Environmental Archive » December, 2013

Environmental - December, 2013

211 articles

• Drill Texas Drill!: Surface Rights And Subsurface Effluent
• Pa. High Court Bombshell Could Reach Beyond Fracking
• Biodiesel Industry Urges Congress To Extend Tax Credit
• FERC Won't Shrink Amid Partisan Scrutiny, Ex-Chair Says
• La.'s Attys To Cut Fees In Multibillion-Dollar Oil Industry Row
• White House Picks McCabe To Head EPA Air Office
• Cuomo 'Green Bank' Set To Open With $210M In 2014
• EPA Exempts Some CO2 Storage From Hazardous Waste Regs
• Whitehaven's $685M Mine Wins Australian Court's Nod
• US-EU Trade Pact Won't Dilute Regulations, Negotiators Say
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McCarter & English's Pam Moore
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Vorys Sater's Benita Kahn
• Chicago Orders Cleanup Of Petroleum Coke Heaps
• NYC OKs E-Cig Curbs, Possible Foam Food-Packaging Ban
• Waste Shipment Fracas Threatens Fracking Expansion
• Landmark Chemicals Case May Embolden EPA
• China Denies EU Wine Probe Was Payback For Solar Row
• Renewables Win Big In Proposed Energy Tax Overhaul
• Chesapeake Pays $3.2M To Settle Feds' W.Va. Drilling Claims
• Hawaii Sells $168M In Bonds For Airport Energy Project
• Chevron, BP, Others Dumped La. Pipeline Waste, Parish Says
• Argentina Lodges WTO Dispute Over EU Biodiesel Duties
• Disgraced Gulf Spill Claims Atty Wants Freeh Report Tossed
• Pa. High Court Strikes Down Pro-Fracking Zoning Law
• GOP Blocks Quick Passage Of Tax Credit Extender Bill
• Calif. Gives Tesla $35M Tax Break To Boost Production
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Novak Druce's Pat Rogowski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Joan Rosoff
• Baucus Energy Tax Proposal Draws Manufacturers' Concern
• 11th Circ. Hands Win To Ecuador In Chevron Discovery Fight
• Texas Wind Projects Die Down With End Of Tax Credit
• A Clear Message To DOE And Congress
• Chevron Sued For Contamination From NJ Pesticide Plant
• Baucus Wants Energy Tax Credits Consolidated
• Jury Convicts Ex-BP Engineer Of Obstructing BP Spill Probe
• BP Defends 11th-Hour Renege On $2.7M Deepwater Deal
• EPA Targets Chevron Over Calif. Refinery Fire
• Pa. Legislators Float 4.9% Tax On Natural Gas Drilling
• Indicted Biofuel Co. Sold Phony Biofuel Credits, EPA Says
• Brooklyn Groups Knock $72M In Public Funds For High Rise
• EIB Backs Egyptian Infrastructure Projects With €392M Loan
• Fake CIA Spy Who Defrauded EPA Gets 32 Months In Prison
• Energy Co. Trustee Sues NY Over Fracking Moratorium
• Sens. Join Cry For Wind Production Tax Credit Expiration
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ober Kaler's Barbara Werther
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dechert's Cathy Botticelli
• A Blueprint For Production And Investment Credits
• 4 Big Stories In Calif. Environmental, Energy Law In 2013
• High Court Snub Of Drilling Freeze Appeal Will Fortify Feds
• Manure Clash Adds To Bizarre Pollution Exclusion Case Law
• Enviros Want EPA's Chicago Reservoir Accord Blocked
• Ecuadoreans Can Target Chevron's Canadian Assets
• Ford, Cabot, Others Settle With EPA Over Superfund Cleanup
• Solar Co. Gets $390M In Financing For Canadian Projects
• Asian Development Bank Pours $176M Into India Rail Project
• $2.3B Gulf Spill Fund Tainted By Atty Fraud, BP Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Denise Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison & Foerster's Anna White
• US Unveils Auction For Md. Offshore Wind Leases
• GE, Mitsubishi Bury Hatchet Over Wind Turbine Patents
• Home Rule Allows Fracking Ban, NY Town Tells High Court
• 15 States Offer Best Practices For EPA Power Plant Regs
• NRG, Nat'l Grid Ink $150M Deal To Switch NY Coal Plant To Gas
• Business Groups Trash EPA Carbon Plan In High Court Brief
• 2013 Review Of 3rd-Party Pollution Exclusion Decisions
• Calif. Adds New Chemical Compound To Carcinogen List
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Maureen Jeffreys
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fish's Ann Cathcart Chaplin
• Pa. House Dems Wade Into Climate Change Debate
• Supreme Court Won't Review Gulf Drilling Ban
• Countries Continue To Struggle With Green-Tech Trade
• The Murky Waters Of Pa.'s Conservation Law
• Sierra Club Sues EPA To Block New Ky. Selenium Standard
• NJ Nets $165M Settlements In Passaic River Pollution Case
• Climate Refugees Could Catch World's Courts Off Guard
• NJ Bill Seeks To Ease Offshore Wind Approval Process
• Faux Spy That Bilked EPA Deserves 3-Year Sentence, DOJ Says
• Enviro Groups Can't Sink Chesapeake Bay Pollution Offsets
• Fed. Circ. Endorses Lower Mining Fees On 'Blended' Coal
• ScottishPower Ditches 1,800-MW Offshore Wind Farm Plans
• EU Court Revokes Commission's GMO Potato Approval
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Paul Hastings' Elizabeth Noe
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bartlit's Rebecca Weinstein Bacon
• Toxic Tort Defendants Expand Their Arsenal
• Why Key Deepwater Horizon Criminal Charges Were Dismissed
• 5 Steps To A Successful Cross-Examination
• Tronox Trust Wins Up To $14B In Kerr-McGee Spinoff Row
• Koch Unit Cuts Deal With Enviros To Curb Refinery Emissions
• Democrats Urge Obama To Delay Keystone XL Enviro Review
• NJ Panel OKs Bill To Give Voters Say On Cap-and-Trade Pact
• Spain Rolls Out Red Carpet For Fracking Developers
• Frac Sand Fever, Flocculents And Public Health Fears
• 11th Circ. Urged To Reinstate Pollution Suit Against UTC
• EPA Reports Show Mismanagement Of Agency's CIA Impostor
• Army Corps Accused Of Overlooking Limestone Mine's Impacts
• BP Given Pass For Some Accidental Marine Mammal Deaths
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: White And Williams' Patti Santelle
• Exxon Says Judge Unfairly Denied Files In $367M CERCLA Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mayer Brown's Debora De Hoyos
• DOE Hands Out $150M In Clean Energy Tax Credits
• Calif. Appeals Court Upholds San Francisco Plastic Bag Ban
• US Urges Supreme Court To Take Up Texas-NM Water Fight
• DC Circ. Vacates EPA Rule On Heavy-Truck Air Standards
• Volvo Contests $72M Clean Air Act Penalty At DC Circ.
• EPA Names 9 Sites To Superfund Cleanup List
• 2013 Energy Finance Saw Rise Of Yieldcos, Term B Loans
• Green Support For Wind Farms Stops At Killing Eagles
• Exxon, Others Scuttle Pollution Claim In La. Appeals Court
• Dallas Adopts Strict Urban Gas-Drilling Ordinance
• DC Circ. Stokes Nuclear Energy Insurance Issues
• OPIC Doles Out $140M For Chile Solar Project
• Amended Rule 45 Significantly Alters Subpoena Practice
• Rulemaking Obligation Upends Care One Approvals In NJ
• Chile's AES Gener Scores $1.2B Loan For Hydro Project
• DOE Pumps $13M Into Solar Power Technology Projects
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Morrison Cohen's Danielle Lesser
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Liner Grode's Angela Agrusa
• Takeaways From The First MBTA Criminal Prosecution
• Electric Group Urges DC Circ. To Block EPA Opacity Rule
• Pa. Senate Confirms Controversial DEP Pick Abruzzo
• 9 States Strengthen Power Plant Emissions Requirements
• Justices Signal Sympathy For EPA In Air Pollution Row
• Texas Court Axes Suit Against Sierra Club In Toxic Waste Row
• Brooklyn Community Aims To Steer Gowanus Canal Project
• Covington Hires Leading White House Enviro Attorney
• EU Lawmakers Back Carbon Permit Freeze To Boost Prices
• Kazakh Fund Drops $1.3B On Power Plant Stake, Hydro Co.
• Lawmakers, Unions, Enviros Rip 'Fast-Track' Trade Powers
• China Issues 1st National Climate Change Adaptation Plan
• Duke Submits $1B Crystal River Nuke Plant Takedown Plan
• Consol, Noble Pay Dominion $190M For Gas Drilling Rights
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akin Gump's Kerry Berchem
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Locke Lord's Cynthia Bast
• Environmental MVP: Nossaman's Robert Thornton
• Texas Drought Drives Uptick In Water Rights Disputes
• EPA Plea Opens New Front In States' Air Policy War
• Nuclear Cleanup Contractor Used Shell Subcontracts: DOJ
• NJ Senate Panel OKs Administrative Law Reforms With Tweaks
• Biofuel Industry Wants Congress To Extend Tax Breaks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibson Dunn's Mary Murphy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Arnold & Porter's Veronica Rendon
• Calif. Cap And Trade Still Under Fire
• Expert Testimony Must Be Backed By Science, Pa. Court Rules
• Enviros Can't Bar States From Suit Over EPA SO2 Rule
• How FRCP E-Discovery Amendments Could Affect You
• Cross-State Air Battle Hinges On Justice Kennedy
• US Got Off Easy In $72M Drilling Case, Fed. Circ. Told
• Fla. To Spend $88M For Deepwater Restoration, Gov. Says
• Texas High Court Asked To Take Fracking Pollution Fight
• Environmental MVP: Katten Muchin Rosenman's Steven Solow
• US, Others Press For Fishery Subsidy Cuts
• Agency Sets The Stage For Fracking's Future In Calif.
• EPA Nixes Soot Rule Exceptions After DC Circ. Ruling
• FWS Dismays Enviro Groups With 30-Year Eagle Take Permits
• Va. Wind Research Facility Sails Over Regulatory Hurdle
• BP To Halt Deepwater Loss Payments During Review
• American Safety Exits Coverage Fight Over Gas Pipe Leak
• BASF Wins Tax Abatement On NJ Enviro Remediation
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Debevoise's Peggy Davenport
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Reed Smith's Dusty Kirk
• Challenge To NY Cap-And-Trade Laws Flops On Appeal
• Environmental MVP: Steptoe's Lawrence Riff
• Mass. Fracking Ban Could Fuel Resistance Across State Lines
• Plant Asks Texas Justices To Nix Damages In Light Of Cleanup
• Obama Orders Agencies To Boost Renewable Energy Use
• La. Board Blasts Suit Blaming Oil Cos. For Coastal Damage
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Chadbourne's Lori Hoberman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: O'Melveny's Carla Christofferson
• Lumber Liquidators Sells Tainted Flooring, Suit Says
• A Hard Look At A 'Clarified' Site Assessment Standard
• Industry Group Sues Colo. Cities Over Fracking Bans
• Water Conservation Group Can't Ax Texas Town's Permit
• House Dems Push DOI To Halt Arctic Oil Exploration
• House Science Chair Calls For EPA Power Plant Rule Review
• La. Agency Plans Lawsuits Over $1.2B Coastal Repair Costs
• Pa. Dems Attack Enviro Credentials Of DEP Nominee
• Aquarium Owner Gets 1 Year In Fish Trafficking Case
• UK Expects $65B In Renewable Investments By 2020
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hunton & Williams' Lisa Sotto
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hogan Lovells' Emily Yinger
• Chair Of WH Council On Environmental Quality To Step Down
• Calif. High Court Arms Insurers In Fights Over Counsel
• And Now A Word From The Panel: Too Hot Or Cold For An MDL?
• In Santa Clara, Litigation Trumped Remediation
• A Crash Course In Hot Product Liability Topics
• Texas' Prop 6 And The Challenges That Lie Ahead
• EPA Response To 8th Circ. Ruling Invites Legal Trouble
• Fed. Circ. Affirms $5.8M Takings Award For Ark. Floods
• Ford Fights High Court Appeal On CERCLA Subrogation
• UK Backs BP In Challenge To Federal Contracting Ban
• US LNG, Coal Export Delays Violate Trade Pact, Atty Says
• DC Circ. Consolidates Challenges To EPA Anti-Emission Rule
• Fla. Approves Amended Nuclear Cost Recovery Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: K&L Gates' Janice Hartman
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: JAMS' Kimberly Taylor
• 5th Circ. Grants BP's Bid To Halt Further Deepwater Payouts
• Hanwha Solar Scores $574M Loan For China Projects
• EU Finalizes Solar Panel Duties, Settlement With China
• Ecuador Asks 9th Circ. To Stop Chevron's Email Subpoenas
• Water-Rights Transfer Allowed For $18B Utah Nuke Project
• Vulcan Says Texas Brine Counsel Conflicted In Sinkhole Suit
• AfDB Drops $162M On Congo Infrastructure, Water Projects
• $950M In Wind Subsidies Give Taxpayers Shaky Returns: Study
• EIB Loans $271M To Enel Green For Romanian Wind Farms
• NJ Scores $2M Settlement Over Cleanup From Fuel Additive
• Sierra Club Suit Over Tahoe Projects 'Myopic,' Agency Says
• Belo's Brazil Gold Mine Plan Gets Enviro Regulators' Nod
• How FTC Is Cracking Down On Environmental Ad Claims
• EPA Chief Says China Faces Long Road To Air Quality Reform
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: DLA Piper's Tara Lee
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Jones Day's Lizanne Thomas