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Environmental - June, 2013

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• Lockheed Can't Nix Scientist Testimony In Sludge Suit
• EPA, Enviros Settle Suit Over State Air Quality Plans
• NJ Senate Passes Passaic River Flood Prevention Bill
• Obama Nomination Will Keep FERC On Steady Course
• EU Proposal Targets Carbon Emissions From Ships
• House Approves Plan To Expand Offshore Oil And Gas Leases
• Pa. Lawmaker Seeks To Curb Post-Production Drilling Fees
• Interior Approves 500-MW BP Wind Project in Ariz.
• Obama Climate Plan Deals A Blow To McCarthy Confirmation
• Wildlife Group Sues FWS For Species Protection Decisions
• LA Transit-Oriented Project Gets Council's Nod After Size Cut
• Earthquake May Cause 'Failure' At Los Alamos, DOE IG Finds
• Obama's Picks For GSA, NRC Win Senate Approval
• $2.6B Budget For LAX Transit Project OK'd By Metro Board
• Pfizer Unit, EPA Reach $2.2M Deal Over CAA Violations
• Enviros Ask Fla. High Court For Conservation Referendum
• Archer & Greiner Snags Bankruptcy, Enviro Litigation Pros
• Hollingsworth Snags Former Gardere Litigation Chief
• Oakland, Coliseum Beat U2 Concert Pollution Suit
• House GOP Leaders Seek EPA 'Sue And Settle' Probe
• Obama Picks Ex-Colo. Utility Regulator To Lead FERC
• Fracking — There's Coverage For That
• Chinese Wind-Turbine Maker Sinovel Charged With IP Theft
• NJ Legislature Passes Lightning-Rod Tax Incentive Bill
• 2nd Circ. Clears Union Carbide In Bhopal Pollution Case
• EPA Hit With Subpoena Threat By GOP Lawmakers
• Senate Probes Rising Costs On DOE Nuke Cleanup Contracts
• Senate Bill Would Create Nuclear Waste Watchdog Agency
• Ill. AG Slams Petco Petroleum As State's Worst Oil Polluter
• GOP Vows To Use EPA Bill To Attack Obama's Climate Plan
• GOP Bill Would Cede Public Energy Development To States
• Pa. Landowners Slam Fracking Post-Drilling Deductions
• Injunction Against Burbank Wal-Mart Construction Tossed
• Insurers' Broad Duty To Defend Stands In NY
• Boxer Rips EPA For Dragging Feet After Plant Explosions
• $1.3B Renewable Energy Power Line Proposed For Germany
• Anadarko Seeks To Stall ATP's Oil Field Abandonment
• Canada Imposes CA$1B Cleanup Fund On Major Oil Lines
• BP Letters, Ads Commit To Contesting Deepwater Payouts
• SunCoke Will Spend Over $100M In Air Pollution Settlement
• EU Advances Plan To Cap Car Carbon Emissions
• US Can Store 3.7 Trillion Tons Of CO2, Interior Says
• Whirlpool Chem Leaks Eroded Real Estate Values, Suit Says
• NRC Says Indian Point Poses Little Threat To Aquatic Life
• Obama's Call For Plant Pollution Cap Will Put EPA In Hot Seat
• Luminant Asks High Court To Topple EPA's Emissions Limits
• How To Deal With Shareholder Enviro Risk Scrutiny
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs Solargen's Power Plant Project
• Travelers Beats Bad Faith Claim In Ala. Pollution Suit
• Chevron Wins Access To Email Info In Ecuador Pollution Row
• Obama Looks At Keystone Through Carbon Pollution Lens
• Judge Won't Reconsider Appleton's CERCLA Claim Bid
• OfficeMax Denies It Owes Georgia-Pacific In $31M Cleanup Row
• NRG's Pa. Power Plant To Stay Open, Convert To Gas
• GSA, OIRA Nominees Headed For Full Senate Vote
• Enviros Say Planned Wal-Mart Store In NJ Flouts Regs
• Koontz — A Win For Real Estate Developers
• Lennar Accuses GSA Of Hiding Enviro Problems At NJ Site
• K Road Cancels 663-MW Solar Project In Calif.
• New Opportunities In The Burgeoning Mass. Solar Market
• What To Know About The Common Interest Privilege
• Obama Climate Plan Cuts Power Plants' Carbon Emissions
• More BigLaw Layoffs Expected After Massive Weil Cuts
• NJ Pols Won't Fight Christie's Veto Of Fracking Waste Ban
• Sterling Liable For $22M Superfund Site, Judge Says
• Enviros Ask Feds To Take Over W.Va. Mining Enforcement
• Honeywell Resins To Pay $3M Pollution Penalty
• NJ Court Nixes Challenge To Passaic River Pollution Suit
• Obama Plan To Cover Emissions, Efficiency, Renewables
• Supreme Court Won't Hear E15 Ethanol Fuel Challenge
• Kitchen Sink Litigation Clogs The Judicial Pipeline
• High Court To Weigh EPA's Cross-State Emissions Rule
• High Court Isn't Keen On Class Actions, Latest Term Shows
• BP Wants Outside Probe Of Deepwater Horizon Payouts
• Plaintiffs Lawyers Still Hopeful After AmEx Ruling
• Judge Won't Revisit Dropping Ex-BP Exec's Obstruction Claim
• NJ Passes Bill To Make DEP Pay To Clean Tainted Wells
• Supreme Court Ventures Into Charted Waters
• Climate Change Makes Poor Weapon In Oil, Gas Lease Fights
• Bill Would Force Agencies To Tackle Climate Change Together
• EPA Settles Suit With Pa. Green Group Over CAA Regs
• US Settles Enviro Suit Over Gulf Seismic Survey Policy
• Kodak Scores Deal To Avoid Enviro Liabilities
• Carbon Tax Wins Support From Research Council
• Wyo. Residents Blast EPA For Vacating Fracking Report
• Chevron Used Latham Ties To Turn $19B Suit Funder: Patton
• Pa. Regulatory Board OKs New Water Standards
• NY Lawmakers Pass LIPA Reforms, Solar Development Bill
• FERC Won't Rehear Ruling On Wind Power Contract
• EU Again Pushes Solar Panel Trade Deal With China
• Foley & Mansfield Bolsters Product Liability, Enviro Groups
• NJ Formally Adopts Rules To Speed Sandy Rebuilding Projects
• Reclaimed W.Va. Mine Owners Face Water Pollution Suits
• Justices' AmEx Ruling Greenlights Class Action Waivers
• Attorneys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• Coming Climate Regs Signal Bleak Future For Coal Industry
• EU Lawmakers Push For Fluorinated Gas Ban In ACs, Fridges
• Solar Panel Co. Can't Shed Customer's False Ad Action
• Credit Suisse Feels The Heat Over Solar Energy Co.'s Ch. 11
• More Lawmakers Criticize EPA's Renewable Fuels Program
• Jones Day Lands Energy Pro In Pittsburgh
• What The High Court's AmEx Ruling Means For Corporations
• Green Groups Threaten To Sue EPA Over Beach Water Criteria
• Calif. Senate Panel Advances Prop 65 Reform Bill
• 21 States Warn EPA Over 'Sue To Settle' Tactics
• Patton Boggs Slams Chevron Over Fraud Claims In $19B Fight
• Mich. Developer Says Enbridge Tar Sands Spill Fouled Project
• Yet Another Denial Of Access For CSB
• Supreme Court Says Concepcion Covers Antitrust Cases
• EPA's Preemptive Alaska Study Spells Trouble For Mining Cos.
• Keystone's Private Status Nixes Land Seizure, Owners Say
• Health, Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Smog Standards
• Timber Co. Revives Debevoise Malpractice Claims
• $664M Hollywood Project Fights Off Enviro Jabs At Panel
• US Renews Obstruction Bid Against Ex-BP Exec
• EPA To Ease Petroleum Refinery Monitoring Requirements
• White House Action On Climate Change Imminent, Aide Says
• Starr Can Deny SGS Chemical Spill Coverage, 5th Circ. Says
• House Panel Approves Bill Easing Coal Ash Regulation
• Cape Wind Gets $200M Investment From Danish Pension Fund
• New Water Regs Toothless On Oil, Gas Discharges, Pa. Told
• Disney Seeks Sanctions For 'Frivolous' $1B FCA Enviro Suit
• Hope Is Restored In Finally Modernizing TSCA
• Union Carbide Pushes 2nd Circ. To Kill Bhopal Suit
• States, Cities, Enviros Postpone EPA Emissions Rule Suit
• China Lacks Desire To Enforce Costly New Clean Air Regs
• DC Circ. Affirms Ban On Polar Bear Trophy Imports
• Coal Group's Brief Muddies Conservation Fund Suit, Feds Say
• Judge Nixes Bid To Halt $400M Kinder Morgan Pipeline
• US Sues Honda Over Excessive Small-Engine Emissions
• 2nd Circ. Says Insurer Owes Olin $14M In Pollution Coverage
• New DOE Chief's Plans Include Billions For Renewables R&D
• Polsinelli Lures 10 Attys From Husch Blackwell
• Army Corps Won't Perform Sweeping Coal Export Review
• Pa. Justices Clarify Reimbursement Rule For Fuel-Tank Fees
• Challenges Still Ahead After Ill.'s New Fracking Bill
• Ill. Gov. Signs Nation's Toughest Fracking Law
• Texas Business Tax Cuts Target High Tech, Clean Energy
• Enviros Sue To Block Calif. Water-Use Plan
• EPA Touts Development Methods To Curb Enviro Troubles
• Texas Expands Pipeline, Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Powers
• $400M Kinder Morgan Pipeline Defiles Tribal Lands, Suit Says
• Fla. Reforms Controversial Nuclear Cost Recovery Act
• EPA Exits Agreement Over LG's NJ Headquarters Building
• EPA Cuts Down Chemicals To Be Tested For Hormonal Effects
• Va. Regulator Upholds Decision Nixing Mountain Mine Permit
• Hong Kong Billionaire Pays $1B For Waste-To-Energy Co.
• Estee Lauder Unit Escapes Insurer's Suit Over Attys' Costs
• House Bill Slashes $911M From DOE Renewable Spending
• Pa. Rep Aims To Mandate Closed Storage For Fracking Water
• BLM's Gas Lease Sales Didn't Flout Enviro Law, Judge Says
• A Template For Designing Mass Tort Settlement Structures
• Supreme Court Tosses Challenge To Land Use Standards
• Bankrupt Exide Sues Calif. Regulator Over Plant Shutdown
• Calif. Hits Gold Mine Operators With Record $11M Fine
• Texas Justices Refuse To Reconsider Killing Houston Air Law
• Feds Greenlight Construction Of $68B Calif. Rail Line
• Enviro Group Blasts Pa. GOP's Lawsuit Intervention Bid
• Pa. Gov. Defends Fracking Policies At Philly Energy Summit
• Dallas Taxi Rule Not Barred By Clean Air Act, 5th Circ. Says
• Extra Layer Of Rules On Fracking On Federal, Tribal Lands
• Bankrupt ATP Gets OK To Abandon Oil Lease, Access Cash
• Maryland Slaps NRG Power Plants With Water Pollution Suit
• 8th Circ. Bars Coverage For 2 Doe Run Enviro Damage Suits
• High Court Boosts States' Rights In Texas Water Ruling
• NJ Sees Wind In Post-Sandy Energy Future
• Pa. Republicans Say Enviro Suit Would Steal Their Authority
• US, Ark. Sue Exxon Over Major Oil Spill From Pipeline
• 9th Circ. Rejects Enviro Challenge To Calif. Timber Project
• Pa. Natural Resources Chief Forced Out By Governor
• Bill To Expand Protected Calif. Coastline Zips To House Floor
• Morton Off The Hook For $1.5M Superfund Settlement
• EU Proposes Reviews Of Nuclear Plants Every 6 Years
• High Court Kills 2 Of LA Port's Clean Truck Rules
• Top DOI Issues To Watch This Month
• Justices Say Water Export Bans OK Under Multistate Compact
• Expert Wrongly Barred In Birth Defect Case, Del. Justices Told
• House Committee OKs Bills To Expand Oil Drilling
• 7th Circ. Ruling Fortifies FERC's Transmission Rule
• Atlantic Richfield To Pay $21M To Settle Superfund Suit
• NYC Lawmakers Wary Of Bloomberg's Styrofoam Ban
• EPA Dragging Its Feet On Clean Air Data, Republicans Say
• Landowners' Keystone XL Law Challenge Survives Neb. Attack
• Shipper Can't Escape $25M Oil Spill Cleanup Costs
• Senators Push Shelanski To Curb Oversight Costs And Delays
• Why Cost-Benefit Analysis In Enviro Law Is Superior
• NJ Proposes $130M Settlement In Passaic Pollution Suit
• Bloomberg Proposes $20B Storm-Protection Plan For NYC
• Northrop Must Give Navy Docs To Insurers In Cleanup Suit
• DOJ Asks Supreme Court To Nix Land Use Standards Suit
• State Dept. Hiding Keystone Enviro Docs, Sierra Club Says
• Court Won't Back NCR's Bid To Split $1.5B Cleanup Bill
• A New Ballgame For Enviro Due Diligence In Texas
• Senate Passes $24B Cuts To Agriculture Spending
• Class Action Attys React To High Court's Arbitration Ruling
• High Court Ruling Pushes Cos. To Tighten Arbitration Deals
• DOL Tip-Pooling Loss May Spur More Agency Rule Challenges
• House Panel Wants Details On Hazy EPA Rule For Ariz. Plant
• Barrick Hit With Investor Suit Over $8.5B Chilean Mine
• Sierra Club's Suit Over Iowa Highway Extension Axed
• Pa. Utility Can't Get Developer To Cover Stormwater Suit
• Judge Recommends Keeping Pa. Coal Mine Suit Alive
• YPF Agrees To Pay $65M In NJ River Pollution Case
• Solar Cos. Must Face DuPont Patent Claims, Judge Rules
• Justices Defer To Arbitrator On Oxford Class Arbitration
• How To Fight For Coverage In Solar Panel Defect Claims
• 5th Circ. Asked To Affirm Water Permit Ban Protecting Birds
• New Carbon Costs Signal Obama's Stiffer Stance On Pollution
• 7th Circ. Says RTO Can Charge Providers For Wind Project
• Ex-NJ Govs Ask LG To Redesign $300M Headquarters Building
• Ex-BP Engineer Loses Bid For Grand Jury Docs In Spill Case
• Traffic Issues Raised With Apple's New Campus Plans
• Ameren Can't Transfer Ill. Pollution Waiver To Dynegy
• Kinder Morgan Fined Over Waste, Oil Leakage At 4 Well Sites
• Tata Power Wins $1.8B Vietnam Power Project
• SoCal Edison Will Close Troubled Calif. Nuke Plant
• Butler Snow Hires Partner With Enviro, Securities Chops
• Exxon Wants Ark. Pipeline Rupture Class Action Tossed
• Actis, Mainstream Team Up On $1.4B Chile Renewables Project
• 10 Strategies For A Special Verdict Form
• Digging Into Issues Of Environmental Sampling
• NJ Assembly Panel Clears Offshore Wind Tax Credit Bill
• 4th Circ. Revives Preemption Case Against NC Ethanol Law
• Insurers Off Hook In Ross Cleanup Suits, 4th Circ. Rules
• PG&E, Contractors To Pay $51M To End Calif. Wildfire Suits
• NY Fracking Ban DOA In Senate Despite Majority Support
• Donziger Must Reveal Bribery Evidence In $19B Chevron Fight
• Pigment Co. Says NJ Must Help Cover $79M Cleanup Costs
• Former DOI Secretary Salazar Joins WilmerHale
• Case Loan Counts As CERCLA Response Cost: 3rd Circ.
• Truckers, Greens Want Cross-Border Challenge Revived
• NRC Tightens Venting System Safety Rules For Reactors
• Heckmann Investors Win Round In $400M Merger Challenge
• DOI Extends Fracking Rule Feedback By 60 Days
• LA Port Businesses Sue To Halt $500M Rail Yard Project
• Mediators, Expand Your Tool Kit In Complex Litigation
• Belt-Tightening Slips On GCs' Priority List
• Calif. Water Transfer Deal Passes Enviro Test, Judge Says
• 3rd Circ. Vacates $3M Fee Award In Honeywell Chromium Suit
• Army Corps Faces Suit Over Conoco's Alaska Drilling Plans
• Dems Urge OMB To Speed Review Of Key Regulations
• China Starts Probe Of EU Wine In Escalating Trade Row
• Sierra Club Sues BNSF Over Coal Spillage From Railcars
• McKenna Long Adds Land Use Pro To San Fran Office
• Ex-BP Engineer Blasts DOJ's Bid To Quash Subpoena
• EPA Watchdog To Probe Methane Leak Reduction Policy
• Chevron's Argentina Assets Unfrozen In $19B Amazon Fight
• EPA Says Coal Mine Designation Suit Doesn't Stick
• Insurer Says Northrop's Pollution Suit 20 Years Too Late
• We Need Mediation In E-Discovery
• US Offshore Wind Leases Only Half The Battle For Industry
• US Owes Drilling Cos. $684M In Lease Row, Fed. Circ. Told
• Federal Rule Shortening Snapper Season Overturned
• EPA Wrongly Blocked Revised Ark. Water Reg, 8th Circ. Told
• EPA Accused Of Letting Iron Plant Pollute Waters
• EU Imposes Anti-Dumping Tariffs On Chinese Solar Panels
• Barrick Says Cost Of $8.5B Chilean Mine Project Will Grow
• GOP Rep. Revives Bill To Cut EPA Out Of Coal Ash Regulation
• FRCP Amendments Could Change Discovery As We Know It
• From Sabine Pass To Freeport: Implications Of DOE Orders
• Northern Dynasty Rips EPA Over Alaska Mine Report
• Senate Water Projects Act Opens The Tap For New Contracts
• Successor Questions Loom Following NJ Senator's Passing
• AstraZeneca Unit's Ch. 11 Case Gets The Ax
• Carnival Sets Up CAFA Fight In 11th Circ. Over Wreck Suits
• Pollution Exclusion Applies To Carbon Monoxide: Minn. Court
• DOI Approves 520 MW In Solar, Geothermal Projects
• NJ Senate Panel OKs Water Infrastructure Upgrade Bills
• Mining Firm's Coal Ash Permits Proper, Pa. Regulators Say
• Enviros Say EPA Ignoring Pa.'s Lax Emissions Standards
• EPA Floats New Exemptions To Tribal Air Pollution Rule
• High Court Won't Take Up Mining Cos.' NEPA Standing Fight
• Rohm & Haas Spill Suit Needs 2nd Look, Appeals Court Says
• Dorsey Lands High-Ranking DOJ Enviro Attorney
• Transocean Says BP Is On Its Own In $7.8B Deepwater Deal
• A 7-Point Checklist For Tornado Insurance