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Environmental - June, 2014

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• NY Fracking Ruling Ratchets Up Risk For Drilling Industry
• Fireman's Sues OneBeacon Over Share Of $35M Asbestos Deal
• La. Levee Authority's Suit Against BP Stays In Fed. Court
• State Climate Initiatives Get Boost From High Court Snub
• Enviros Can't Prove Texas Endangered Cranes: 5th Circ.
• EIB Pumps $136.9M Into Bangladesh Water Project
• Avanti Mining Gets Canada's OK For $752M Mine Project
• Science Advisory Board Presses EPA For Stricter Ozone Rule
• Supreme Court Shoots Down Oyster Farm Lease Appeal
• High Court Won't Review California Carbon Fuel Standard
• CAA Preemption Limits After 3rd Circ. Case
• Top NY Court Upholds Fracking Bans
• Factors In Va.'s Botched $1.4B Interstate Project Revealed
• NY Late Notice Ruling Blocks Off Shortcut To Policyholders
• NJ Legislature Sends Fracking Waste Bill To Christie Again
• Texas High Court Takes Up Flooding Liability Dispute
• Wildlife Agencies Adopt Rule On Endangered Species Listings
• House Dem Blasts BP For Ending Oil Spill Claims Program
• A Year Out, Obama Climate Plan Looks Stronger Than Ever
• Permit For Kan. Coal Plant Still Violates CAA: Sierra Club
• Feds Blasted For Ignoring Arch Mine Expansion's Enviro Cost
• BP Seeks To Recoup 'Improper' Deepwater Payouts
• NY Board OKs $511M In Loans For New Tappan Zee Bridge
• DOI Updates Oil Leasing Plan For 3M Acres In Wyo.
• DC Circ. Vacates EPA Waste Burning Rule, Fuel Exclusion
• 4 Things Every Law Firm Should Do Upon A Cyberbreach
• How The Tennessee Gas Ruling Impacts Pipeline Projects
• EPA Clean Power Proposal May Fuel State Cap And Trade
• Benefuel Says No Fee For Failed $20M Biodiesel Fundraising
• Draft Rules On $2B Texas Water Fund Open For Comment
• States Urge DC Circ. To Ax New EPA Carbon Emissions Rule
• Financing Green: The Rise Of The Green Bond
• 7 Questions For Energy Bar Association President Jason Leif
• Greens Demand Obama Finalize Stricter Hazardous Waste Rule
• FERC Pipeline Enviro Reviews No Longer A Breeze
• Feds Beat Enviro Suit Challenging Solar Energy Zones
• Senate Bill Would Allow EPA To Delay Air Quality Standards
• High Court Environmental Ruling Could Clear Air For Banks
• Coast Guard Exempts Drilling Ships From Arrival Reporting
• Looking At EPA's Authority After Utility Air Ruling
• AfDB Loans $117M To Fund Mauritius Power Plant
• Albertsons Will Pay $3.4M To Settle Hazardous Waste Probe
• Alaska High Court Backs Mining Project Ballot Initiative
• AfDB Loans $142M For 100-MW Solar Project In S. Africa
• DOE Sets New Efficiency Regulations For Furnace Fans
• AIG Settles With Freedom Industries Over Spill Coverage
• Sens. Urge Obama To Open New Areas To Offshore Drilling
• 2nd Circ. Won't Revive CERCLA Suit Against Rockefeller Estate
• Worker Theft, Porn Habits Fed By EPA Boss' Lax Watch: Panel
• Pa. Legislators Seek Say On CO2, Drilling Rule Changes
• Litigation Guide To EPA's Cooling Water Intake Rule
• DC Circ. Battle Could Shift Enforcement From EPA To Enviros
• Sidley's Keisler Builds Resume As High Court Climate Pro
• Texas High Court Asked If EPA Letters Trigger CGL Coverage
• Caterpillar Hit With Defective Emission Control Class Action
• California Coastal Projects Hit Fresh Wave Of Delays
• $14B Ga. Nuke Plant Behind Schedule, Warns Commission
• House Passes Bill That Could Hasten Keystone Approval
• Brooklyn Groups Can't Stop Publicly Funded High Rise
• 5 Tips For Defeating A Class Cert. Bid
• UK's Green Investment Bank Eyes £1B Offshore Fund
• KKR Pays €417M For Stake In Acciona Int'l Green Energy Biz
• Enviros Challenge Calif. Air Board's Review Of $68B Rail Plan
• Top Spanish Court OKs Canary Islands Oil Exploration
• Feds Can't Get $3.5M Fees From Wash. DOT In Superfund Case
• New 'Streamlined' DOI Strategy Takes Regional Approach
• EPA Clean Power Plan Faces New Scrutiny After GHG Rebuke
• EPA Emissions Goals Remain Viable Despite High Court Loss
• Keystone Pipeline Law Unconstitutional, Neb. Justices Told
• Chinese Solar Cos. Fire Back In $950M Antitrust Suit
• Attys React To Supreme Court Ruling On EPA Emissions Rules
• Aussie Regulator Greenlights Fortescue Iron Ore Project
• Pa. GOP Lawmakers Decry EPA Chesapeake Plan To 3rd Circ.
• NC DOT's Environmental Study Of $838M Toll Road Challenged
• 10th Circ. Favors Pepsi, Union Pacific In Asarco CERCLA Row
• White House Creates Task Force To Protect Bees, Pollinators
• EPA Moves Toward National List Of Fracking Chemicals
• High Court Limits EPA's Power To Regulate Carbon Emissions
• NY Sues GE For $31M Over Scrapyard Cleanup Bill
• Enviro Groups Win Bid To Block Miss. Offshore Drilling
• Community Groups Lose Row Over $950M Detroit Bridge Site
• Enviros Claim SBA, OMB Weakened Pollution Regulations
• UK Court Limits Damages In Shell Nigeria Spill Suit
• Fed. Circ. Orders DOE To Pay $53M In Nuclear Cleanup Fight
• Fuel Co. Owner Indicted For $29M Renewable Credit Fraud
• EPA Greenlights $800M Expansion Of Oneok Gas Liquids Plant
• Texas Energy Co. Can't Duck $2.9M Fracking Nuisance Verdict
• A Blurry Vision Of A Clean Power Future
• Calif. Industrial Agency To Boost Laborer Safety, Chief Says
• EPA Feels Heat In Congressional Hearing On Carbon Rule
• La. Board Keeps Coastal Damage Suit Against Oil Giants Alive
• History Not On The Side Of California Developers
• Early Power Plant Rule Scuffle Gives EPA Peek At Main Event
• Pa. Demands Insurance, Cleanup Costs From MTBE Makers
• Pa. DEP Fines Fracking Co. For Spills At Well Pad
• US Ban On Microbeads In Soap, Toothpaste Proposed
• Elon Musk-Helmed Solar Co. Sued For Restated Financials
• Fracking Cos. Defend Lone Pine Orders At Colo. High Court
• FERC Adopts Solar Flare Standards For Grid Operators
• Conn., NJ Regulators Say Pa. Emission Plans Need Work
• ConocoPhillips Seeks Remand In Alaska Drilling Permit Row
• FERC Approves $10B Cameron LNG Export Project
• Pa. Rep Wants Legislature To Clear CO2 Plan Ahead Of EPA
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Williams Mullen's McCarroll
• Food Fight Over GMOs And The 'Right To Know'
• Smartphone Forensics: Tips From The E-Discovery Trenches
• UK-Based LLP Partners Now Enjoy More Protections
• Ralls' Lessons To Investors On CFIUS Deal Reviews
• $950M Solar Antitrust Suit Blocked From Calif. Transfer
• Murray Energy Sues EPA To Block Carbon Emission Rule
• Obama Opposes Tax Holiday Plan To Pay For Highway Fund
• Feds Pay $4M To Escape Chubb's Ammo Site CERCLA Suit
• Enviros Slap FEMA With Suit Seeking NJ Sandy Grant Info
• Feds Leave Door Open To Atlantic Drilling With Info Request
• Calif. Revises Fracking Regs, But Enviros Not Pleased
• EPA Asks Justices To Nix Utilities' Challenge To Ozone Rule
• Enviros To Sue EPA Over Air Pollution Rules For Lead
• EIB Sinks $353M Into Sweden Biomass Plant
• Mass. Launches Electric Car Rebate Program
• Chinese, Vietnamese Wind Tower Cos. Can't Shake Tariffs
• Army Corps Delays Palm Beach Harbor Dredging Plan
• Insurer Fails In Bid To Transfer Seattle Superfund Cleanup Suit
• GOP-Appointed Ex-EPA Admins Want Carbon Emissions Regs
• Senate Energy Panel OKs Bill Approving Keystone Pipeline
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bush Seyferth's Cheryl Bush
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Davis Wright's Kelli Sager
• House Panel Advances $48B Diplomacy Spending Bill
• Vapor Proposal Makes CERCLA Assessments Longer, Costlier
• Enbridge Gets Government Nod For $5.5B Canada Pipeline
• Coal Mines Need Consent Of All Surface Owners, Judge Says
• Obama Calls For Major Expansion Of Pacific Ocean Preserve
• Sierra Club Secures Permit Promise From W.V. Mine Site
• DOI Unveils Massive Auction For Mass. Offshore Wind Leases
• Alsol Partners Get NJ Superfund Penalties Slashed
• Class Must Tidy Up Claims In Whirlpool Washer Row: Judge
• British Government OKs World's Biggest Wind Farm
• FWS Sued Over Blown Endangered Species Deadlines
• Gordon & Rees Adds Enviro, Toxic Tort Partner In NY
• Heller Ruling May Be Knockout Punch Against Jewel Claims
• NextEra Sues Ex-Affiliate Over Breach Of Power Plant Deal
• Voestalpine Wins EPA's Nod To Build $740M Texas Iron Plant
• NY Assembly Easily Passes 3-Year Fracking Moratorium
• Still The Fastest Justice Anywhere
• With More Time, EPA Looks For Ways To Combat Acid Rain
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Levine Sullivan's Gayle Sproul
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Monica Shilling
• What Tesla's Open Patents Could Mean For Tech Entrepreneurs
• Calif. Projects Must Take Health Impacts Into Account
• Morgan Stanley Escapes BNY Mellon's $81M Buyback Suit
• BP Wins First DOD Contract After Deepwater Sanctions End
• Nigerian Villagers, Chevron Strike Deal On Gas-Flaring Row
• EPA Says San Juan Allowed Raw Sewage Into Atlantic Ocean
• China, Developing Nations Won't Act 1st On Climate Change
• Quebec Seeks $377M From Bankrupt Railway For Fatal Crash
• Calif. Energy Practices Seek Upper Hand In Renewables Push
• McGuireWoods Adds Tax, Energy Pro In Houston
• NC Lawmakers Move To Counter High Court CERCLA Ruling
• Tenaska Wraps Up $450M SoCal Solar Plant Financing
• Fluor Wants BP To Cover Deepwater Workers' Comp Suits
• EPA Plans To Nix '05 CERCLA Evaluation For Newer Standard
• NY Comptroller Jumps Into LG's Jersey Palisades Controversy
• SunPower Gets $200M From Admirals For Financing Program
• Supreme Court Rejects Barge Oil Spill Collision Case
• Fuzzy Math Behind EPA's Carbon Emissions Rule
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Steptoe & Johnson's Flanery
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Nexsen Pruet's Marguerite Willis
• Green Chemistry Regulatory Push Among States Continues
• Gov't Wants Witness From BP On Spill-Related Liability
• 8th Circ. Boosts Medical Expert Testimony For Plaintiffs
• Anadarko's $13M Deepwater Horizon Settlement OK'd For Now
• Devil's In The Details Of Tesla's Open Patent Pledge
• No Fee For Patton Boggs After Chevron Deal, Ecuadoreans Say
• Interior Begins 2017-22 Offshore Drilling Planning Process
• Rep. Proposes Oil Barrel Tax To Keep Highway Fund Afloat
• Calif. Reaches Budget Deal For High-Speed Rail Funding
• IEnova Obtains $270M Loan For Cross-Border Wind Project
• Army Corps Resolves La. Group's Fracking Project Challenge
• TransCanada Likely Faces Hearing Over Keystone Permit
• Iowa High Court Says Residents' Pollution Row Not Preempted
• DOE, Southern Co. Ink $187M Deal To Develop Carbon Capture
• DC Circ. Rejects Enviro Challenge To Cross-State Air Policy
• Carbon Rule Sends EPA Into Uncharted Legal Territory
• New Critical Habitat Rules Threaten Oil, Gas Development
• Wash. Gov. Wants More Oversight Of Oil Rail Transport Risks
• Tesla Is Latest Company To Open Patents To Rivals
• P3 Opportunities To Abound Now That WRRDA Is Law
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sterne Kessler's Eldora Ellison
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Ogletree Deakins' Melissa Bailey
• Fracking Case That Wasn't: Parr V. Aruba Petroleum Inc.
• Jury Misconduct Wins Convicted Ex-BP Engineer New Trial
• EU Bosses Advance State-Level GMO Regulation Scheme
• EPA Chief Talks Up Efficiency Efforts, Defends Carbon Plan
• Forest City's Atlantic Yards Project Clears Enviro Hurdle
• Ford To Correct Fuel Economy For 6 Vehicle Models
• Our Patents Are Your Patents, Tesla CEO Tells Automakers
• AIG's Sinkhole Coverage Suit Belongs In La., Judge Rules
• Exxon Must Speed Doc Production In Spill Suit, Judge Says
• FERC Has Hands Full With EPA Carbon Plan, Ex-Officials Say
• Pa. Judge Remands UGI Gas Rights Suit To State Court
• Holland & Knight Snaps Up Former Patton Boggs Alaska Team
• Netherlands Urges EU Court To Rule On Carbon Credit Cases
• Adopt Value Or Be Left In The Ash Heap Of History
• Travelers Off Hook In $4M Alagasco Cleanup Row: 11th Circ.
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Bryan Cave's Chris Cesare
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gordon & Rees' Leslie Benitez
• Permit Deadline Is TransCanada's Latest Keystone Headache
• NJ Groups Ask High Court To Widen Whistleblower Protections
• High Court CERCLA Ruling May Spur Statutes Of Repose
• Joint Venture Agreements' Role In The Shale Gas Boom
• The Hidden Costs Of Spreadsheets In Risk Management
• WTO Extends 'Public Morals' Exception To Animal Welfare
• GSE's Ch. 11 Disclosures Win Judge's Nod
• FERC Wants DC Circ. To Reconsider Power Demand Ruling
• Gas Utility Group Floats Plan To Slash Methane Emissions
• $23M Citgo Deal Over MTBE Pollution In NJ Rejected
• EU Biodiesel Duties Spark A 2nd WTO Challenge
• High Court CERCLA Ruling Dooms Base Pollution Suit: DOJ
• BioFuel Energy Puts Up $275M For Greenlight Capital's Real Estate Co
• Navy Wants Biofuels As Part Of $3.5B Fuel Buy
• Enviros' Wal-Mart Challenge Falls Under NJ Law, Judge Says
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Gardere's Kim Yelkin
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Proskauer's Margaret Dale
• O'Quinn Fights Bid To Revive $1.3B Chevron Malpractice Suit
• NY Top Court Relaxes Coverage Denial Window For Pollution
• Enviros Sharpen Opposition To Ind. I-69 Highway Project
• Exxon Can't Shake Suit Over Pegasus Pipeline Spill
• Duke Energy Can't Ax Claim That Coal Ash Polluted Lake
• Pa. Law Bars Fracking Fluid Contents Disclosure, Court Told
• NJ Justices Won't Review Damages For Dune-Blocked Views
• EPA Targets 2016 For Superfund Responsibility Rule
• Chevron, Patton Boggs Oppose Donziger's Bid To Derail Deal
• FDA Holds Off On Mercury Labels For Fish
• Finland Advances 80% Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cut
• Pa. Judge Delays Corbett Drilling Plan Challenge Ruling
• House Dem Introduces Bill To Nullify EPA Carbon Regs
• Think Tank Sues NSA To Produce Climate Emails Of EPA Brass
• North Carolina Set To Open Doors To Shale Gas Production
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Rutan & Tucker's Kathy Jenson
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Thacker Martinsek's Martinsek
• Civil Penalties For Pollution Not The Only Answer In Pa.
• Duke Energy, States Reach Deal To Clean Up Coal Ash Spill
• Tesla Might Open Up Electric-Car Patents To Stoke Popularity
• Supreme Court Empowers States To Restrict Pollution Suits
• Illinois Becomes First State To Ban Cosmetic Microbeads
• Lawyers React To High Court's CERCLA Preemption Ruling
• EBRD Lends $65M To Expand Natural-Gas Stations In Georgia
• Enviros Blast New Sunoco Gas Pipeline Plans In Pa.
• House's $34B Energy Budget Earmarks $5.5B For Army Corps
• The Purpose Of Proposed Rule 37(e)
• AIG, Allied Pay $60M To Settle Wildfire Coverage Row
• EPA Imposes Record FIFRA Fine For Pesticide Advertising
• Kern County Joins Opposition To Calif.'s $68B High-Speed Rail
• High Court Quashes BP's Bid To Extend Spill Payment Freeze
• La. Gov. Signs Bill To Kill Multibillion-Dollar Oil Co. Suit
• State Gas Leases Would Face Public Scrutiny Under Pa. Bill
• RLI To Pay Insurers $3M In Oregon Superfund Case
• Female Powerbrokers: WhatleyKallas' Edith Kallas
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Michael Best's Kerryann Minton
• Is The EPA's 'Functional Interdependence' Test Dead?
• In Win For Industry, High Court Limits CERCLA Preemption
• EPA Carbon Regs Put Pressure On Fla. To Embrace Renewables
• Calif. Lawmakers Make Bid For $5B Tesla Battery Factory
• NJ Snub Of GHG Pact Muddles EPA Carbon Rule Compliance
• Lockheed Martin Agrees To Clean Up Virgin Islands Sludge
• Plaintiffs Want W.Va. Spill Suit Sent To State Court
• Feds Can Pursue $3.5M Fees In 3-Year-Old Superfund Case
• Kings County Sues To Stop California Bullet Train
• Safari Club Fails To Halt Import Ban On Elephant Trophies
• Pa. AG Charges Fracking Waste Hauler For Illegal Dumping
• FERC Flubbed Review Of $500M Pipeline Upgrade: DC Circ.
• ND Caps Flaring Class Actions Against Gas Companies
• BP Defeats US Bid For Access To Deepwater Injury Database
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Husch Blackwell's Hanaway
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Waller's Katie Stenberg
• WWII, Forensic History And Righting Environmental Wrongs
• Vermont AG Hits Oil Cos. With MTBE Contamination Suit
• Deepwater Horizon Spill Tied To Faulty Blowout Preventer
• BP Running Out Of Legal Ammo In Deepwater Fight
• Gray Wolves Win Endangered Species Protection In Calif.
• Patton Boggs' Westenberger, Others Join Tyrrell At Edwards
• LG's Palisades Project Imperiled As NJ Bill Advances
• Electric Car Charging Cos. Feud Over NY Equity Deal
• Venable Adds Coblentz Patch Trial Atty To Calif. Roster
• Retailers Stand To Gain From Updated EPA Waste Rules
• Texas Judge Blocks Utility's Suit Over $90M Water Project
• Keys To Successful Legal Outsourcing
• Alpha Units Found Liable For W.Va. Mining Permit Violations
• Murkowski Urges FERC To Greenlight Cove Point LNG Project
• High Court Snub Leaves Plants' Air Pollution Plans In Limbo
• Brazilian Energy Co. Nabs $458M Loan For 386MW Wind Farm
• 5th Circ. Sinks BP, Anadarko Bid To Nix Gulf Spill CWA Claims
• Calif. On Track To Set Railroad Locomotive Idling Rules
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Duval & Stachenfeld's Terri Adler
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Brown Rudnick's Louise Verrill
• EU Will Resume Selling Aviation Carbon Permits In Sept.
• Texas Headed For Showdown With EPA Over Carbon Regs
• Alleged BP Spill Fraudster Stole $1M From Victims, Feds Say
• Boxer Slams Tardy NRC Response To Fukushima Report
• BP Fights Back Quickly In $9.2B Spill Settlement Row
• Ind. Appeals Court Revives Toxic Land Insurance Row
• Cracks In EPA Permit Shields? Circuits Will Assess Damage
• How Bitcoin Will Bring About A Legal Practice Revolution
• Commerce Says China Is Subsidizing Solar Products
• EPA Floats Oil, Natural Gas Emissions Rule For Indian Land
• North Carolina Governor Signs Bill To Allow Fracking
• BT Group Signs £440M In Wind Power Purchase Agreements
• Farmers Insurance Drops High-Profile Climate Change Suits
• US Wants $2.2M Chromatex Cleanup Settlement Approved
• NRG Yield Drops $870M For N. America's Biggest Wind Farm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Hanson Bridgett's Linda Klamm
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Akerman's Mary Carroll
• GSE Environmental Approved For $45M Bankruptcy Loan
• China Emissions Cap To Push US Toward Strict Climate Regs
• Judge Halts EPA's About-Face On Iron Plant Pollution Variance
• Kilpatrick Builds Energy Group With DOE, JPMorgan Vet
• $48T Needed By 2035 To Meet Global Energy Demand: Report
• Top NY Court Appears Wary Of Overturning Fracking Bans
• Enviro Groups Upend Wal-Mart Permit In NJ
• Domestic Energy Ops Spur CRE Development, But Risks Loom
• Wash. Court Clarifies Duty To Defend In Pollution Cases
• Wal-Mart, Target, Safeway Seek Relaxed Waste Disposal Rules
• How To Control Your Law Firm's Real Estate Costs
• Alaska Slams EPA's Preemptive Veto Of Pebble Copper Mine
• GOP Leader Floats Bill Blocking New EPA Carbon Regs
• 5 Insights From Nationwide Chief Legal Officer Pat Hatler
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Fross Zelnick's Barbara Solomon
• BIA Regulation Could Upend Tribal Law In Alaska
• BP Has 'Buyer's Remorse,' Oil Spill Claimants Tell Scalia
• EPA Carbon Rule Points States Toward Cap-And-Trade
• Retailers Ask EPA To Ease Nicotine, Aerosol Can Waste Regs
• Energy Expert Joins Berger Singerman's Tallahassee Office
• Oil Companies May Face Risk Of Stranded Assets
• Fate Of EPA's Carbon Rule Lies With Next President
• EPA Watchdog Knocks Agency For Weak Contract Controls
• Enviros Slam 'Unjustified' Uses Of Pa. Drilling Money
• Patton Boggs Litigator Tyrrell Joins Edwards Wildman
• High Court Rejects GenOn's State Pollution Claims Appeal
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Sugarman Rogers' Chris Netski
• Female Powerbrokers Q&A: Benesch's Megan Mehalko
• EPA To Crack Down On Existing Coal Plants