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Environmental - February, 2013

268 articles

• Calif. Skirts CEQA Suit Over $68B High-Speed Rail Plan
• TCEQ Asks Texas High Court Not To Expand Permit Hearings
• BP Missed Macondo Warning Signs, Safety Chief Says
• $1B Warriors Stadium Plan Blasted Over Enviro Concerns
• Austin Delays Vote On Proposed Development Code Change
• Army Corps Dodges Suit Over CWA Policy Injunction
• Pa. Bill Would Create Incentives For Car Charging Stations
• CountryMark Agrees To $18M Deal In Refinery Air Quality Suit
• DOI Accused Of Skipping Enviro Analysis Of Coal Mine Plans
• Columbia Gas Plans $210M Pipeline Expansion In Pa., NJ
• EU Launches Dumping Probe Into Chinese Solar Glass
• Lawmakers Aim To Curb NRC's Post-Fukushima Orders
• SoCal Wind Project Beats Tribal, Enviro Challenges
• Q&A With SNR Denton's James Rubin
• A Breakdown Of Safer Consumer Products Act
• 6 Areas Often Underestimated In Law Firm Mergers
• Chevron Can Subpoena Bank In $19B Ecuador Pollution Saga
• Deepwater Witness Rips BP's 'Egregious' Drilling Moves
• Justices Question Merchants' Logic In AmEx Antitrust Case
• EU Offshore Drilling Rules May Hamper Small Oil, Gas Cos.
• NJ Sen. Looks To Ease Access To Wind Energy Tax Breaks
• GOP Energy Bill Would Expand Drilling, Target EPA
• Chinese Duties Too Lax, Wind Tower Cos. Tell Commerce
• Atlantic Yards Foes Demand Return To 10-Year Project Plan
• NJ Bill Would Loosen Local Restrictions On Flood Elevations
• Water District Gets No Fish Protection Repayment: Fed. Circ.
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Bills To Protect Against Fracking Mishaps
• US Chamber Report Disputes EPA Job Creation Claims
• Conrail Wants Brakes On Spill Suit During Consolidation Bid
• Q&A With Pillsbury Winthrop's Mark Farley
• Trade Groups' Challenge To Treated Wood Ban Gets Rejected
• The Business End Of Critical Habitat Designations
• Deepwater Rig Safety Was Shared Duty, BP Exec Testifies
• Texas Bill Would Shift Oversight Of Water Rates
• AmEx Opens Door For Justices To Build On Concepcion
• 9th Circ. Backs Oyster Farm in Lease Fight With Interior
• Calif. Speeds CEQA Review For $1B NextEra Solar Project
• Sequester Will Delay Renewables Projects, Salazar Warns
• US Wants Claims Pared From $2.6B Ky. Bridge Challenge
• NYC, NYU Told To Show Why Parkland Docs Were Withheld
• $1.65B In Exxon Leak Damages Slashed By Md. High Court
• Endurance Doesn't Owe Defense In Pollution Control Suit
• Q&A With Paul Hastings' Peter Weiner
• EPA Will Face A Flood Of Water Issues In 2013
• Exec Who Took Chemical Co. Clients Hit With $725K Verdict
• Shine Might Be Off Alt Fee Arrangements, GC Survey Shows
• GCs Brace For More Whistleblower Suits
• In-House Teams Expand To Keep Pace With More Suits, Probes
• GCs Rate Fixed Fees Best Bang For Their Buck
• Calif.'s Second Cap-And-Trade Auction Sees Higher Prices
• Calif. Bill Seeks Enviro Reforms, But Devil Still In Details
• BP Deserves Lion's Share Of Deepwater Blame, DOJ Argues
• Chinese-Owned Co. Can't Nix Obama Bar To Wind Farm Deal
• Travelers Escapes $1.8M KBR Pollution Defense Claim
• Tappan Zee Rebuild Gains Steam But Lawsuit Threat Remains
• 1st Circ. Scraps Mass. Challenge To Nuke Plant License
• US Ignored I-69 Project's Enviro Impacts, 7th Circ. Hears
• AEP Will Refuel Or Retire 3 Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Q&A With Hogan Lovells' Mary Anne Sullivan
• High Court Snubs Miners In National Forest Road-Closure Row
• A New Phase In EPA Chemical Risk Control
• Torys Aids Brookfield In Hostile Takeover Of Western Wind
• Honeywell, Others Roped Back Into $42M CERCLA Suit
• Texas High Court Could Complicate Water Permitting Fights
• Ill. Village Can't Get Coverage For Water Pollution Suits
• Enviros Sue Dominion Energy Over Mass. Plant Pollution
• Biofuel Fraudster To Serve 12 Years, Pay $42M
• EU Levels Duties On US Ethanol Despite Trade Groups' Protest
• Mid-Continent Win In Katrina Spill Fight Upheld By 5th Circ.
• NY Court Junks Challenge To Wal-Mart Stormwater Plan
• IFC Injects $100M Into InterEnergy's Caribbean Projects
• Watchdog Slams Gaps In EPA Oil, Gas Emissions Data
• Q&A With Reed Smith's Todd Maiden
• Locke Lord Lures Calif. Energy Partner From Stoel Rives
• A Food Industry Issue Menu For 2013: Part 2
• NJ Regulator Struggles To Ease Offshore Wind Worries
• 4th Circ. Backs Dow, Others In Fight Over Pesticide Findings
• Shunning Settlement, BP Bets Trial Can Curb Deepwater Costs
• GOP Says Interior Watchdog Shielded Officials
• Energy Cos. Face Hefty Fines Under EPA Emissions Proposal
• DOI's Alaska Oil Reserve Plan Allows Pipeline Construction
• Fla. Rep. Withdraws Bill Allowing Drilling In State Forest
• High Court Asked To Hear Ethanol-Gas Blend Challenge
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Alan Bick
• EU Eyes New Offshore Safety Regs In Deepwater Spill's Wake
• Only A Matter Of Time — Prepare For Geomagnetic Storms
• Halliburton Faces $300M Arbitration Over Fracking Secrets
• Alaska Hydro Project Could Power Half Of State, Backers Say
• Obama Expected To Tap McCarthy For EPA, Moniz For DOE
• Dem Grills BP On Misstatements About Macondo Oil Flow
• Texas Agency Loosens Proposed Fracking Rules
• NJ, Occidental Agree To $750K PVC Enviro Settlement
• Chevron, Transocean Workers Shake Charges Over Brazil Spill
• Madison-Kipp, Insurers Want Out Of Toxic Vapor Suit
• DOJ Can Withhold Docs In $1.5B Superfund Row: 7th Circ.
• BP, Others Resolve Calif. City's MTBE Case For $3.5M
• Q&A With Sidley Austin's Roger Martella
• Schiff Hardin Lands Former EPA Official In Chicago
• Obama Calls For $50B In Transport, Energy Project Funds
• Former EPA Counsel Returns To King & Spalding In Atlanta
• How EPA Will Clean Things Up In 2013
• Sedgwick Absorbs Brown Eassa, Adds 8 Partners In Calif.
• Consol's $1B Pittsburgh Airport Fracking Deal Clears Panel
• Top Dem Says Sequester Will Impede Oil, Gas Production
• GOP Bill Would Pin EPA Biofuel Quota To Production Growth
• Lawmaker Rips EPA Admin For Using Personal Email Account
• NJ Can't Oversee Nuclear Materials, DC Circ. Again Rules
• Transocean's $1B Deepwater Civil Deal Wins Approval
• Judge Blocks Quick Win In NC Superfund Test Case
• Time Warner Braces For Potential Waste-Disposal Fines
• Q&A With Jones Day's Kevin Holewinski
• EU Proposes Carbon Permit Auction Delay To Raise Prices
• CAA Key To New EPA Climate Change Regs, Think Tank Says
• BP Wins $3.5B Cut Of US Claims Ahead Of Deepwater Trial
• EPA's Former GC Joins Beveridge & Diamond's Enviro Team
• Pa. Bill Would Boost Renewable Energy Targets
• CARB Enjoys Victory But Can't Rest Assured
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auction To Draw Crowd Despite Suits
• Coal Plants Can't Compete With Natural Gas, Experts Say
• EPA May Target Greenhouse Gases Through Clean Air Act
• Enviros Look To Rebound In Power Line Battle
• Tar Sands Oil Imports Should Be Taxed Like Crude, Dems Say
• Enviros Urge DRBC To Review $400M Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• Q&A With Baker Botts' Joshua Frank
• Bristol-Myers Dodges 24 Wrongful Death Suits Over Toxins
• Texas High Court Crushes Houston Air-Quality Ordinance
• Govs. Ask DOI Nominee To Ease Offshore Drilling Policy
• GCs Name 43 Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Feds Must Disclose Firms Making Oil, Gas Lease Requests
• House Dems Call For Federal Fracking Disclosure Rules
• KKR Buys Ontario Solar Portfolio From Starwood Energy
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• Treating The Troubled US Energy Infrastructure
• RI Cleans Up Significant Superfund Precedent
• BP, Transocean Sued Over Deepwater Insurance Claims
• Pipeline Appeals In Limbo After Pa. Permit Ruling
• Calif. Court To Weigh Whether Ballot Process Trumps CEQA
• Bloomberg's Styrofoam Ban To Face Stiff Resistance In NY
• 5th Circ. OKs Ecuador's Discovery Bid In $19B Chevron Row
• Key Pa. Panel OKs Bill Promoting Mine Water Use In Fracking
• Pa. DEP Touts Efficiency Boost Following New Permit Process
• Litgo Fights Cleanup Share Of NJ Military Site In 3rd Circ.
• Sens. Float New Fossil Fuel Carbon Tax
• Transocean Fined $400M As It Admits Deepwater Guilt
• Enviro Cos., Beware Of More EPA Criminal Enforcement
• BP Spars With Gov't Over Potential $21B Deepwater Fines
• NY Fracking 'Home Rule' Appeal Looms Amid Regulatory Delay
• Franken Takes Key Energy Subcommittee Post In Senate
• Insurer Sues Deepwater Cleanup Cos. Over Worker Coverage
• Obama's Climate Ultimatum Paves Way For Agency Actions
• Green Groups Target TVA Over Alleged CWA Violations
• Obama Pushes To Use $2B In Oil Cash For Renewable Energy
• 2 NJ Officials Indicted For Water Pollution Scheme
• Get Enviro Liability Estimates With A Decision Tree Model
• A Food Industry Issue Menu For 2013: Part 1
• US Wrongly Created Solar Energy Zones, Enviros Claim
• Emerging Trends In The Advertising Self-Regulatory Council
• 7 Resolutions For Legal Industry Marketing In 2013
• Pest Control Co. Sues For Pollution Cleanup Coverage
• Lockheed Trying To Rewrite Deal, Goodyear Tells 6th Circ.
• ATP Owes $55M In Fines Over Covert Oil Discharge, US Says
• Conrail Can't Bring Vinyl Chloride Spill Row To Fed. Court
• Individual Claims Retained Under DuPont Herbicide Settlement
• UK Lift Of Fracking Moratorium Brings Positive Reaction
• Sens. Push For More Renewable Projects On Public Lands
• Fracking In NY Would Harm NJ Too, Lawmakers Tell Cuomo
• Pa. House Passes Bill Promoting Greener State Buildings
• Venable Snags Enviro Project Compliance Duo From Dorsey
• Fla. Bill Would Expand Water Quality Credit Trading Program
• Sierra Club Sues To Block Future Tahoe Resort Development
• $1.8M Deal Resolves Claims Over Farer Fersko Bankruptcy
• EPA Bans All Pesticide Testing On Pregnant Women, Kids
• Berkshire Unit Should Pay $44M For Superfund Cleanup: Feds
• $5B Canadian Rail Expansion Stalls As Study Called Off
• Ban On Fracking Talk In NY Town Curbs Free Speech: Enviros
• DOI Asks Judge To Rethink Axing Alaska Polar Bear Habitat
• Ex-EPA Civil Enforcement Chief Joins McGuireWoods
• Enviros Can't Derail Alaska's $272M MacKenzie Train Line
• NJ Assembly Panel Advances Permanent Fracking Ban
• Pa. Bill Would Fund Fracking Pollution Test For Well Water
• Australia OKs $675M Whitehaven Coal Project Days After Delay
• Lawmakers Eye Renewable Energy Leases On Public Land
• Lead Co. Urges 8th Circ. To Trigger Enviro Suit Coverage
• Enviros Lose Challenge To NJ Stretch of $1.2B Power Line
• Coke, GSK Dodge Cleanup Claims Over Ohio Landfill
• EQT Unit's Proposed Pipeline Buy Too Risky, PUC Judge Says
• Cabot Can't Nix Appeal Of Fracking Pollution Settlement
• US Lost $30B Through Flawed Coal Leases, NRDC Claims
• Law360 Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
• TCEQ Wants To Streamline Oil, Gas Emissions Approval
• Implications Of CWA Violations In Waterkeeper V. Hudson
• No Space For Partner Egos In Law Firm Of The Future
• 4th Circ. Denies Vitol's Bid For $9M In Oil Spill Row
• Prop. 65 Reform, Offered As Panacea, Could Prove Unpopular
• EPA's Biofuel Mandate Hinges On Untested Plants
• Transocean, Feds Push For $400M Deepwater Plea Approval
• Consol To Pay Up To $1B For Pittsburgh Airport Drilling Rights
• FDA Tells 2nd Circ. It's Not Bound To Feed Antibiotics Ban
• Enviros Throw Support Behind Pa. Fuel-Switching Plan
• Climate Change Forces EPA, DOI To Fine-Tune Missions
• Marguerite, Siemens Grab Stakes In $1.7B German Wind Farm
• Preparing Your Witness To Be A Performer
• The Time Is Now To Invest In Natural Gas Vehicles
• Ecuador Must Block $19B Chevron Judgment, Tribunal Says
• DOE To Offer $150M In Clean Tech Tax Credits
• NY, 8 Other States Tighten Regional Carbon Pollution Caps
• Babcock Liable For Nuclear Pollution Injuries, Suit Says
• Vedder Price Adds Enviro Whiz From Meckler Bulger
• Pa. Electricity Cos. Slam Gas Co.'s Fuel-Switch Plan
• VWR Can't Dodge Enviro Suit Over Lab Supply Facility
• House Bill Would Tie EPA Biofuel Quota To Production
• Baton Rouge, Enviros Settle CWA Row Over Wastewater Plants
• US Pays Maine Yankee $82M In Nuclear Fuel Storage Row
• Alaska's Take On Habitat Designation: Next Steps For DOI
• China Pledges To Cap Sulfur In Fuel By 2017
• Oil, Gas Systems Rank 2nd In GHGs From Facilities, EPA Says
• Obama's DOI Pick May Open Doors For Drilling Projects
• French Appeals Court Nixes Power Co.'s $2M Hacking Fine
• NY Post-Sandy Buyout Plan A Possible Blueprint For Future
• EPA's Human Testing Should Delay Fine Particle Rule: GOP
• Quebec Fund Puts Up $500M For Stake In Wind Farms
• Pa. Bills Would Fuel Transition To Natural Gas Vehicles
• Kinder Morgan Unit's $400M Pipeline Survives Enviro Suits
• US Tells WTO India Unfairly Blocks Solar Equipment
• Obama Picks REI Chief To Head Interior
• The Debate On State-Sponsored Power Plants Continues
• Tougher LA Ports Oversight May Propel Pollution Crackdowns
• Satcon Heads To Ch. 7 After Failing To Generate Buyer
• Fla. Bill Aims To Speed Permitting For Manufacturing Plants
• Silicon Wafer Co.'s Superfund Coverage Demand Falls Flat
• Morgan Lewis Lands Vinson & Elkins Environmental Vet
• BP Faces $34B In Deepwater Claims From State, Local Gov'ts
• Alston Hires DOJ Vet To Defend Securities, FCPA Cases
• Flawed Deal Dooms $1.5B Cleanup Plan, Paper Co. Says
• Century Must Pay For Electric Co.'s Defense In Cleanup Row
• 9 Lessons For Trial Lawyers In Environmental Cases
• GOP Sen. Looks To Redefine Clean Energy In New Blueprint
• BP Flouted State Gas Tank Safety Regs, Calif. AG Suit Says
• BP To Foot $10M Bill For New Gulf Restoration Projects
• NJ Sen. Pulls Fracking-Stay Bill To Pursue Permanent Ban
• Ariz. AG Challenges EPA's Haze Plan In 9th Circ.
• Exelon Misstated Nuke Plant Decommission Funds, NRC Says
• Denison Can Revive Mine Without New Enviro Report: 9th Circ.
• Chevron Says Ecuadoreans Dodged Depositions In $19B Suit
• Enviros Lose Bid To Nix Kinder Morgan Pipeline Permits
• Fracking A Slice Of Pa. Industrial Air Pollution, DEP Says
• ConAgra Can Depose EPA Atty In $5.7M Cleanup Row
• Increasing Federal Regulation: NY Shale Development Part 2
• Enviros Lose Challenge To $1.2B NY-NJ Pipeline
• Calif.'s New Green Chemistry Draft Won't Ease Cos.' Concerns
• Calif. Water Groups Sue After $400M Desalination Plant Nixed
• Lubbock Advances Texland Petroleum's Fracking Plan
• Mining Cos. Ask High Court To Decide NEPA Standing Fight
• Landowners Ask High Court To Revive $4M Takings Case
• Winstead Nabs Former Lloyd Gosselink Environmental Partner
• Georgia Power Escapes Liability In Superfund Test Case
• Calif. Panel Set To Take Up Clean Tech Bill For Vehicles
• Calif. Senators Float Flood-Control Infrastructure Bill
• Calif. County Sued Over Green Light For Road's Public Use
• Texas High Court Takes Up Fight Over Water Permits
• EPA Ducks Suit Challenging Pollution Tests On Humans
• US On Hook For $35M In Sacramento Nuclear Waste Cleanup
• US Steel Opens New Coke Battery In Western Pa.
• Del. River Agency Changes Course, Will Review Gas Pipelines
• DOE's Steven Chu To Step Down After 4 Years
• Copper Co. Reaches $3M EPA Deal Over Lead Allegations
• Pa. DEP Tightens Emissions For Gas Compressor Stations
• Hot Investment Areas For REITs