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Environmental - January, 2013

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• Texas Energy Agency Chief Advocates Keystone XL, Fracking
• Judge Tosses Challenge To Blocked Ore. Wind Farm Deal
• SF Panel's Nod Moves $200M Archstone Project Ahead
• Dems Push Against Oil, Gas Testing In Atlantic
• Arise Windpower To Set Up Shop On Scottish Estate
• EPA Boosts Renewable Fuel Standards For 2013
• High Court Stormwater Case May Draw More CWA Suits
• Jones Day Lures Enviro Partner In Mexico City
• Shell, Others Take $92M Fuel Cleanup Fight To Fed. Circ.
• Green PE Firm Backs Power Testing Co. ComRent
• Utilities, Consumer Groups End Energy Savings Plan Row
• Judge Sinks Wash. Tribe's Bid To Block Submarine Wharf
• Feds Want BP Attys' Docs On Deepwater Pollution Cover-Up
• US Poised For Climate Policy Push With Kerry As State Head
• White House Begins Review Of EPA Fuel Standards
• Terna Wants Fight Over Obama-Blocked Wind Farm Deal In NY
• DOI Beats Challenge To Calif. Casino Project Deal
• Chevron Units Can't Shake $19B Freeze On Argentine Assets
• Massive Class Certified In Waste Pollution Suit
• E-Waste Case Could Bring Changes To E-Waste Recycling Laws
• Civil Rights Claim Nixed In $1.7B Milwaukee Highway Row
• No Damages Against Debevoise In Malpractice Suit: NY Court
• GOP Sen. Floats Bills To Curb Fossil Fuel, GHG Regs
• Enviros Revive DOI Suit Over Failure To Protect Streams
• GOP Lawmakers Seek EPA Official's Personal Emails
• Chinese Co. Wants Wind Farm Deal Voided After Obama Block
• BP's Guilty Plea, $4.5B Criminal Spill Deal Win Approval
• PTC Extension: The 2013 Wind Challenge
• Genetically Modified Food Can Feed The Planet
• Bankrupt Satcon Opens Auction To Partial Bids, Liquidators
• Court Backs Calif. Plan For Carbon Offset Credits
• Sierra Club Rips NJ Gov. For Offshore Wind Delays
• DOE Says Sierra Club Can't Block Cheniere LNG Project
• Calif. Moves To Add BPA To Prop. 65 Chemical List
• Dole Settles Suit Over Banana Farm's Water Pollution
• Md. Court Rejects $1M Sanction Over Insurer Conduct
• TransCanada, Enviros Agree To Curb Keystone Protests
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Consol Challenges Pa. DEP Over Stream Cleanup From Coal
• Ex-Judge Says He Took Bribes In $19B Chevron Enviro Case
• Cargill, Others Say Bridgestone Owes $85M For Cleanup
• A Proposal For Addressing Climate Change Through China
• Edgcomb Snags 2 Bingham Enviro Partners For SoCal Office
• NY Green Tax Incentives Could Spur State FCA Investigations
• EPA Stands By Greenhouse Gas Standards For Light Vehicles
• Feds Failed To Protect Endangered Fla. Coral: Enviro Group
• DC Circ. Hands API Partial Win In Row Over EPA Biofuel Rule
• Pa. Bill Would Make DEP Disclose Fracking Test Results
• NJ Council's Planning Approvals Survive Court Scrutiny
• Pa. Can't Shake Enviro Group's Suit Over Fracking Law
• Pipe Co. Asks High Court To Hear Enviro, Workplace Case
• Tenants Off The Hook: EPA's New Policy Under CERCLA
• EPA Denied En Banc Hearing On Vacated Clean Air Rule
• Obama's Climate Change Plans Will Have To Bypass Congress
• NY Retreat From Storm-Prone Shores May Have Hidden Costs
• NJ Adopts FEMA Flood Maps To Fuel Post-Sandy Rebuild
• Fla. House Bill Pushes Oil Exploration In State Forest
• PSE&G Unfairly Flooded Solar Energy Market, Suit Says
• Calif. Fracking Permits Flout Enviro Regs, Suit Says
• San Fran Panel Punts Vote On $200M Archstone Project
• EPA Says Muddy Catskills Creek Needs More Protection
• Pa. DEP To Study Radioactivity Associated With Fracking
• Enviros Sour Over Bid To Ease NY Dairy Cow Herd Waste Regs
• SD High Court Backs Air Quality Permit For $10B Refinery
• Sargon Enterprises V. USC: A Step Toward Daubert
• Boralex Closes Financing For $56M French Wind Project
• The Kilbride Court After 2 Years: Pragmatic And Collegial
• Retailer Fight In Store For Calif. Plastic Bag Ban
• White House Takes Up Review Of Fracking Rule Changes
• Financial Backer Drops $3B Power Plant Amid Permit Row
• Blackstone Forms Energy Co. With Ex-Iberdrola Team
• Sens. Urge Swift Keystone Pipeline Approval
• Google's Campus Bridge Plans Remain On Hold
• Pa. DEP Chief Slams Report Critical Of Frack Well Inventory
• Pa. Regulators Plan Hike To Air Emission Fees
• Pa. County OKs New Air Quality Rules Despite DEP Concerns
• Dallas' Inaction On Fracking Regs Driving Away Drillers
• DOJ Takes Document Fight To 7th Circ. In Superfund Row
• EPA Proposes Restrictions On Refinery Chemicals
• Chemical Cos. Settle Suit Over Pollution At Texas Site
• BLM Flubbed Analysis Of Gasco Natural Gas Project, Suit Says
• Montana Regulator Skirts Suit Over Coal Mining Permitting
• Alsol Faces $3M EPA Suit Over NJ Superfund Cleanup
• Exxon Slams US Attempt To Recuse Judge In Cleanup Suit
• Hartford Demands Superfund Indemnity From Chemical Co.
• What To Know About Obtaining Civil Authority Coverage
• Tyco Targets Ex-Landowner For PCB Cleanup Costs At Trial
• DC Circ. Nixes Appeal Over Pollution Credit Transfers
• Nebraska Gov. OKs New Keystone Pipeline Route
• House Panel OKs Hydropower Bill Targeting FERC Red Tape
• DC Circ. Shoots Down EPA Exceptions To Soot-Screening
• 1st Circ. Affirms Toss Of $1.7M Award In Mass. Cleanup Suit
• High Court Declines Asarco Appeal Of EPA Sulfur Dioxide Rule
• Winstead Lands Cox Smith Energy Pro In San Antonio
• Finally Ready To Drill: NY Shale Development — Part 1
• CEQA Suits May Be Minimal, But Delays Remain A Concern
• Green Groups Clash With Business Over NJ Enviro Waivers
• Unlikely Alliance Threatens LNG Export Projects
• Halliburton Says Claims From BP Deepwater Deal Don't Stick
• Czech Gov't Sets Parameters For $10B Nuclear Expansion
• DOI Carves Out More Federal Land For Solar, Wind Growth
• Interior Delays Much-Disputed Fracking Disclosure Rule
• Tampa Seeks $50M From BP For Revenue Lost After Oil Spill
• Excluded Deepwater Plaintiffs Demand Damages From BP
• Kodak Dodges Pricey Payout In SC Pollution Settlement
• EPA Emission Limits Could Cost Ariz. Plant $1B
• Noble Can't Cut Conoco From Oil Cleanup Insurance Row
• Beginning Of Calif.'s Road To Finalized Fracking Rules
• La. Firm Opens Regulatory Outpost In Baton Rouge
• 5th Circ. Backs BP Execs' Dismissal From Securities MDL
• Solazyme JV Scores $120M Loan For Brazilian Oil Project
• EPA To Update Pesticide Export Labeling Requirements
• Climate Change Likely To Stay Back-Burner Issue For Obama
• NJ Enviros Want Renewed Push For Fracking Waste Ban
• BrightSource Suspends 500-MW Rio Mesa Solar Project
• Inuit Group Can't Challenge Seal Ban, EU Court Adviser Says
• FERC Proposes To Speed Solar Projects, Change Hydro Rent
• BP, Feds Want $4B Deepwater Deal OK'd Despite Objections
• Sens. Question Validity Of EPA Fracking Pollution Study
• How Bankruptcy Can End Environmental Cleanup Obligations
• Future Of Projects Under Revised Air Quality Standards
• Water Export Bans Hang In The Balance Of Red River Fight
• DOI Chief's Exit Stirs Hopes For Drill-Friendly Successor
• High Court Mulls Limits Of US Agency Powers In FCC Row
• NJ Landfill's Stench A Nuisance, Not A Hazard: Report
• Lowe's, Others Back Sungevity In $125M Funding Round
• New Pa. Auditor Will Probe Impact Of Fracking, DEP Regs
• Enviros Ask FERC To Reassess Impact Of Dominion Pipeline
• Mitsubishi Puts Up $765M For Piece Of Offshore Wind Effort
• Citgo Cut From NH Gas-Additive Suit To Explore Settlement
• Honeywell Puts Up $4M To End Mass. Energy Contract Fight
• Honeywell Must Face New Claims In $20M Pollution Suit
• Lawmakers Want Congress To Reject Fossil Fuel Carbon Tax
• Salazar To Leave Interior Department In March
• BLM Ignored Fracking Risks In Calif. Lease, Enviros Say
• EPA Eases Small-Engine Emissions Rules
• DC Circ. Sides With EPA Over Engine Emission Rules
• Evanston Sued to Halt $32M Northwestern Univ. Visitor Center
• Enviro Chief Must Testify In Pa. Gas Plant Appeal
• British Gov't Won't Call For Arctic Oil-Drilling Halt
• Pa. DEP Rescinds Fracking Water Byproduct Permit
• DC Circ. Won't Rehear Ethanol-Gas Blend Challenge
• Ky. Judge Doubts CGL Coverage For Oil Co.'s Cleanup
• Shell, Other Oil Cos. Lose Bid For $92M In WWII Cleanup Costs
• 1st Leg Of Google-Backed Wind Transmission Line Goes To NJ
• Lessons From Past Give Guidance To Sandy-Related Claims
• TAQA Buys Stake In 100-MW Indian Hydroelectric Project
• NJ Landfill Owner Stops Work Amid Outcry Over Odors
• Bill Would Let Fla. Trade Land For Conservation Promises
• FERC Won't Revisit $400M Gas Pipeline Upgrade Approval
• Interior Urges Wildlife Protection In Oregon LNG Project
• Vt. Pushes 2nd Circ. To Kill Entergy Nuclear Plant
• Ecuadorean Group Denied Intervention In Chevron Fraud Suit
• Atlantic Salmon ESA, CWA Suits Over Maine Dams Trimmed
• Los Angeles Greenlights New Solar Buyback Program
• PE-Backed French Solar Plant Gets €80M From German Banks
• Enviros Can't Stop NextEra Wind Project With Road Dispute
• Pa. Bill Would Require Fracking Chemical Disclosure To Docs
• Enviros Lose Bid To Block Navy's $715M Nuclear Wharf
• GHG Regulation: Canada Vs. US
• DOI Rule On Polar Bear Habitat Gets Cold Shoulder
• High Court To Hear Suit Over LA Port's Clean Truck Rules
• Alaska Gov. Pushes FERC To Speed Review Of Hydro Project
• BP Wants $3.4B Cut From Deepwater Liability Suit
• Water District Takes EPA Pollution Limit Row To High Court
• Asarco Keeps DuPont, Others In $150M Mine Cleanup Suit
• 9th Circ. Won't Weigh Suspension Of Calif. Cleanup Deal
• Intervale Adds Aegis Chemical To Oil Field Services Portfolio
• Saul Ewing Lands K&L Gates Energy Vet In Pittsburgh
• Pa. DEP Blasts Report That It Lost $300M In Fracking Fees
• Gallery Owners Say NYC Hotel Project Needs Enviro Review
• Fed. Circ. Revives Insurer's Military Base Cleanup Suit
• Green Groups Take NJ Pipeline Battle To DC Circ.
• EPA Slaps Air Pollution Violations On Shell Arctic Rigs
• How Texas' Water Rights Case May Affect Oil And Gas Cos.
• Ecuador-Suit Investor Accused Attys Of Fraud, Chevron Says
• Judge Wants Expert's Take In NJ Landfill Odor Battle
• Electric Car Cos. Accuse DOE Of Cronyism In $225M Suit
• Texas Lawmaker Requests $2B Fund To Pay For Water Projects
• Dem Says Taxes May Have Spurred Shell To Move Oil Rig
• NJ Sierra Club Fights State's Soot Status Request To EPA
• EPA Wants More Public Input On Fracking Pollution Report
• EIB Grants €500M Loan To Offshore German Wind Project
• NY Town Leaders Lament Lack Of Input In Fracking Process
• The Answer To CFIUS Authority Is Blowing In The Wind
• Black Elk Energy Hit With Derivative Suit Over Rig Accident
• Insurer Wins At Least $3.3M From US For Cleanup Site
• 5th Circ. Revives Notification Claims Against BP, Transocean
• Green Group Loses Bid To Bar Distribution Facility
• Conservation Group Challenges $26B Duke-Progress Merger
• France Looks To Build 1 GW Of New Offshore Wind Power
• Despite Costs, New Colo. Fracking Regs Won't Curb Drilling
• Google Invests $200M In 161-MW Texas Wind Project
• Challenge To DOI's Million-Acre Mining Bar Gets Green Light
• Cuomo Mum On Fracking In Sweeping NY Policy Speech
• NJ Accused Of Improper Cleanup At Condemned Property
• CORRECTED: BP Can Film Chu In Deepwater Deposition, Judge Says
• 10th Circ. Backs NPS Rejection Of Wolf Reintroduction Plan
• Mitsui Buys Half Of $400M Mexico Wind Farm From EDF Unit
• Pigment Co. Can't Toss Cleanup Suit Over Polluted River Area
• Pa. Sets Rules For Use Of Mine Wastewater In Fracking
• $200M Insurance Dispute Belongs In Court, 8th Circ. Told
• Gardere Nabs Enviro Partner From Patton Boggs
• Pittsburgh Utility Sues Developer Over Stormwater Plans
• UAE Energy Co. Grabs 50% Stake In Minn. Wind Farm
• Former EPA General Counsel Joins Covington In DC
• Noteworthy Product Liability Decisions Of 2012: Part 1
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
• Judge Nixes $1.6M Bonus Plan For Bankrupt Satcon
• High Court's Stormwater Ruling Leaves CWA Rules Murky
• After Rig Accident, Feds To Review Shell Drilling Program
• Colo. To Require Water Tests Near Fracked Wells
• Texas Takes Water Dispute With NM To Supreme Court
• Philly Firm Aided Mantria Ponzi Scheme, Investors Claim
• 10th Circ. Junks Enviro Suit Over Utah Tar Sands Leases
• Kinder Morgan Unit Sues Over Pa. Enviro Pipeline Challenge
• Ecuadoreans Can't Seek Review Of Chevron Fraud Claims
• NY Fracking Regulation Process Riles Detractors
• High Court Nixes 9th Circ. Ruling On Stormwater Discharges
• KKR To Invest Another $40M In Chinese Wastewater Processor
• Brace Yourselves For More Sandy-Related Litigation
• Calif. Dems To Wield New Power On Tax, Environmental Issues
• NRC Must Justify Entergy Safety Exemption Process: 2nd Circ.
• Justices Weigh Class Action Fairness Act's Removal Power
• Enviro Challenge To Idaho Roadless Rule Nixed By 9th Circ.
• Safety Concerns Prompt NHTSA's Call For Louder Hybrid Cars
• Solar Co. Falsely Promises Energy Savings, Suit Says
• Environmental Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
• BP Says Pension Funds' Stock Loss Claims Belong In UK
• Fracking Co. Appeals Pa. DEP Order Over Pipeline Location
• Settlement Paves Way For $2.6B Ohio River Bridge Project
• Travelers Says Privilege Bars In-House Counsel Testimony
• Georgia Power To Retire Coal, Oil Units Over EPA Regs
• Pasadena Residents Challenge NFL Rose Bowl Deal
• More Green Chemistry Regulations For Calif.
• Transocean Spill Settlement Shows Feds' Focus On BP
• US Wants Judge Recused In Exxon Cleanup Suit
• 1st Circ. Slams Enviros' Bid To Halt NH Nuclear Permit
• Utility To Spend $300M On Projects, Fines To End CAA Suit
• Sierra Club Loses Bid To Halt Dominion Md. LNG Project
• High Court To Hear Texas-Okla. Water Compact Battle
• EPA Erred In Setting Particulate Standards, DC Circ. Says
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams
• Safari Club Can't Butt Into ESA Settlements, DC Circ. Rules
• Keystone XL Plan Still Crosses Vital Aquifer, Neb. Says
• Alpha Hit With Another Pollution Suit Over Pa. Coal Mine
• W&T Offshore To Pay $1M To End Water Pollution Case
• EPA's Stormwater Flow Limit Axed In Va. Suit
• Calif.'s OEHHA Listings Must Reflect Scientific Record
• NJ Bills Would Allow Pollution Without Penalty: Sierra Club
• Ala. Defeat Unlikely To Derail Insurers In Pollution Feuds
• Dems, Enviros Press For Probe Of Shell Rig's Grounding
• EDF Closes Financing For 2 US Green-Energy Projects
• Leaked NY Report Finds Fracking Doesn't Pose Health Risk
• Judge Won't Lift Calif. Shark Fin Ban Despite Bias Claims
• EPA Argues Human Test Subject Challenge Falls Outside Courts
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Baker Botts
• Kentucky Utilities Pays $57M To Settle Air Pollution Suit
• Transocean To Plead Guilty, Pay $1.4B Over Oil Spill
• States, Enviros Accuse NRC Of Rushing Waste Storage Study
• Renewable Energy On The Rise In Calif.
• Lisa Jackson's EPA Legacy Divides Enviros, Biz
• Greenwich Sues To Duck Cleanup Costs At NJ Becton Site
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter
• Cliff Deal Saves Wind Credit, Boosting Projects Beyond 2013
• Alpha Unit Sued Over Alleged Pollution From Pa. Coal Mine
• Miners Urge High Court To Review Eldorado Forest Road Rules
• NJ High Court Tackles Insolvent Insurer Coverage Dispute
• API Asks Supreme Court To Nix EPA's Nitrogen Dioxide Rule
• Next Steps For Korea's Emission Trading Scheme
• German Distributor Pays $125M For Houston Chemical Co.
• MidAmerican Solar To Pay Up To $2.5B For SunPower Complex
• Neb. Gov. Can't Shake Landowners' Keystone Law Challenge
• Iberdrola Reaps $531M In Wind Farm Sale To GE-Led Group
• From Sandy to 'ART': A Look Back At Insurance In 2012
• DC Circ. Asked To Sink Offshore Lease Program Challenge
• Environmental Regulation To Watch In 2013
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2013
• Law360 Selects Top Practice Groups Of The Year