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Environmental - February, 2014

308 articles

• BP Can't Get Secret Docs In Deepwater Settlement Probe
• Senate OKs New Second-In-Command Of Interior Dept.
• As Patton Boggs Seeks New Merger, Chevron Suit Looms
• NC Issues Duke Violation Notices Over Coal Ash Spill
• Md. Appeals Court Backs Dominion's LNG Export Plans
• DOE Sets Efficiency Standards For Commercial Refrigerators
• Luminant Beats $470M Pollution Suit Over Texas Coal Plant
• Lawmaker Unrolls House Version Of Chemical Safety Reform
• $687M Emergency Drought Plan Clears Calif. Legislature
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Covington's Christine Haskett
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holland & Knight's Anita Mosner
• Murphy Oil Can't Seek Spill Damages From Coast Guard
• Cape Wind Opposition Group Sues FAA Over FOIA Request
• EPA Gives Kodak Nod For NY Park Cleanup Deal
• Boxer Urges GAO Probe Amid Keystone Enviro Review Flap
• 5th Circ. Partially Revives Texas Transit Rail Contract Row
• Calif. To Make Waves With New Drinking Water Standard
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revisit Decision To Revive Superfund Suit
• Williams NYC Pipeline Expansion Passes Enviro Test
• Sens. Take Another Crack At Energy Efficiency Bill
• Pebble Mine Plans Shaken By EPA Action
• EPA Asks 5th Circ. To Flip Gulf Dead Zone Ruling
• Why London Courts Are So Popular With Foreign Parties
• Wash. High Court Clears Paper Mill Biomass Project
• Landowners Want Enbridge To Pay For Bulldozing Property
• House Tax Reform Plan May Spook Clean Energy Investors
• US Lays Groundwork For Atlantic Oil And Gas Exploration
• NJ Judge Jacobson Clears Path For Disputed RE Development
• FERC's Jurisdiction Now Reaches Ethane Pipelines Too
• FRCP Discovery Amendments Prove Highly Controversial
• Suncor Energy Coughs Up $2M To Settle Oil Spill Case
• Canada Blocks Taseko's $1.5B Gold And Copper Mine
• Shell To Pay $4M In FCA Suit Over Cleanup Double-Dipping
• Tesla Scouts Sites To Open $5B Car Battery Factory
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Buchalter's Shawn Christianson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Robins Kaplan's Hollis Salzman
• OIG Finds No Conflict Of Interest In Keystone Enviro Review
• Marcellus Drilling Rules In Flux As Pa. Wrestles With Act 13
• Panel Revives Fla. City's Suit Over Deepwater Horizon Funds
• Attys Can't Freeze Fees From $12M Bronx Pollution Deal
• Atty Wins Stay In BP Suit Amid Probe Into Spill Fund Fraud
• GHG Rule May Have More Companies Reporting To EPA
• Travelers Bests Northrop Grumman In Cleanup Row
• DOE Mulls New Efficiency Tests For Storage Tanks, Heaters
• Expiration Dates Could Be New Normal For Natural Gas Plants
• Danish Credit Agency Injects $600M Into Cape Wind Farm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sedgwick's Stephanie Sheridan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Pryor Cashman's Colleen Caden
• Thoughts On Oral Arguments In Supreme Court GHG Case
• 7th Circ. Reminder On Challenging A Class's Predominance
• Watchdog Faults EPA On Worker, Contractor Privacy Protocols
• EPA Seeks Input On Power Plant Rule's Legal Foundation
• Insurer Ducks Quick Coverage Loss In NJ Pollution Row
• DOT Orders Bakken Oil Testing Before Shipping By Rail
• EU Parliament Passes Vehicle Emissions Compromise
• The Unstoppable Trailblazer: Judge Shira Scheindlin
• 5th Circ. Axes State Claims Over BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
• Affordable Solar Cinches Financing For NM Project
• Suntech Power Holdings Files For Ch. 15 Protection
• Greenberg Traurig Adds Ex-Parsley Coffin Energy Pro
• Oil, Gas Groups' Suit Over Drilling In Pa. Nat'l Forest Tossed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Dentons' Kara Baysinger
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Winston & Strawn's Joan Fife
• EPA Says Pa. Lagging On Lead Pollution Improvement Plans
• High Court Refuses Appeal Over Calif. Drainage Project
• Dingell Departure Frays Congress' Connections To Regulators
• Split High Court Presses Industry, EPA Over Carbon Rules
• NJ Assembly Panel Approves Forest Stewardship Bill
• Pa. Justices Defend Landmark Fracking Ruling To Lawmakers
• EPA Accepts Deadlines For Toxic Emissions Standard Redos
• Ore. Counties Back To Urban-Development Drawing Board
• Bankruptcy Strategies For Nondebtors At Superfund Site
• High Court Won't Hear Citgo Appeal In $180M Oil Spill Case
• Colo. 1st In Nation To Approve Methane Emissions Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bingham's Debra Fischer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Nancy Smith
• Morris Manning Adds Energy, Infrastructure Team In DC
• Environmental Litigation To Watch This Year
• High Court Won't Take Up FERC Tariff Change Cases
• Bankrupt Firm Blamed For W.Va. Chemical Spill To Wind Down
• Pa. Justices Won't Reconsider Landmark Fracking Decision
• 10th Circ. Upholds Ex-SEC Atty's Green Scheme Conviction
• Railroads Reach Crude Oil Shipping Safety Deal With DOT
• NJ Sen. Pushes Enviro Agency To Rethink Gas Pipeline
• Bush-Era Water Rules For Coal Mines Struck Down
• How Big Oil Is Trying To Tar Lobbying And PR As Extortion
• Halliburton Dodges Criminal Charges For Pa. Plant Violations
• Spill Timing Hurts Coal Industry As EPA Mulls Ash Rule
• Atlas Rips DEP Findings On Western Pa. Frack Site
• DOI Calls For Raised $134M Oil Spill Liability Cap
• World Bank Switches To Private Finance For $12B Congo Dam
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Jane Goldstein
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Snell & Wilmer's Barb Dawson
• Law360 Environmental Editorial Advisory Board
• High Court To Define EPA's Regulatory Latitude In GHG Case
• EPA Pitches New Rules, Age Limit For Pesticide Use On Farms
• NY Panel Shields IBM From Medical Monitoring Damages
• Obama Gets Wiggle Room On Keystone XL With Neb. Ruling
• Ind. High Court Says New Evidence Can't Save Spill Suit
• DC Circ. Wary Of Nixing EPA Soot Rule
• UK Faces EU Court Action Over Nitrogen Dioxide Emissions
• Flood Of Decisions Washes Away EPA Permits On Stormwater
• Va. Urged To Revamp Plan For $244M Highway Project
• Obama Touts TPP Benefits With Mexican, Canadian Leaders
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Choate's Melissa Tearney
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Littler's Lee Schreter
• Pa. Residents Challenge Synagro Sludge Permits
• Ford Hit With Patent Suit Over Hybrid Vehicle Tech
• Keystone Route Approval Ruled Unconstitutional
• Fla. Senate Panel OKs Bill Streamlining Big Development
• FERC Skirted Input On NJ-NY Pipeline Study, DC Circ. Told
• Calif. Gov. Calls For $687M In Drought Relief
• Ex-Newark Water Agency Head Accused Of Spending Abuses
• Clean Fuel Rules Get Legal Cover From Vehicle Makers
• EPA Cooling Water Plan Runs Afoul Of Green Groups
• 9th Circ. Clarifies Scope Of Rule 26 Expert Discovery
• Century To Pay $5.5M To Cover Electric Co.'s Cleanup Row
• Enviro Group Slams Agencies Over NJ-NY Oil Spill Plan
• DRBC Cuts Don't Stem From Fracking Ban, Pa. DEP Head Says
• Texas High Court Asked To Void Town's Water Permit
• DOI Greenlights Solar Projects On Calif., Nev. Federal Land
• DOE Floats New Energy Efficiency Testing For Boilers
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Mimi Addy
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Mary Mullany
• How To Use Risk Analysis To Calculate Settlement Value
• Ferrostaal Unit Sinks $120M Into Mongolian Wind Farm
• The Captain Of The Mother Court: Judge Loretta Preska
• USTR Touts Transparency Concessions On Trade Talks
• Fla. Lawmaker Asks For Federal Help With Water Flow
• Donziger Can't Stay Chevron Suit Pending 2nd Circ. Ruling
• Texas Group Launches Denton Fracking Ban Campaign
• 9th Circ. Gives $5B Hawaii Rail Project Green Light
• 9th Circ. Raises Bar For Standing In GHG Citizen Suits
• Pa. DEP Chief Says Fracking Fees Enough, Others May Rise
• Dominion Sets Eyes On Md. Offshore Wind Auction
• Enviros Urge NRC To Halt Licensing To Mull Reactor Study
• EPA Hits 35 Renovation Cos. With Lead Exposure Fines
• Halliburton Fined $1.8M For Pa. Acid Waste Violations
• EU Draws Line On Food, Enviro Regs In US Trade Talks
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Kaye Scholer's Lori Leskin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hirschler's Courtney Paulk
• Obama Unveils New Fuel Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles
• Pakistan Scores €100M EIB Loan To Build Hydropower Plant
• Cameron Fights To Keep $50M Deepwater Coverage Suit Afloat
• EPA Settles CAA Suit Over Southern Co. Coal Plants
• Mantria Investors Seek Nod On $6M Deal In Green Ponzi Suit
• BP Urges Judge To Deny Ala. Motion For Deepwater Jury Trial
• Judge Won't Recuse Self From BP Spill Obstruction Case
• Obama Proposes $1B Climate Change Resiliency Fund
• A New CAISO Stakeholder Process To Address Reliability
• EPA Commits To April Deadline For Cooling Water Intake Rule
• ND Joins High Court Fight Over EPA Haze Authority
• AfDB Committed $670M To Power Africa Initiative In 2013
• ITC Finds Potential Harm To US Cos. In Chinese Solar Case
• NY Landowners Sue Cuomo Over Fracking Decision Delay
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hughes Hubbard's Bassey
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Mitchell Silberberg's Coyoca
• Netherlands' Largest Wind Farm Secures $480M Loan
• Boston Wants More Time To Study Mohegan, Wynn Casinos
• Senators Push To Reinstate Biodiesel Tax Incentive
• Duke Seeks 300 MW Worth Of New NC Solar Projects By 2015
• 6 Tips For Creating Effective Trial Graphics
• Inside Fla.'s Fracking Chemical Disclosure Bills
• BP To Begin Medical Claim Payouts In $130M Deepwater Deal
• 9th Circ. Revives BP Investors' Alaska Spill Suit
• Chemical Co. Solvay Hit With NJ Water Contamination Suit
• Dallas Hit With $200M Suit Over Oil And Gas Lease Breach
• EPA Enforcement Strategy Gives Small Operators A Pass
• NY Issues Updated Hazardous Waste Monitoring Policy
• Ill. Sen. Floats Bill To Eliminate Discounted Fracking Tax
• Enviro Groups Ready Legal Action Against Shenango Coke
• Tronox Trust Says Anadarko Owes $21B In Enviro Liabilities
• House Natural Resources Chairman Hastings To Retire
• Wilson Sonsini Snags Sidley Energy-Project Duo
• Pa. Lawmaker Blasts EPA Approval Of Fracking Waste Well
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Goodwin Procter's Sharton
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levenfeld's Patti O'Connor
• IFC Agrees To Loan $70M For $110M China Water Plant Project
• K&L Picks Up Norton Rose Atty To Bolster Houston Office
• FirstEnergy Sews Up $395M Sale Of 11 Hydroelectric Plants
• State Oilfield Anti-Indemnity Statutes May Null Contracts
• 10th Circ. Says Whistleblower Failed To Seek 'Higher Authority'
• Ind. City To Pay $132M To Upgrade Sewers In EPA Deal
• Methane Leaks Threaten Preferred Status For Natural Gas
• Patriot Coal Ordered To Halt Plant Operations After Spill
• First Wind Gets $206M In Financing For Texas Wind Project
• Pa.-NY Pipeline's Enviro Impact Can Be Reduced, FERC Says
• Town Asks NY High Court To Revive Challenge To Enviro Regs
• Pa. Bill Aims To Create Oversight For Coal-Plant Closures
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Emilie Ninan
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe's Lucinda Low
• Drilling Fluid Co. Inks $100M Deal To Shed Enviro Biz
• EU's Fracking Future Remains Uncertain After Guidance
• Lockheed Can't Quash Testimony In $100M Cleanup Suit
• Oil, Gas Cos. Will Benefit From Senate Committee Shuffle
• Nuke Group Asks DC Circ. To Keep $750M Waste Fees Buried
• NIGC To Meet Tribes Over NEPA Trigger In Casino Deals
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Reconsider Truck Emissions Ruling
• NC Asks Judge To Postpone Duke Coal Ash Settlement
• EPA Proposed Rule Admits What Agency Has Done For Years
• EPA Releases Final Guidance For Fracking With Diesel
• Deals Rumor Mill: Brevan Howard, Virgin, Deutsche Bank
• Cuomo Launches NY Green Energy Development Bank
• Pa. Lawmaker Slams DEP's Surface Rules For Fracking Sites
• EPA Sets Notification Requirements For 35 Chemicals
• NY Leaders Push For Ban On Microbeads
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ropes & Gray's Laurel FitzPatrick
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Donna Fraiche
• Tetra Tech Wins $943M In Gov't Contracts For Enviro Work
• Sierra Club To Sue EPA Over Sulfur Pollution Enforcement
• Delayed Oil Refinery Emissions Rule Deadline Wins Approval
• Chinese-Owned Wind Co. Takes CFIUS Challenge To DC Circ.
• 2014 Should Be Pivotal For Fracking Regulation
• DC Circ. Considers Extent Of EPA Mountaintop Authority
• US Files Another WTO Challenge To India's Solar Program
• Tax Credit Bill Brightens Large-Scale Solar's Future
• US Sailors Seek $1B From Tepco For Radiation Exposure
• NJ Justices Refuse To Consider Highlands Zoning Dispute
• Exxon Deserves $630M CAA Penalty, Enviros Say
• EPA Enforcement Brings In $5.6B With Fewer Cases Pursued
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: FordHarrison's Tracey Jaensch
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McManis' Neda Mansoorian
• Hazardous Waste Rule Threatens To Expose Trade Secrets
• St. Paul Fails To Dump $24M Katrina Insurance Claim
• Donziger Says Chevron's RICO Suit Doesn't Stick
• Lockheed Wants Enviro Cleanup Trial Testimony Tossed
• EPA To Propose Significant New Use Rule For 3 Hydrocarbons
• Northeast Wants EPA To Give It More Control Of Upwind Air
• Solar Group Blasts New US Trade Duty Cases Against China
• Turkish JV To Buy Vestas Turbines for 207-MW Wind Project
• FirstEnergy Unit Beats CAA Claims Over Pa. Coal Plants
• Sen. Bill Combats Tax Credit Expiration For Solar Projects
• EIB Mulls $271M Investment In India's Renewables Industry
• WTC Security Plan Doesn't Create A 'Fortress,' NY Judge Says
• Judge Says Her Stock Holdings Don't Taint Power Plant Ruling
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: McAndrews' Nabeela Rasheed
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell's Ellen Dwyer
• High Court's CAFA Ruling Won't Affect AG Enforcement
• Deals Rumor Mill: Glencore Xstrata, Cerberus, IBM
• McGuireWoods Can Represent Freedom For Now, Judge Says
• Reps. Float Bill To Safeguard Private Chemical Sites
• Chevron Shakes NJ Claims In MDL Over MTBE Pollution
• SolarWorld Urges Crackdown On Chinese Trade Practices
• ESA Puts Wildlife 1st In Fight Over Calif.'s Scarce Water
• Home Depot, BP Face Class Action Over Faulty Solar Panels
• EPA Plays Defense In Push To Study Air Regs' Economic Cost
• Citgo Fined $2M Over Refinery Emissions, Bird Deaths
• FirstEnergy Unit Hit With Pa. Coal Plant Pollution Suit
• BlackRock Buys 4th Ontario Solar Plant From Canadian Solar
• NJ Justices To Hear 'Enviro Sensitive' Land Rezoning Row
• EPA Urged To Reconsider Power Plant Carbon Limits
• Wash. Lawmakers Mull Eliminating Oil Refinery Tax Break
• Extending NY's Brownfield Tax Credit — With Major Cutbacks
• Judge Sanctions Cal Fire $32M For Conduct In Wildfire Suit
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Pamela Mintzer
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hodgson Russ' Yalamanchili
• EPA Authorizes E-Manifests For Hazardous Waste Shipments
• Litigation Costs Are In Your Control, So Take Control
• McGuireWoods' Links To Freedom Questioned In Ch. 11 Case
• USDA Rolls Out 7 Regional 'Climate Hubs' For Farmers
• Planned Ore. Floating Offshore Wind Farm Gets DOI Backing
• Out of Ch. 11, W.R. Grace Pays $63M Toward Enviro Cleanup
• New Trial Ordered Over San Antonio Stormwater Project
• EPA Defends 2013 Renewable Fuels Target At DC Circ.
• Sierra Club Says Gov't Withholding Keystone Pipeline Docs
• What Defense Counsel Can Learn From The W.Va. Spill
• Texas Regulators Blast EPA Overreach In House Hearing
• EPA Mulls New Economic Analysis For Air Regs
• EPA Grants Texas Greenhouse Gas Permitting Authority
• Altus, RGS Energy Form $150M Solar Project JV
• Cancer Cluster Plaintiff Blasts Rohm & Haas Pa. Appeal Bid
• Investment Banks Lend $128M for Honduras Wind Farm
• Vinson & Elkins Partners Form Litigation Firm In Houston
• 3 Oil Cos. Face Fines For Mislabeling Crude Rail Shipments
• EU Lawmakers Approve 40 Percent Cut In Carbon Emissions
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Taft's Margaret Lawson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Frankfurt's Barbara Shiers
• Pa. Budget Would Expand Drilling Under State Forests
• 21 States Tell 3rd Circ. EPA Water Standards Violate CWA
• EPA Rule Set To Cap Growth Of Power Plant Emissions
• Nonresident Can't Sue City Over Sales Tax, Calif. Court Says
• Markey Wants Troubled US Coal Leasing Program Halted
• Senate Sends $956B Farm Bill For Obama's Approval
• Coal Ash Woes Mount For Duke As Spill Fouls NC River
• Texas Court Blocks Water District Bid Over Lack Of Demand
• W.Va. Officials Press For Federal Chemical Storage Reforms
• Sierra Club Threatens To Sue Over EPA Inaction On Ozone
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michelman's Mona Hanna
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Baker Donelson's Linda Klein
• Senate To Vote On $956M Farm Bill Tuesday
• $180M Idaho Solar Project Halted In Energy Credit Row
• LG Looks To Block Enviros From Suit Over $300M HQ Project
• In-House Counsel Name Client-Friendly Litigators
• Gulf Spill Claimants' Attys Call For Sanctions Over BP Ads
• GCs Name Best-Of-The-Best Attys
• Ga. Asks Supreme Court To Flush Fla. Water Suit
• As NJ Enviro Deadline Looms, Eyes Remain On Sites
• Euro Development Bank Lends $100M For Ukraine Energy
• Boeing, Honeywell Sponsor Biofuel Project In Abu Dhabi
• $1B Warriors Arena Project Delayed By Enviro Reviews
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Suit Over Oil Refinery Emissions
• EPA Mulls New Radiation Standards For Nuclear Plants
• EPA Finalizes New Use Rule For Oil Processing Chemicals
• 3M, GE, Others Ink Cleanup Deal Over Ohio Superfund Site
• Rohm & Haas Brings Cancer Cluster Suit To Pa. High Court
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Holwell Shuster's Dorit Black
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gibbons' Christine Amalfe
• Don't Apply Risk Analysis To Discounted Settlement Value