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Environmental - May, 2013

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• Ill. Lawmakers Advance Fracking Regulation Bill
• Without Deadlines, Chemical Safety Bill Lacks Teeth
• Sherwin Williams, NL Industries Can't Duck Lead Paint Suit
• British Columbia Opposes $5.5B Enbridge Pipeline Project
• Travelers Demands Chevron Pay For Oily Water Pollution
• Indian Point Re-Emerges As Wild Card In NY Energy Future
• ATP Sale Shirks $153M In Enviro Liability, Anadarko Says
• BP Workers Say Oil Rig Status Dooms Manslaughter Charges
• Enviros Challenge XTO's Permits For Pa. Gas Facilities
• $4.2B Australian Coal Mine Project Snags Key Enviro Nod
• Temple-Inland Fined $3.3M For Mill Discharges Into River
• $4.5B LAX Renovation Sparks Trio Of Lawsuits
• Oil-Dispersing Chemicals To Undergo Fresh EPA Scrutiny
• Digging Deeper Into Deepwater Horizon
• Calif. Senate Approves Fracking Disclosure Bill
• New FERC Chair Won't Steer Off Wellinghoff's Course
• Heads Up: Eco-Ventures Have Edge In South Fla. Deals
• Pa. Couple Appeals Finding That Fracking Didn't Taint Well
• EPA Rolls Out Emission Limits For Formaldehyde In Wood
• Pa. Reps. Seek To Stall Emissions Testing For New Vehicles
• Tesoro Pays $1.1M To Settle Gasoline Test Suit
• La. Sinkhole Class Certified In Suit Against Texas Brine
• Enviros Say BLM Ignored Drilling Expansion's Harm To Elk
• Procurement: The Hidden Path To Maximizing Profits
• Pa. Stance On Dunham Rule Confounds Pa. Mining Industry
• Michael Best Launches DC Office With Energy, IP Pros
• Satcon Supplier Makes $6M Asset Bid In Last-Minute Deal
• NJ Utility Regulator OKs $446M In PSE&G Solar Projects
• Chevron Clashes With Investors, Activists Over $19B Fight
• EPA's Updated Renewable Fuel Goals May Give Biogas A Lift
• Pa. Justices OK Test Cases In Gas Explosion Suit
• Enviros Settle Challenge To $650M Georgia River Project
• PG&E Says Hydroelectric Plant Doesn't Endanger Salmon
• Cheniere Closes $5.9B Financing For Sabine Pass LNG Project
• And Now A Word From The Panel ...
• FTA Blasts Efforts To Derail $1.7B LAX Transit Project
• Pa. DEP Tells Justices It Can Impose Mine Safety Rules
• Mitsubishi Can't Knock Out $170M Wind Patent Judgment
• A Different Kind Of Roof For Commercial Properties
• Enviros Score Partial Win In Alaska Oil Exploration Suit
• Jordan Cove's $7.5B LNG Project Faces Ore. Permit Challenge
• Furniture Is Now Under Fire In Prop 65 Reform
• PG&E Says $2B Penalty For Pipeline Blast Is Too High
• High Court To Resolve CAFA Circuit Split In LCD Case
• Barrick Fined $16M For Chilean Gold Mine Permit Violations
• DOI Pressed To Widen Fracking Rule Feedback Window
• Enviros Again Lose Bid For EPA Ban On Lead Bullets
• Wal-Mart Pays $82M In Waste-Disposal Guilty Plea
• $880M Everglades Restoration Bill Continues Tax On Farmers
• Post-Deepwater Restoration Plan Sketched Out For Gulf
• China Again Warns Of EU Trade War Over Solar Panel Duties
• EPA's Lead Emissions Standards Upheld By DC Circ.
• EU Sets Dumping Rates On Argentine, Indonesian Biodiesel
• DC Circ. Rejects Challenge To Coal Plant Expansion Review
• Boxer Asks DOJ To Probe Utility Over Shuttered Nuke Plant
• Day Pitney Adds Real Estate, Enviro Pro In NJ
• Concerns Remain Under BLM's New Fracking Rules
• Developer Loses Bid To Block Govt.'s Clean Water Act Claims
• JPML Head Judge Explains Why Panel Is More Picky
• State Dept. Posting 'Unprecedented' 1.2M Keystone Comments
• BLM OKs Calif. Wind Farm Amid Enviro Bird Strike Worries
• Anti-Whaling Protesters Are Pirates, 9th Circ. Affirms
• W.Va. Asks High Court To Limit Greenhouse Gas Regulation
• Energy Storage Bill Would Boost Renewables, Sens. Say
• Conrail Denies Liability For NJ Derailment, Chemical Spill
• Cuomo Asks NY Regulator To Help Ease Electric Car Rollout
• Oil Group Challenges Seals' 'Threatened Species' Status
• 1 Step Forward, 1 Step Back In Enviro Self-Audit Policy
• $2B Hospital Project Again Clears San Fran Panel 
• New Bill Saps States Of Chemical Safety Oversight Powers
• Donziger Loses Bid To Delay $19B Chevron Case
• Cooper Industries To Pay $340K In EPA Cleanup Suit
• States Want NRC To Expand Waste Storage Study's Scope
• Texas Appeals Court Upholds Keystone XL Land Grab
• No Future For Climate Change Torts, Attys Say
• Chevron Investors Seek SEC Probe Over $19B Ecuador Battle
• Pa. Rep. Pushes Bill To Track Fracking Health Effects
• How To Avoid The Dirty Side Of Clean Energy
• Cooley Boosts Litigation Team With DLA Piper Enviro Atty
• FERC Nixes Permit For Tidal Energy Project On NJ River
• House Votes To Let Keystone Proceed Without Obama's OK
• NJ Court Orders DEP To Revisit Brownfield Cleanup Loan
• Jordan Cove Wants $7.5B LNG Project Approved By FERC
• Refiners Reach $4M Deal To Settle Mich. Cleanup Suit
• Pa. Fracking Wastewater Plants Agree To $30M Upgrades
• Miami-Dade OKs $1.6B In Sewer Improvements
• Patton Boggs Partner Must Testify in $19B Chevron RICO Suit
• Mo. Lawmakers Urge Obama To Rethink Plant Emissions Rule
• LNG Export Project Could Pollute Water, Park Service Says
• Sens. Introduce Bipartisan Chemical Safety Reform Bill
• Lincoln Center Sued Over Using NYC Park For Private Events
• EU Lawmakers Adopt New Offshore Drilling Rules
• Brookfield Closes $163M Hostile Deal For Western Wind
• Fracking Foes Demand Vote On Moratorium In NY
• EPA, 4 Cos. Strike Deal To Study NJ Superfund Site
• API Says EPA Illegally Capped Fuel Standard Comment Period
• The Starstruck Medical Causation Trend
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs Plans For Desalination Plant
• Texas Passes Water Finance Plan, But Still Needs $2B Funding
• New DOE Head Says Energy Efficiency Is Top Priority
• Landowners Ask High Court To Nix Calif. Water Plan Ruling
• White House Calls Keystone Bill A Bid To Skirt Obama
• BP, La. Fend Off Deepwater Berm Claims In 5th Circ.
• US, EU Want To Settle Chinese Solar Panel Fight
• Ex-BP Exec Gets Obstruction Charge Thrown Out
• Fighting Agencies May Be Tougher After High Court Ruling
• 5 Problems The New DOE Chief Can't Ignore
• Wiley Rein Lures Enviro Pro From Van Ness Feldman
• An Opportunity To Limit Prop 65 Abuse
• Agencies Deserve Deference On Jurisdiction, Justices Say
• Conrail Faces 2 New Suits Over NJ Derailment, Spill
• Canada Says FERC Must Halt Maine LNG Terminal Project
• Transocean Seeks Delay Of Spill Doc Deadline Amid Appeal
• Alaska Village's Climate Suit Hits High Court Dead End
• Donziger Attys Free To Exit Chevron Racketeering Suit
• Revised Federal Fracking Rule Gives Industry Breathing Room
• Texas Joins Other Gulf States, Hits BP With Deepwater Suit
• CH2M Can't Get Additional Fees For $2.7B Cleanup, DOE Says
• Monsanto's Modified Alfalfa Isn't 'Plant Pest,' 9th Circ. Says
• Rise Of The Machines — Predictive Coding Goes Mainstream
• 9th Circ. Allows Expert Testimony In Pepsi Toxic Tort
• Enviro Group Loses Challenge To EPA Permit Regulation
• Sullivan & Worcester Snags Leading Energy Finance Partner
• Bill Would Up Domestic Ethanol By Easing Cellulosic Mandate
• Enviros Sue To Block Tenn. Mountaintop-Removal Projects
• 3rd Circ. Resurrects $180M Oil Spill Suit Against Citgo
• Q&A With Squire Sanders' Karen Winters
• The Oil And Gas Operator's Texas Advantage
• NRG Unit Owed Defense In Air Pollution Suit, 5th Circ. Says
• Donald Trump Fights $350M Scottish Wind Project
• Senate Confirms Moniz As Energy Secretary
• DOI's Revised Fracking Rules Draw Heat From All Sides
• US Can Mention Ex-BP Engineer's Deleted Texts In Spill Trial
• Australia OKs $1B Rio Tinto Mine, With Conditions
• Calif. DOT Hit With Enviro Suit Over $26M Highway Expansion
• Christie Unveils $300M Plan To Buy Homes Hit By Sandy
• EPA Dropped The Ball In Soot Pollution Oversight, Enviros Say
• Timber Import Law Too Strict, Business Groups Claim
• Honeywell Dodges Enviros' Claims That It Botched Cleanup
• Aussie Enviro Official OKs Aquila Iron Ore Port Project
• China Warns EU On Possible Solar, Telecom Trade Measures
• EPA Nominee Moves Ahead On Narrow Party-Line Vote
• Grid Operators Should Prepare For Solar Flares, FERC Says
• Tribe's Floodwater Damage Case Sinks In 11th Circ.
• NYC Judge Runs Over Bloomberg's 'Taxi Of Tomorrow' Plan
• Know Your Risks Before Going Green In Construction
• Enviros Lose 4th Circ. Appeal To Thwart Mountaintop Mining
• Obama's 1st Term Rulemaking Rate Soars By Bush's Mark
• Japan Boosts Global Energy Game Post-Fukushima
• Chilean Enviro Board OKs 310-MW Wind Park Project
• UK, Norway Advance Plan For $2B Subsea Grid Link
• Enviros Must Show Need To Get Trade Secret Docs: Pa. Court
• Argentina Files WTO Complaint Over EU Biodiesel Rules
• Ft. Lauderdale Board OKs $250M Project On Historic Tree Site
• GAO Calls For Climate Change-Ready Infrastructure Projects
• Water Projects Spending Bill Sails Through Senate
• First Responders Sue Conrail In Pa. Over NJ Derailment
• NRG Settles States' Suit Over Emissions At Pa. Plant
• Bill Would Add Gas-Based Ethanol To Renewable Fuel Program
• 4th Circ. Weighs In On Bona Fide Purchaser Defense
• Texas Sen. Cornyn Seeks To Push Mexico On Water Treaty
• Enviros Join Fight Over Miami Sewage System
• Fla. Agency Says County Can't Restrict Electricity Access
• Chevron Brass Must Testify In RICO Suit Over $19B Judgment
• Smaller Sandy Buyout Sparks Fears Over Future Storm Costs
• 5th Circ. Upholds Dismissal Of Katrina Emissions Suit
• EIB Pledges $181M For Polish Power Station
• Power-One Investor Says $1B ABB Offer Is Too Low
• Post-Sandy Coastal Protection Bills Advance In NJ Assembly
• DOI Broke Law In Shutting Oyster Farm, 9th Circ. Hears
• Local Laws Can't Kill FERC-Approved Projects, DC Circ. Hears
• DC Circ. Snuffs Challenge To 1.1-Gigawatt Nuke Expansion
• EIR For $4B LAX Overhaul Gets Prelim OK From City Council
• ExxonMobil Fights $1.7M Oil Pipeline Spill Penalty
• Q&A With Waller's Ed Callaway
• Feds Fight Appleton Papers' Bid For $100M CERCLA Recovery
• Get Ready For Stricter RMP Enforcement
• Mormon Ranch Could Delay $1.5B Fla. Rail Line's Start Date
• Synagro Ch. 11 Auction OK'd After Stalking Horse Bid Grows
• US Ordered To Produce Docs In Lockheed Rocket Cleanup Suit
• NRC Panel Grants Hearing Over Nuke Plant Restart
• NJ Appeals Court Kills FirstEnergy Substation Challenge
• NJ Borough Asks High Court To Alter Payouts In Land Seizures
• Abengoa Snags Rights To $1.3B Brazilian Electrical Project
• Mine Permit Review Was Legit, Army Corps Tells Judge
• Marcellus Shale Group Snags Buchanan Ingersoll Lobbyist
• Patton Boggs Veiled Bribes In $19B Judgment, Chevron Says
• GDF Nets $560M From Mitsui For Brazil Hydro Plant Stake
• EPA's Water Pollution Limits Row Won't Get High Court Review
• Q&A With Goodwin Procter's Larry Kirsch
• Another Challenge To Calif. Cap-And-Trade Law
• The Who, What And Why Of Public-Private Partnerships
• Clement Brief Backs BP In Row Over $8B Deepwater Settlement
• NJ Watchdog Blasts State's $446M Solar Projects Deal
• NJ Beach Dune Project Hinges On High Court Case
• 4 Tips For Evaluating An M&A Target's Legal Risks
• Rep. Floats Bipartisan Ethanol Reform Bill
• Deepwater Securities Suits Belong In UK, BP Tells Court
• Fla. High Court Won't Hear Green Groups' Sanctions Appeal
• Oil Co. Sees Claims Trimmed In $15M Katrina Coverage Row
• GAO Rips EPA Over Pollution Cleanup Oversight Failures
• Tata Power Buys 40% Stake In $700M Eurasian Hydro Project
• Undersea Oil Exploration Blasts In Gulf Draw Federal Scrutiny
• Stoel Rives Lands Natural Resources Pro From Birch Horton
• Markey Says BP's Federal Contract Ban Should Stay In Place
• Senate Moves Ahead With Water Infrastructure Bill
• San Francisco Defeats Enviro Challenge To Redevelopment
• Sierra Club Appeals Emission Plan For Pa. Coal Plant
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Brooks Smith
• Calif. Chemical Safety Rules Push Constitutional Envelope
• Synagro's Top Creditor Offers To Fund Longer Ch. 11 Sale
• Fla. Court Revives Enviros' Petition Over Marsh Dumping Plan
• China Says It Won't Shy From Solar Panel Trade War With EU
• TransCanada Rebuts EPA's Keystone Concerns
• Pa. Regulators Say DEP Must Justify Emission Fee Hike
• Baker Botts Adds Trio of Partners To Offices In NY, DC
• MidAmerican Helms $1.9B Iowa Wind Power Expansion
• US Offshore Regulators Will Beef Up Joint Oversight
• Q&A With Greenberg Traurig's David Weinstein
• GOP Senators Derail EPA Nominee Vote With Boycott
• Latest In EPA's Series Of Aggressive Coal Plant Rules
• E-Discovery In The Cloud: Who Can Get Your Data?
• $500M LA Rail Yard Project Chugs Through City Council
• Conrail Derailment Suit Belongs In NJ, Judge Says
• McGlinchey Shakes $10M Bomb Range Suit In 5th Circ.
• Jeffer Mangels Adds Land Use, Enviromental Pro To LA Office
• 9th Circ. Chubb Ruling Bars Insurer's Superfund Suit, US Says
• Ex-BP Exec's Steptoe Counsel May Have Conflict, Feds Say
• DOJ Enviro Chief To Step Down In June
• EPA Issues Restrictions On New Uses For Industrial Chemicals
• EU To Impose Duties On Chinese Solar Panels
• Q&A With Much Shelist's Anne Viner
• BP Misconduct Evidence Cut From Deepwater Obstruction Trial
• Pros And Cons Of Recent Renewable Energy Bill
• NJ Formally Adopts FEMA Flood Maps, But Skeptics Remain
• NJ Floats $35M Deal In Passaic River Cleanup Suit
• Calif. Gov. Throws Weight Behind Prop. 65 Reform
• Exxon's Spill Claims Don't Hold Water, Key House Dem Says
• Chevron Execs Must Testify in RICO Suit Over $19B Judgment
• Ex-BP Engineer Wants Evidence In Deepwater Case Excluded
• EPA Beats Challenge To Rules For Oil Spill Dispersants
• Funds Commit $660M To Solar Projects In Middle East, Africa
• Sequester Will Stall Energy Projects, Interior Secretary Says
• Disney Can't Dodge Groundwater Pollution Claims
• Nepal Lands €55M EIB Loan For Hydropower Plant
• Chevron Class Can Seek New Judge In Suit Over Refinery Fire
• EPA Clean Air Policy Is 'Coercive' To States, DC Circ. Hears
• Keystone Is Safe Oil Transport Option, Lawmakers Hear
• Dems Press EPA To List Coal Mines As Major Pollution Source
• Q&A With Duane Morris' Brian Kelly
• Flaws In NY Court's Ruling Of Recent Natural Gas Cases
• All Aboard Florida Says $1.5B Rail Project Running On Track
• Texas Plant's $1M Policy Leaves Blast Victims In The Lurch
• EPA's Keystone Critique May Herald Tougher GHG Reviews
• Ex-CPSC Commissioner, House Rep. Joins Bracewell In DC
• CNOOC Sheds Investor Suit Over Bohai Bay Oil Spill
• BP Says Ruling Could Imperil $7.8B Oil Spill Settlement
• Judge Won't Reconsider Ruling In DOE Uranium Cleanup Fight
• Canada Can't Beat WTO Ruling Against Green Energy Policies
• Ex-BP Engineer Must Hand Over Atty Emails In Deepwater Case
• Q&A With Hunton & Williams' Bill Wehrum
• A Troubling Surprise For Construction Projects
• Calif. Panel OKs Bill To Step Up Fracking Oversight
• Donziger Attys Quit, Blaming Chevron 'Scorched-Earth' Tactics
• Developer Challenges Miami's Restrictions On Mining Property
• DC Circ. Urged To Halt DOE's $750M Nuclear Waste Fees
• 7th Circ. Revives GE Unit's Asset Fight With Chicago Bank
• House Floor Set To Vote On Keystone Pipeline Bill This Month
• Conrail Hit With New Suit Over NJ Train Derailment
• The Historical Context for Examining Industrial Pollution — Part 2
• BP Racks Up $665M Bill For Gulf Oil Spill Restoration
• EPA Must Revisit Sewage Incineration Rule, DC Circ. Hears
• 5th Circ. Urged To Nix Ruling Tying Policy To Bird Deaths
• Turkey, Japan Ink $22B Nuclear Reactor Deal
• LA Can't Skirt Dust Control Requirements, Judge Says
• Davis Wright Snags 3 Energy, Enviro Partners
• Thompson Coburn Enviro Team Gains Seyfarth Shaw Partner
• Unions Sue To Stop Subsidized Brooklyn Mixed-Use Project
• Q&A With Jenner & Block's Lynn Grayson
• Texas Could See Utilities Pay Customers For Surplus Solar
• Planned ATP Lease Sale May Create Enviro Hazards, Feds Say
• Calif. Fracking Rules May Curb Monterey Shale Rush, For Now
• EPA Sued Over Admin Records In Latest Private Email Inquiry
• Fla. Residents Get $9.5M In Conoco Water Pollution Deal
• Energy Cos. Urge High Court To Revive DOI Oil Lease Claims
• Fla. Senate Passes $880M Everglades Restoration Bill
• NY, NJ Get $609M In Sandy Aid For Water, Energy Projects
• Enviros Wants EPA To Revamp Toxic Emissions Standards
• Global Demand For Enviro Services Is Spiking, ITC Finds
• Exxon's Fight To Curb Citizen Suits Again Rejected In Texas
• Old GM Judge Nixes Trust's Bid For $13.5M In Cleanup Costs
• Pa. Falling Short In Fracking Oversight, Enviros Say
• EPA Agrees To Take Long-Delayed Action On Emissions Plans
• GenOn Pays $2M To Settle Coal Pollution Claims
• SC Appeals Court Nixes Duke's Win On Hydro Dam Permit
• Drillers Can't Use NY Law To Supersede Local Fracking Bans
• Q&A With Anderson Kill's John Nevius
• National Ocean Plan Affects A Sea Of Users
• FRCP Changes Will Have Major Impact On 3rd-Party Discovery
• Obama Picks Froman For USTR, Pritzker For Commerce
• How To Run Team Meetings In Complex Cases — Part 2
• Ecuadoreans Can't Tap Chevron Canada For $19B Judgment
• $1.5B Cleanup Cost Upheld In Wis. River Pollution Case
• Shook Hardy Adds 2 Lathrop & Gage Vets To Enviro Team
• Cheniere Gets Thumbs-Up From FERC On La. LNG Project
• Fla. Nutrient Bill Heads To Governor After EPA Battle
• EPA Not Ready To Cut Off Public Input For Fracking Study
• $2B Bill For New Water Projects Stalls In Texas House
• Obama Taps Replacement For Divisive EPA Regional Admin.
• How To Run Team Meetings In Complex Cases — Part 1
• Neighbor To $3.4B Iron Plant Loses Air Permit Row With EPA
• FDA Ignores Toxic Arsenic In Animal Feed, Suit Says
• GAO Urges New Toxic Reporting Regs To Fight EPA Delays
• UK Air Quality Doesn't Meet EU Standards, High Court Says
• Q&A With Much Shelist's David Rieser
• Ind. Can't Relax Ethanol Emission Rule, Appeals Court Says
• A Material Milestone For Vapor Intrusion