanup
• Enviro Group Loses Challenge To NM Wolf Trapping Regs
• EPA Rebuffs Part Of Arizona Emissions Technology Plan
• $1.2M Truce Proposed Over Farer Fersko Bankruptcy Claims
• MTA Ordered To Pay $4.37M More For Railroad Property
• Nuclear Safety Group Wants Vermont Yankee Shut Down
• Implications Of EPA Rule On Cadmium In Consumer Products
• Utah Claims BP Double-Dipped Into State Insurance Fund
• Century Loses Bid For Fresh Look At Superfund Ruling
• Utility Co. Inks $370M Settlement In Calif. Wildfire Fight
• China's Low-Priced Solar Imports Hurt US Industry, ITC Says
• LA, Enviros Spar Over CWA Permit Liability At High Court
• Chile OKs $1.4B Coal Plant After Endesa Adds Enviro Fixes
• Storage Tank Co. Fights Sanctions In Texas Fuel Spill Row
• Owens-Illinois Unit Makes $39M Emissions Deal With EPA
• Supreme Court Says Short-Term Flooding Amounts To Taking
• Great Lakes States' Suit To Block Asian Carp Tossed
• Calif. Fracking Litigation May Bring Economic Harm
• Citgo Denied $40M Insurance Claim On Enviro Suits
• Republicans Say HHS Is Biased Against Fracking
• Solar Co. Satcon Gets Nod For Credit Deal Over Objections
• Jury Orders Lockheed Pay $3M To Fla. Community Group
• CH2M Billing Suit Put On Hold For Tentative Settlement
• Dominion Pipelines Pass Environmental Muster, FERC Says
• Judge Nixes Challenge To Commerce's Fish Regulation
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• Co-Op To Sue NYC For 'Wasteful' $20M Asbestos Cleanup
• Missing OSHA Info Dooms Contract Bid For Green Army Project
• DOI To Hold 1st-Ever Offshore Wind Energy Lease Sales
• Pittsburgh Utility Can't Shake Suit Over $400M Redevelopment
• EPA Establishes Red Tide Rules To Protect Fla. Waters
• Oil, Metal Cos. Can't Escape Asarco Suit Over $113M Cleanup
• Acosta V. Shell: An Expert's Study May Be Irrelevant
• Post-Sandy Flood Damage: Insurance Brokers May Be Liable