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Environmental - March, 2013

326 articles

• Exxon Wants In On $367M Superfund Cleanup Case
• Alaska High Court Limits Scrutiny Of Oil And Gas Projects
• Energy Co. Loses Bid For Enviro Data For Wind Farm Funding
• Metropolitan Edison Escapes NJ's Clean Air Act Suit
• Texas Businessman Gets 15 Years For Biodiesel Scam
• Oregon High Court Won't Save Natural Gas Pipeline Project
• Pa. Energy Boom Just Beginning, Outgoing DEP Boss Says
• EPA Emissions Proposal Slashes Gasoline Sulfur Content
• How To Handle A Problem Client
• EPA To Update Effluent Guidelines For Construction Sites
• Enviros Balk At Federal Plan To Let Florida Enforce ESA
• Aurora Energy Sheds Most Of Coal Dumping Suit
• Union Pacific Off The Hook For Superfund Cleanup Fees
• Q&A With Lane Powell's Michael Nesteroff
• Sinkhole Insurance On Solid Ground — For Now
• Rule 12(e): What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing
• EPA To Take Action On Long-Awaited Fuel Standards
• Whirlpool Hit With $750M Suit Over Ohio Park Chemicals
• Many US Wind Energy Initiatives Redundant, GAO Says
• Canadian Solar Beats Investor Action Over 'Sham' Sales
• Maine LNG Project Design Gets Go-Ahead From FERC Staff
• EPA Kicks Off Safety Reviews For Flame Retardants
• EPA Can Challenge Plant Emissions Projections, 6th Circ. Says
• Regulators Urged To Halt Tar Sands Pipeline Projects
• Liberty Mutual Fights NCR On $79M Superfund Site Coverage
• Anglo American Nixes $555M Mozambique Coal Mining Deal
• EPA Escapes Suit Seeking Aircraft Lead Emissions Rule
• Q&A With Bilzin Sumberg's Howard Nelson
• Fish Yourself Out Of Asian Carp Scare
• Litigation Support At A Crossroads
• Ala. School District Slaps BP With Deepwater Suit
• Nigeria Seeks Up To $11.5B For Shell Oil Spill
• High Court's Comcast Ruling Raises Bar For Class Actions
• How Facebook Clinched Its Campus Approvals
• Climate Change Rule Looms For Ill-Prepared Insurers
• Lawyers Weigh In On Supreme Court's Comcast Ruling
• Ch. 7 Trustee Seeks Power To Revive Solar Co.'s Operations
• NJ Enviros Keep Pressure On Gov. To Cut Carbon Emissions
• EPA Says Sierra Club's CAA Claim Fails After DC Circ. Ruling
• Sequester Could Pinch Oil, Gas Exploration Permits, DOI Says
• Nucor Says Insurer Can't Pick Counsel In $175M CERCLA Row
• USDA Can Overrule Courts On GE Crops Under Spending Bill
• Enviros, Cuomo Reach Deal On $3.9B Tappan Zee Replacement
• Goodrich To Pay $30M Under EPA Superfund Cleanup Deal
• Alcoa, Reynolds Agree To Pay $19M Over NY River Pollution
• Vt. High Court Won't Shutter Entergy Plant Over Permit Lapse
• High Court Sides With Comcast In Antitrust Class Action
• Ecuadoreans Can't Boot Special Masters In $19B Chevron Row
• Q&A With Pillsbury's Wayne Whitlock
• More Regulatory Obstacles For Coal-Fired Power Plants
• Fla. DEP's Immunity Sinks Inlet Pass Closure Suit: Judge
• National Union Off Hook In $49M Carbon Black Row: 5th Circ.
• Crop Dusters Don't Owe Fees To Herbicide Co., 8th Circ. Says
• NJ Regulator Nixes Proposed Incentive For Big Solar Projects
• Wind Makes A Texas Comeback, But Market Remains Rough
• 5th Circ. Blocks Water Permit Ban Following Bird Deaths
• Colony Dodges Coverage In Oil Waste Transporter Action
• Govs. Ask White House To Study Coal Export Climate Impacts
• Real Estate Developer Escapes Wetland Dumping Charges
• NJ's Enviro Regulator Finalizes Adoption of FEMA Flood Maps
• The 5 Litigators Sure To Drive Judges Mad
• Texas Agency Eases Frack Water Reuse Amid Power Struggle
• Trump Threatens To Sue Over $350M Scottish Wind Project
• EPA Allowed To Reject Revised Ark. Water Regs, Judge Says
• Exxon Slapped With $1.7M Fine Over Yellowstone Oil Spill
• Q&A With Alston & Bird's Nicki Carlsen
• NJ's Waiver Rule Has Potential But No Effect Yet
• US, CVR Unit Ink $2.3M Deal Over Kan. River Oil Spill
• Halliburton Denied Texas Venue In $300M Fracking Secrets Suit
• 5 Tips For Making It Rain
• EPA Letters Violated New Regulation Rules, 8th Circ. Says
• Don't Let BP Lay All Deepwater Blame On Halliburton, US Says
• Plaintiffs Attys Say Sky's Not Falling After CAFA Ruling
• Sierra Club Lobs CAA Suit At EPA Chief Over Coal Plants
• Q&A With Adams And Reese's Glen Pilie
• Enviros Can't Make Wyo. Reveal Halliburton Fracking Formula
• DOI Plan Limits Oil Shale Activity, Scraps Royalty Rates
• EPA Water Transfer Rule Too Lax On Permits, Enviros Say
• MassDOT Calls Enviro Suit Over Light Rail Project Invalid
• 3 Changes To Watch In Commercial Property Due Diligence
• Shipping Cos.' $10M Oil-Dump Fine To Help With Sandy Costs
• Post-Deepwater Drilling Regs Didn't Breach DOI Lease: Judge
• BP Cries Foul Over Delayed Halliburton Cement Samples
• Gov't Seeks To Toss Chinese-Owned Co.'s Wind Farm Suit
• Sen. Wants EPA Info On Renewable Fuel Credits
• Pfizer Settles With EPA On $205M NJ Superfund Cleanup
• Supreme Court Tames Class Action Frankenstein's Monster
• Texas Accused Of Ignoring Water Rights In High Court Case
• Pa. DEP Boss Leaving Post To Head Blank Rome Energy Team
• US Beats Enviro Challenge Over Turtle Habitat Designation
• Austin Enviro Zoning Vote Delayed As Attys Lock Horns
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's Lester Sotsky
• Steel Cos. Can Go After Predecessor For Site Cleanup Costs
• Boat Operator Can't Shift $25M Oil Spill Bill To Cleanup Cos.
• Ill. Keeps It Plain In Absolute Pollution Exclusions
• Fla. Lawmakers Update Everglades Plan To Fund $880M Phase
• NJ Enviro Waivers Get Green Light Despite Judicial Rebuke
• EPA Sued Over Mass Die-Offs Of Honeybees
• Dallas Panel Denies Permits To Allow Fracking On City Land
• Sen. Pushes To Shield Exports From Climate Change Review
• 5th Circ. Asked To Nix Water Permit Ban Following Bird Deaths
• DOI's Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban Kept Intact
• Suntech Restructuring Begins Amid Talk Of Chinese Takeover
• Q&A With Thompson Hine's Andrew Kolesar
• Timber Groups Sue US For Increasing Owl Habitat
• Paper Co. Rips EPA's Backdoor Tactics In $1.5B Cleanup Row
• Senate Energy Committee Greenlights DOI Nominee
• Rising Star: Paul Hastings' Kevin Poloncarz
• Registering Chinese Solar Panels Poses Fears For EU
• 7 Reasons To Do Pro Bono Work
• BP Contractor M-I Escapes Deepwater Trial In 4th Week
• Coal Export Fee Suit Against DOI Time-Barred, Judge Says
• 'Act Of War' Defense Frees American Airlines From 9/11 Suit
• Whistleblowers' Firing Claims Tossed In Nuclear Cleanup Row
• EIB Puts Up €500M To Upgrade French Power Grids
• Driller Can't Quash NY Town's Fracking Moratorium
• Indian Harbor Can't Keep Pollution Coverage Suit In NY
• Energy Firms, Enviros Pen Voluntary Fracking Standards
• Judge Says Pa. Drilling Lawsuit Settlement Is Public Record
• Rising Star: DLA Piper's Jeffrey Kuhn
• Enviros Ask USTR To Back Off India's Solar Rules
• TIG Insurance Must Cover Defense In $26M Cleanup Dispute
• Q&A With Michelman & Robinson's Andrew Perel
• SL Industries Agrees to Pay $31M For Chromium Cleanup
• Suntech Faces Bankruptcy After Banks Balk At $1.1B Default
• High Court Sides With Timber Industry In Runoff Permit Fight
• Takeaways On Expert Opinion From Exxon Mobil V. Albright
• Avoid The Top 10 Pitfalls In A Jury Charge Conference
• High Court's CAFA Ruling Carries Dangers For Defendants
• Class Action Lawyers React To Supreme Court's CAFA Ruling
• Texas Landowner Seeks To Halt $2.4B Water Pipeline
• Calif. Appeals Court Upholds Los Angeles Zoning Ordinance
• LA Public Utility Aims To Eliminate Its Coal Power By 2025
• LNG Export Delays Could Hamstring US Cos., Republicans Say
• Plastics Co. Loses Bid For Gov't Docs In $24M Superfund Row
• FWS Defeats Enviros' Suit To Expand Sea Turtle Habitat
• FHFA Had Right To Ax Clean Energy Program, 9th Circ. Says
• Rising Star: White & Case's Seth Kerschner
• PSE&G's $4B Grid Upgrade Plan Draws Opposition In NJ
• Green Groups Challenge Montana Logging Project
• UK Approves 1st Nuclear Plant Since 1987
• Pa. Gas Rights Bill Must Protect Titleholders, Panel Hears
• Feds Slam KBR's Bid For Help Against Toxic Exposure Suits
• Q&A With King & Spalding's Patricia Barmeyer
• Derailment Spill Suit Belongs In Federal Court, Conrail Says
• DOI's Geothermal Program Needs Updating, Watchdog Says
• More Obstacles On Calif.'s Road To Fracking Regulation
• Justices Restore Class Action Fairness Act's Removal Power
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• Insurers See Ways Around Chubb's Superfund Loss In 9th Circ.
• FirstEnergy Can't Duck CERCLA Suit Over Polluted Fla. Sites
• Union Carbide Can't Escape Superfund Cleanup State Claims
• Lightstone's Brooklyn Project Moves Ahead With Panel's Nod
• Rising Star: Katten Muchin's Karl Heisler
• EPA, Fla. Reach Deal Over State Water Nutrient Limits
• Senate Dems Seek Obama's Help On EPA Plant Emissions Rule
• Sunoco Not Liable For Ex-Station Leak: Pa. Appeals Court
• BP Can't Shake Threat Of $17B Deepwater Fines
• Q&A With Fox Rothschild's Sharon Oras Morgan
• Supreme Court To Consider Federal Land Use Standards
• Texas Enviro Boutique Lands Fulbright Pro In Austin
• High Court Snubs Calif. Gold Prospectors' ESA Review
• What Litigators Must Know About Va.'s 'Rocket Docket'
• Texas Fights Ban On Water Permits Following Bird Deaths
• Rising Star: Kelley Drye's Wayne D'Angelo
• For Keystone, Large Hurdles Lurk Beyond Gov't Approval
• Obama Renews Call For $2B Clean Energy Research Fund
• 9th Circ. Rejects Chubb's CERCLA Subrogation Claims
• UK Advances $51B Rail Plan Despite Lingering Lawsuit
• GAO Eyes New Entities To Fund $600B In Water System Fixes
• Patton Boggs Must Cough Up Docs In Chevron Pollution Saga
• WildEarth's Suit Over US Animal Control Program Trimmed
• Q&A With Adams and Reese's Jim Dickson
• NJ Appeals Court Won't Rehash Atty Defamation Suit
• Air Quality May Be Part Of Public Trust: Ariz. Appeals Court
• Reps. Seek To Close Fracking Pollution Loopholes
• A Policyholder Win In Pa.'s Pollution Exclusion Battle
• We Need More Diversity In Mediation
• Gov. Brown Says Calif. Should Consider Fracking
• Calif. High Court Snubs Challenges To 2 Wal-Mart Projects
• Shell Drilling Woes Caused By Lax Contractor Oversight: DOI
• Pa. Enviros Plan Pollution Suit Over Coal Ash Disposal Site
• Sequester Could Slow Renewable Permitting, Markey Says
• Judge Shoots Down Suit Over Deer Hunting In DC Park
• Teva To Pay $2M To Resolve Toxic Discharge Suit
• Coal Cos. Polluting W.Va. Waterways, Enviros Say
• Amid Drought, Texas Panel Approves $2B For Water Projects
• Criminal Probe Drives Deepwater Atty From Plaintiffs Team
• DC Circ. Says EPA May Have Exceeded Permitting Authority
• Q&A With Hodgson Russ' Alan Laurita
• Colo. Picks A Side In Pollution Exclusion Split
• E-Discovery Trends: Looking Back To Move Forward
• 1st Circ. Sets Low Bar For Clean Water Act Presuit Notice
• BASF, Shell Reach $315M Deal In Brazil Pesticide Row
• Pa. Enviros Attack Liability Limits In Mine Water Fracking Bill
• Enviros Claim Wind Farm Could Cause Cancer, Diabetes
• MoFo Snares Consumer Class Action Pro From Paul Hastings
• BP Bets Big On Covington's Mike Brock In Oil Spill Trial
• DOI Clears 3 Green Energy Projects With 1,100-MW Capacity
• 9th Circ. Backs Ban On Greenpeace's Shell Drilling Protests
• LG Must Mediate Suits Seeking To Block HQ Construction
• $3B Columbia River Bridge Project Survives Metal Co.'s Suit
• US Can't Dodge Fees In $35M Nuclear Cleanup Row
• Q&A With Fox Rothschild's Christopher Roe
• DOE Floats New Guidelines For Renewable Energy Financing
• A Tale Of 2 Cities: Beijing And DC On Climate Change
• $2B San Fran Hospital Project Wins Enviro Approval
• GOP Rep. Wants DOI To Justify Offshore Investigation Unit
• NY Senate Votes To Expand Green Energy Home Loans
• Stay Doesn't Affect Property Transferred By Fraud: 10th Circ.
• Energy Cos. Can't Force DOI To Issue Leases, 10th Circ. Rules
• Solyndra Hurt By Competition, Not Collusion, Chinese Cos. Say
• Fla. House Panel OKs Tax Breaks For Wind, Energy Upgrades
• Dem Bill Would Hit Large Polluters With Carbon Fee
• Ryan Budget Plan Targets Obama Health, Energy Policies
• Pa. Rep. Seeks Disclosure Of Pipelines' Impact On Neighbors
• Seneca Says Pa. DEP Improperly Classified Gas Facilities
• Texas Water Permits Blocked Over Endangered Bird Deaths
• Q&A With Irell & Manella's Kimberly Bick
• Mining Co. Asarco's $80M CERCLA Contribution Suit Paused
• Ralls Case Shows Importance Of Proactively Engaging CFIUS
• Broadwind Forks Over $4M To Settle Inflated-Stock Suit
• Patton Boggs Can't Tap $22M Chevron Pollution Bond
• Pa. High Court To Hear Appeal On Coal Mine Safety Law
• Alaska Village Asks High Court To Mull Climate Change Suit
• Calif. Air Board Eyes 25 Projects Under Cap-And-Trade Plan
• Texas Lawmakers Propose Limits On Pipeline Land Grab
• Conservation Group Votes To Tighten Shark Trade Regs
• Fracking Moratoriums Likely DOA In NY Senate, Cuomo Says
• Kinder Morgan $400M Pipeline Suit Barred, Enviro Board Says
• Pa. Rep. Seeks To Ban Fracking In State Forests
• GOP Sen. Says EPA Lied About Official's Personal Email Use
• Q&A With Epstein Becker's William Ruskin
• Shell Drops Greenpeace Suit After Halting Alaska Drill Plans
• Texas Lawmaker Eyes Expedited Enviro Permit Program
• New CEQA Bill — Cure Or Band-Aid?
• NJ High Court To Mull When Spills Suits Should Be Deferred
• Solar Co. Owes $83M After Breaching Supply Deal, Suit Says
• BP Oil Spill Judge Forges New Path For MDLs
• Law360 Names Top Attorneys Under 40
• AstraZeneca Affiliate Wants Ch. 11 Nixed Due To Cost
• BP To Pay Much More Than $7.8B In Deepwater Deals
• Texas High Court Revives Developer's Floodplain Project Suit
• 9th Circ. Clears The Air For Mine Owners
• $500M LA Harbor Rail Yard Moves Closer To Breaking Ground
• DOT Beats Enviro Challenge To Seattle Light Rail Project
• Q&A With Akin Gump's Paul Gutermann
• Duration Of Damages: Can Lost Profits Continue Forever?
• Calif. High Court Could Play Major Role In CEQA Reform
• Appeals Court Won't Let Texas County Duck Flooding Claims
• Chevron's $2.5M Super PAC Donation Was Illegal, FEC Told
• Sandy Cleanup Fray Prompts Jersey Shore Oversight Bill
• Halliburton, BP Used Bad Cement In Macondo Well: Expert
• FERC Begins Vetting Excelerate's LNG Export Facility Plan
• Fla. House Committee Passes Extension Of Sugar Farm Tax
• DOI Nominee Pledges Support For Fossil Fuel Development
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Bills To Increase Fracking Safety
• Emissions Plan Not Unfair To Coal-Reliant Nations: EU Court
• NJ Appeals Panel Backs DEP Ruling On Sewer-Overflow Permit
• DOE Deputy Pushes Green Energy, Tech Investment
• Q&A With Sheppard Mullin's Olivier Theard
• Will AIA Power Clean Technology?
• SNR Denton Lures Energy Vet From Meyers Nave
• Ecuadoreans Want Judge Kaplan Off Of $19B Chevron Dispute
• Texas Keystone Appeal Could Force Eminent Domain Delays
• Duane Morris Energy Wiz Joins Perkins Coie In San Fran
• Macondo Workers Broke With Oilfield Practices, Expert Says
• EPA Can't Override Ala. Air Quality Rule, 11th Circ. Says
• Rules To Ease Frack Fluid Recycling Near: Texas Regulator
• US Settles $10M Nu-West Suit Over Phosphate Mine Cleanup
• Greenberg Hires Away High-Level NY Enviro Official
• Sens. Want IRS To Clarify Revised Renewable Energy Credits
• NY Fracking Moratorium Would Be Extended By Assembly Bill
• Q&A With Dechert's Abbi Cohen
• Coast Guard Accused Of Covering Up Oil Spill
• NJ Fines Water Agency Over Alleged Rigged Samples
• Calif.'s Road To Fracking Regulation Will Be Bumpy
• Energy Execs Push For Modernized Infrastructure Regs
• Ex-BP Exec Says Congress Obstruction Charge Can't Stand
• San Fran Advances $2.5B Hospital Project With Concessions
• Cameron Urges Narrow FERC Review For $6B LNG Project
• Deepwater Blast Survivor Says Workers Missed Warnings
• Fracking Cos. Face Explosion Of State Water Regs, Panel Says
• 9th Circ. To Rehear ESA Suit Over Calif. Water Contracts
• Panasonic Solar Partnership To Pump Out 50 MW In Calif.
• GOP Lawmakers Press EPA To Cough Up Air Quality Data
• Texas Ranch Seeks High Court Review Of $70M Takings Claim
• Q&A With Weil's Annemargaret Connolly
• Pillsbury Lands Enviro Specialist From Bingham McCutchen
• EPA Won't Appeal Va. Stormwater Regulation Ruling
• CEQA Reform: The Aggrieved Instigator
• Calif. Agency's BPA Debate May Boost Chemical Cos.' Suit
• BP's 5th Circ. Win Heats Up $750M Transocean Coverage Row
• BP Didn't Probe Deepwater Cost-Cutting Risks, Safety VP Says
• Obama's EPA Pick Paves Way For Tougher Climate Rules
• NJ Lawmakers Mull Bills To Ease Shore Rebuilding
• Obama's DOE Pick May Raise Hackles Among Fossil Fuel Foes
• Pa. Lawmaker Aims To Publicize Fracking Water Test Results
• PPG Says DEP Order Trumps Allegheny River Pollution Suit
• Enviros Fail To Prove Uranium Mine Would Hurt Wildlife
• Conrail Fires Back Against Derailment Exposure Suit
• Hexcel Sued For $1M In NJ Pollution Cleanup Row
• Depositions In $19B Chevron RICO Suit Will Be Refereed
• Louis Berger Negligent In NJ Meadowlands Project, Suit Says
• BP Can Tap $750M Transocean Insurance, 5th Circ. Says
• White House Taps Air Regulator McCarthy To Head EPA
• Hostess Bakery Sale Would Skirt Enviro Rules, US Says
• Obama Picks MIT Professor For Energy Secretary
• Q&A With Arnold & Porter's Brian Israel
• Power Plays: EPA's Role In Electric Power Generation
• Patton Boggs Forced To Lay Off 65 As Work Dries Up
• Texas Lawmakers Want TCEQ Permit Process To Emulate EPA
• Farmers Not Entitled To Central Valley Water, 9th Circ. Says
• Transocean, Halliburton Say BP Should Pay Deepwater Costs
• Banks Dragged Into Climate Change Fight With SEC Order
• Keystone Won't Affect Oil Development, Demand: State Dept.
• Sequestration Will Cut $2.5B From Sandy Aid, NJ Sen. Warns
• Amsted, Exxon Reach $1.1M Deal Over Mo. Superfund Site
• DC Circ. Says Polar Bear Threatened Status Justified
• Revolving Door Spins Between Pa. Gov't, Gas Biz, Report Says
• Calif. City Agrees To Settle CWA Sewage Discharge Suit
• GOP Lawmaker's Bill Would Stop Ethanol-Gas Blend Use
• Q&A With Gibson Dunn's Peter Seley
• Pa. PUC Rejects Part Of PECO's Energy Efficiency Plan
• DuPont Says Patent Suit Press Release Not Unfair Competition
• Act Now To Harness IRS Energy Tax Credits