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Environmental - November, 2013

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• EPA Tightens Reporting Rules For Some GHGs
• FERC Energy Storage Rule Paves Way For More Green Projects
• CERCLA Deals In Danger As High Court Weighs Intervention
• Pa. High Court Won't Hear Case Over Gas Lessee Obligations
• EU Puts Provisional Dumping Duties On Chinese Solar Glass
• OneBeacon Unit Must Turn Over Docs, Wash. Court Rules
• 9th Circ. Upholds Nevada Power's Coal Waste Disposal Plan
• AfDB Doles Out $113M To Fund Hydropower Project
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Brody
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Grace Speights
• EPA Policy Shift Leaves Daunting Enforcement Void
• Texas County Wants AG's OK For Private Water Contract
• Narrow Critique Does Not Alter EPA Nano Risk Assessment
• Policy Groups Warn 9th Circ. Of Drug Cleanup Law
• $9.5B Chevron RICO Trial Finale Provides Little Closure
• US Ex-Im Bank Loans $61M For Costa Rica Wind Farm Project
• BP's Tab Nears $5B In Deepwater Horizon Settlement
• Energy Co. RWE Kills UK Offshore Wind Farm Plans
• Coming Soon: Penn. Legislation On Forced Pooling
• BP Deal Objectors Drop Appeal, Say Attys Misled Them
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Libby Raymond
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Colleen Davies
• Orrick-Pillsbury Merger Talks End Over Client Conflicts
• Nuke Disposal Co. Sues Rival, Ex-Scientist Over Trade Secrets
• Chevron Disputes $9.5B Award Authorship In Final Testimony
• Texas Case Could Make Drillers Rethink Fracking Disposal
• Canada OKs Production Of Genetically Modified Salmon
• EPA Slashes Enforcement Goals For 2014-18
• $68B Calif. High-Speed Rail Plan Goes Back To Drawing Board
• WTO Panel Finds Moral Backing For EU Seal Import Ban
• SunEdison Picked To Build NYC's Biggest Solar Park
• US Emits 50% More Methane Than EPA Estimates, Study Says
• NJ Demolition Co. Hit With $3M Fine Over Debris Storage
• NYC Officials Say Foam Ban Could Save City $50M Per Year
• Bernstein Shur Lures Energy Veteran In Maine
• DOI, Oil Cos. Sued Over Mont. Pipeline Construction
• High Court Will Hear EPA Carbon Rules Arguments In Feb.
• GE Asks Fed. Circ. To Back $170M Win In Turbine IP War
• Duke Energy Plans 30-MW Solar Construction In NC
• White House Publishes Social Cost Of Carbon Rationale
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Janet McDavid
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Lisa Haile
• W.Va. High Court Upholds $93M Monsanto Agent Orange Deal
• Drilling Water Disposal Fight Returns To Top Texas Court
• Uzbekistan Gets $110M For 100-Megawatt Solar Power Plant
• Texas High Court Will Weigh Water District Immunity Row
• Colo. Methane Rules Could Be National Model
• Wis. Continues Pro-Insured Trend With Toxic Torts
• Texas High Court Won't Rehear Challenge To Water Permits
• Exxon Forks Over $8M To NY In Oil Spill Settlement
• Ontario Moves To Ban Coal-Fired Power
• EPA Says Court Can't Hear Bias Suit Over Pesticide Accord
• Lawmakers Float Bill To End Oil, Gas, Coal Tax Breaks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Norton Rose's Jane Smith
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Mary Ellen Powers
• State-Mandated Student Pro Bono Programs Are Inefficient
• The Weakest Link For Climate Change Plaintiffs
• Del. Justices OK Ruling To Exclude Expert In Birth Defect Case
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Force Judge To Stop Deepwater Claims
• Chicago-Area Water Officials Dodge Jail Time For Well Scheme
• Federal Fracking Stalemate Keeps Regulatory Focus Local
• Transocean Policy Can Cover BP For Spill, Texas Court Told
• Colo. Court Affirms Toss Of Enviro Rulemaking Challenge
• Pa. DEP Must Rule On Utica Shale Pooling Rights, Judge Says
• Feds Halt Drilling Work For 5 Cos. Lacking Safety Plans
• Argentina, Indonesia Slapped With Formal EU Dumping Duties
• EU Sets 7-Year Green Growth Plan Amid Health Concerns
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Weil's Mindy Spector
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Sandy Collins
• $791M Fla. Airport Expansion Foes Make Deal To Back Down
• How Some Attorneys Succeed Where The 'Elite' Fail
• Fracking Bans In Colo. And Ohio May Be Unenforceable
• BP Wants $10B Toxic Emissions Litigation Expedited
• New Obama Climate Czar Brings Fresh Energy Perspective
• UK Blocks Funding For Most Overseas Coal-Fired Plants
• De Blasio Team Sports Labor Atty, Anti-Fracking Litigator
• Fla. Appeals Court Affirms $4M Fee Award In Tree Taking Suit
• LeClairRyan Adds Insurance Coverage Vet In Boston
• Army Corps Appeals Ruling Halting Charleston Dock Project
• SC Agency To Remove 1.3M Tons Of Coal Ash From River
• House OKs Bills To Curb Fracking Regs, Speed Drill Permits
• ADB Gives $240M Loan To China Wastewater Treatment Co.
• SunEdison, OPIC Close $100M Deal For Chilean Solar Plant
• Lawmaker Calls For Moratorium On Calif. Offshore Fracking
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morgan Lewis' Jami McKeon
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sidley's Sara Gourley
• Bill Would Put Endangered Species Act In Governors' Hands
• Army Corps Can Block Precon's Wetlands Development
• Calif.'s Fracking Study To Set Stage For Legal Drama
• Recyclers Say NCR Should Cover Full $1B For River Cleanup
• Cabot Commits $84M To Air Pollution Fixes In Deal With EPA
• BP Says Deepwater Settlement Only Covers Matched Revenue
• Donziger Has 'No Apologies' As $9.5B Chevron Trial Nears End
• TransCanada Boosts Keystone XL Price Tag To $5.4B
• Colo. Proposes To Control Methane In Oil And Gas Projects
• US Earned $14.2B In Energy Production Revenue In 2013: DOI
• Obama Threatens To Veto Fracking, Drilling Lease Bills
• The Trouble With New Rules For Natural Gas Processors
• DC Circ. Halts $750M Annual Nuclear Waste Fee Payments
• EU Puts Up $1B To Help Shut Down 3 Nuke Plants
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Miller Canfield's Megan Norris
• Expert Deposition Tips For Young Lawyers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchanan's Wendy Newton
• Alito Slams NY Judge On Race-Based Class Counsel Decisions
• EPA Threat To Permits Drives Pivotal High Court Appeal
• Exelon Says NRC Waste Rule Axes Enviros' License Challenge
• Donziger Denies Role As Mastermind Of $9.5B Chevron Ruling
• Okla. Asks DC Circ. To Nix Clean Air Rules In Indian Country
• EPA Mulls GHG Reporting Changes To Protect Trade Secrets
• Supreme Court Roundup: 2012 To The Term Ahead
• NRC Moves Ahead With Court-Ordered Yucca Mountain Review
• 9 Firms Surge Onto GC All-Stars List
• 2nd Staten Island Area Opts For Post-Sandy Mass Buyout
• Bid To Revive $1.5B Exxon Verdict Rebuffed By High Court
• Skadden The Firm Most Loved By General Counsel
• Epstein Becker Snares OSHA Pro From Kelley Drye
• Enviros Challenge Powder River Coal-Leases At DC Circ.
• NYPSC Cedes Most Jurisdiction Over Car-Charging Stations
• USTR Lauds Trade Enforcement On Solar Panels, Counterfeits
• 9 Top Firms Tumble From List Of GC Favorites
• GM Teams Up With Detroit Renewable Energy On Steam Project
• Colo. Fracking Ban Wins Approval After Final Vote Count
• EPA Letters Do Trigger A Duty To Defend In Ore.
• K&L Gates Picks Up Watt Beckworth Thompson Civil Litigator
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• More Firms Get Serious About Keeping GCs Happy
• When It Comes To Law Firms, Size Doesn't Matter, GCs Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Irell & Manella's Andra Greene
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Emily Parker
• Close Cap-And-Trade Ruling Likely To Fire Up Critics
• Fed. Claims Court Awards $235M More To Nuclear Utilities
• Critical EPA Pesticide Process Survives 9th Circ. Ruling
• EPA Has Biofuel Industry's Back, Despite Fuel Level Cuts
• Miami-Dade Adds Final Review To $1.6B Sewer Project Bid
• Arizona Approves Fee For Residential Solar Energy Panels
• Exxon's $2.7M Pegasus Pipeline Fine 2nd Highest In 5 Years
• Calif. Officials Unveil New Fracking Regulations
• NJ High Court To Mull Statute Of Limitations On Spill Suits
• TVA To Replace Coal Units With $1B Gas-Fired Plant
• Coda Estate Defends Settlement From PE Buyer's Objection
• EPA Proposes Reduced 2014 Renewable Fuel Requirements
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Quarles & Brady's Kim Johnson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duane Morris' Dominica Anderson
• Donziger Stays Defiant In $9B Chevron RICO Trial Testimony
• Arch Coal Unit Asks High Court To Revive EPA-Blocked Permit
• Google, KKR Invest $80M In 106-MW In Solar Projects
• Pacific Coast Climate Plan: Ambitious But Prone To Issues
• DOE Hands Out $7M For Tribal Clean Energy Projects
• Calif. Cap-And-Trade Auctions Are Legal, Judge Says
• Bidder Fight Imperils $1.6B Miami Sewer Project, CWA Deal
• Landowners Brace For Expanded Regulation Under Water Rule
• NJ Pol Calls For Restructuring Of Utilities Regulator
• 52 Lawmakers Call For Wind Production Tax Credit Extinction
• Texas Court Denies Rehearing In Key Water Takings Case
• Getting The Green Light From FTC For Green Claims
• Gas Flaring Suits Could Advance Infrastructure — Or Not
• US Cites Black Elk, Contractors Over Deadly Oil Rig Blast
• FTC Settles With Mattress Sellers Over VOC Claims
• EPA Chief Stands Firmly Behind Scientific Review Policy
• Pa. Commission Questions Fracking Permit Fee Increase
• Facebook's New Data Hub To Be Fully Wind-Powered
• Northrop's 'Ostrich Defense' Won't Fly For Cleanup Coverage
• Water Utility Beats CERCLA Claims Over Well Pumping
• Honeywell Settles $20M Suit Over Polluted Site In NY
• Plaintiffs Pass The Hat In Bid To End NY Fracking Moratorium
• 11th Circ. Says Green Groups Can't Evade CWA Notice Rule
• Apex Inks Deal Selling Rest Of 300-MW Wind Project's Power
• Ecuadorean Court Experts Free To Show Bias, Atty Says
• Court Revives Trillium's $2B Wind Farm Suit Against Ontario
• EPA Soot Rule Based On Sound Science, DC Circ. Hears
• Scranton Can't Strike Part Of Wastewater Financing Loan
• Clean Air Act's PSD Program Under Scrutiny In Courts
• E.ON Pockets €150M In Sale Of Danish Wind Farm Stake
• Texas Is 1 Major Step Closer To Efficient GHG Permitting
• Why Exxon Case Will Likely Become A Plaintiff Favorite
• Ecuador Court Keeps Chevron Ruling But Slashes $19B Award
• European Groups Fear US Trade Pact Could Lower Standards
• 1st Circ. Sticks Orix With Testing Costs, Atty Fees
• $492M Sale Of Suntech's Chinese Unit Gets Creditors' OK
• Emissions Rule Eases Up On Electronics Makers, EPA Says
• Secretary Backs Judge's Authorship Of $19B Chevron Verdict
• NJ High Court Nixes Challenge To Passaic River Spill Suit
• BLM Approves 80% Of 990-Mile Transmission Line
• Bipartisan Senators Join Green Energy Tax Plan
• Wyo. Rules Requires Oil, Gas Drillers To Test Groundwater
• Typhoon Devastation Shakes Up Global Climate Talks
• Pa. Bill Aims To Boost Alternative Energy Market
• First Solar Inks Deal With 4 Calif. Cities For 40-MW Plant
• Takeaways From CFIUS' Latest Win In Court
• Bankrupt Delphi Corp. Pays $23M For Toxic Cleanup
• West Texas Ranch Settles Wind Transmission Line Fight
• Obama Picks DOE Official For Top White House Climate Post
• NJ Enviro Agency Claims Immunity In Landfill Seizure Case
• Lilly Sues Slew Of Insurers Over Brazil Tort Claims
• Landfill Owner Wants High Court's Take On CERCLA Liability
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Top Guns From 58 Firms
• States Urge High Court To Nix EPA Cross-State Emissions Rule
• 10th Circ. Allows Enviro Intervention In Park Travel Suit
• EPA Endorses New Air Quality Measurement Methods
• Bill Would Shield Deepwater Funds From Sequestration
• Pa. Regulatory Reviewers OK Air Emission Fee Hike
• 2 Md. Firms Tapped For 3 Ethiopian Solar Power Plants
• Kan. Approves $2B Multistate Wind Powerline
• The Right Vehicle For Enforcing Cleanup Contributions
• Pa. PUC OKs Settlement Key To $720M Utility Merger
• Fla. Court Shields Forum Clauses In Surplus Lines Policies
• Westar To Buy 200 MW From Upcoming Apex Wind Farm
• Shell Distorts Nigeria Oil Spill Data, Report Says
• Obama's Order Stirs Rising Climate Regulatory Wave
• Duke Energy Can't Shake EPA's Clean Air Act Suit
• Wind Industry Faces Uphill Climb Without Tax Credit
• Ex-Judge Claims Chevron Floated $1M Bribe After $19B Award
• Suntech Urges Court To Throw Out Involuntary Bankruptcy
• 9th Circ. Vacates EPA's Textile Pesticide Authorization
• DOE To Invest $84M In Clean Coal Technologies
• Despite Bell, State Law CO2 Liability Claims Are Doomed
• Successful Law Firms Retrench During Downturns
• NJ Solar Energy Law Drying Up Project Funding, Suit Says
• Exxon Faces $2.7M Fine For Pegasus Oil Spill
• Emissions Rule Foes Face Long Odds In Scientific Attack
• Basin Electric Locks Down Output From 2 ND Wind Farms
• Colo. Voters Approve 5-Year Fracking Bans
• Ex-Judge Defends Authorship Of $19B Chevron Judgment
• Green Groups Target EPA Over Idaho, Wash. Water Regs
• World Bank Commits $47M To Expand Solar Plant In Chile
• EPA Sues Dow, Exxon, Others For NJ Superfund Site Cleanup
• Insurer Says It Won't Cover EPA's $3M Suit Against Paint Co.
• Hogan Lovells Lures Back Herbert Smith Environmental Ace
• Coastal Maine Town Narrowly Votes Down Tar Sands Ban
• Pa.'s New Era Of Strict Enviro Criminal Liability
• Why High Stakes Legal Failures Happen
• SunEdison Scores $185M Loan For South African Solar Plant
• Okla. Utility Seeks Toss Of Sierra Club's CAA Suit
• Texas Voters OK Creation Of $2B Water Infrastructure Fund
• High Court LCD Case Could Change Game For AG Suits
• Nucor Loses Pollution Case In Feud With Neighbor Zen-Noh
• Canadian Rare Earth Mine Gets Green Light From Gov't
• Community Input Steers Southern Union's New Criminal Fine
• 6th Circ. Rejects $500M LexisNexis Class Arbitration
• AIG Sues Aerospace Parts Co. Over $3M Toxic Cleanup
• EPA Methane Rule Not Yet In Cards, Senate Panel Told
• Green Gas Buys Landfill Fuel Plant From Lime Energy
• Conservative Groups Urge Congress To Kill Wind Tax Credit
• UK Lawmakers Advance Measure Targeting Old Coal Plants
• Ex-Judge In $19B Chevron Trial Flounders Under Questioning
• EU Releases Guidelines For Energy Market Interventions
• EPA Raises Fines For Air, Water Pollution Violations
• Takeaways For Insurers From NJ High Court's Landmark Case
• Pillsbury Builds Enviro Team With EPA Enforcement Pro
• Microsoft Inks 20-Year Texas Wind Power Agreement
• $19B Chevron Suit's Top Funder Says Donziger Duped Him
• Colo. Fracking Initiatives Threaten To Scare Off Developers
• EPA Nixes Significant New Use Rules For Hydrocarbons
• Green Groups Scuttle BLM Plan For Utah Public Lands
• Ill. AG Sues Koch Unit Over Refinery Dust Pollution
• EDF Renewable Energy Nabs 3rd Texas Wind Farm
• Reaxis Challenges Discharge Limits In Pa. DEP Permit
• Deadly Black Elk Blast Due To Safety Lapses, BSEE Finds
• Vattenfall Invests $289M To Expand UK Offshore Wind Farm
• White House Seeks Input On Revised Social Cost Of Carbon
• Pa. Gas-Drilling Is Illegal Use Of Resources, Judge Hears
• High Court Won't Hear PCS Nitrogen Cleanup Liability Appeal
• Carbon Tax Is Cheapest Way To Reduce CO2, Study Says
• Ncondezi's $2.25B Coal Plant Wins Approval In Mozambique
• Chinese Solar Co. Pays $492M For Suntech Assets
• $2B Texas Water Vote Sets Stage For Infrastructure Push
• Chevron Moves To Block Donziger Witnesses In $19B Trial
• IFC Spots $1T In Private-Sector Eco Investment Potential
• Obama Orders Agencies To Bolster Climate Change Defense
• US Has Authority To Probe Deepwater Spill, 5th Circ. Told
• EPA Floats Changes To Polyurethane Foam Emissions Rules
• Solar Auction Bust A Painful Policy Lesson For Feds
• Coast Guard Halts LNG Port Application Over Enviro Concerns
• Enviros Sue To Stop Coal Export Facility On Mississippi
• 6th Circ. Backs Chesapeake In Ohio Gas Lease Fight
• Canadian Solar Nets Panel Supply Deal With Three Gorges
• Koch Units Ruining Neighborhood With Dust, Suit Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: AT&T, Twitter, Blackstone
• New Prop 65 Is A Relief For Calif. Manufacturers
• GVK Wins Gov't Approval For $4.2B Australian Coal Mine