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Environmental - August, 2014

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• Keystone XL's Fate May Hinge On Neb. Supreme Court Ruling
• Wind Co. Seeks Sanctions Over 'Frivolous' Antitrust Appeal
• US, Myanmar Broker $480M PE-Backed Solar Project
• Energy Groups Challenge EPA Carbon Solid Waste Regulation
• Oil Cleanup Is Covered Despite Settlement, Texas Court Says
• Enviros Urge Calif. Court To Block $477M Sacramento Arena
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Rare Earth, Energy Rows Cool Down
• HelioSage Energy Sells Portfolio Of 12 NC Solar Projects
• Pa. DEP Details Water Contamination From Gas Drilling
• US Agrees To GHG Review In Colo., But Enviros Want More
• BLM Reopens Door To California Oil Leasing For Fracking
• Minn. Regulators Greenlight Enbridge Pipeline Expansion
• Calif. Anti-Fracking Ordinances On Shaky Legal Ground
• 5 Reasons Large Companies Are Turning To Boutique Firms
• Whirlpool, Home Depot, Others Want Out Of Energy Star Suit
• House Science Chair Casts Suspicious Eye On EPA Maps
• Shell Files Revised 2015 Arctic Oil Drilling Plan With Feds
• 9th Circ. Just Latest Court To Read Pollution Laws Narrowly
• Opponents Take Cape Wind Power Deal Row To 1st Circ.
• Ranchers Challenge Endangered Species Listing Procedures
• Calif. Lawmakers OK Bill To Reduce Pipeline Methane Leaks
• New ABA Enviro Boss Aims To Tear Down Practice Boundaries
• Tracking Fracking: Where Is Ill. 1 Year Later?
• DuPont Settles Suit Over Toxic Releases With DOJ For $1.3M
• Industry Groups, Enviros Challenge EPA Small Boiler Rules
• 9th Circ. Revives $482M Mining, Railroad Cleanup Suit
• Blackstone-Backed Vivint Solar Planning $200M IPO
• Duke Asks FERC To Extend Its Hydroelectric Project License
• Duke Energy Settles Dam Project Row Over Endangered Fish
• EPA Asks 11th Circ. To Uphold Fla. Water Pollution Deal
• Greyhound's Ariz. Contamination Cleanup Suit Stays Alive
• Calif. HRA Says $8.6B Bullet Train Bond Ruling Is Right
• Pa. Company Gets $1.2M Fine For Hazardous Waste Dumping
• EQT Avoids Attys' Fees In Fracking Suit With Subcontractor
• EPA's Concern Over TCE Vapor Intrusion Is Misguided
• EPA Sanctioned Over Backdated Document In Contract Row
• Asarco Loses Bid To Recoup Part Of $99M EPA Settlement
• US, Chilean Navies Continuing Joint Biofuel Research
• ExxonMobil Pays $1.4M To Settle Feds' Pipeline Spill Suit
• NJ Town Sued For $1.2M Over Water Treatment Project
• Honeywell To Pay $1.6M Atty Fee After Chromium Suit
• Clean Energy Cos. Pump $500M Into Mexican Solar Projects
• Deepwater Class Wants To Drop Date Limit On Medical Claims
• GAO Finds Few Issues With Obama Carbon Cost Methodology
• DC Circ. Revives Suit Over Mining At Historic Battleground
• NRC OKs Revised Waste Rule, Lifts Licensing Freeze
• Post & Schell Named GC For Pa. Chemical Industry Council
• Pa. Rep. Aims For Coexisting Gas Severance Tax, Impact Fee
• NY Plans $40M Bounties For Microgrid Technology Innovations
• As Climate Changes So Does Focus On Methane Emissions
• Crude Oil Fixes Slow To Leave Station Despite Spill Danger
• EPA Letter Triggers CGL Coverage, Texas High Court Told
• Proposed Rules Address Injection Wells' Earthquake Risk
• 'Anti-Shredding' Law Applies To Fish, US Tells High Court
• Hawaii County GMO Restriction Is Preempted, Judge Finds
• Louisiana Parish President Wins Ethics Appeal Over BP Pact
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Rohm & Haas Cancer Cluster Appeal
• EPA, Enviros Pan Bid To Delay Cross-State Air Rule
• NJ Pilot Program To Restore Salt Marshes For Storm Defense
• Venable Lures 4 Energy, Enviro Aces From Saul Ewing
• BP Not Liable In Groundwater Pollution Suit, Kan. Court Says
• Some Calm For NY Claims Handlers Over Late Disclaimers
• Contractor Can't Nix Green Group's Coal Mine Cleanup Suit
• Murray Joins High Court Challenge To EPA Mercury Rule
• Lockheed Martin Buys Energy Storage Co. Sun Catalytix
• Calif. High Court Case Has Not Made CEQA Obsolete
• Attys' Fees Too High In Valdez Suit, Alaska High Court Says
• Texas High Court Takes Up Fracking Defamation Fight
• Texas Justices Ax $400K Award For Environmental 'Stigma'
• Enbridge Pipeline Plan Draws Fire From Enviro Groups
• DOI Faces Suit Over Solar Projects' Threat To Birds
• Sunoco Asks Pa. PUC To Nix Gas Pipeline Zoning Ruling
• Tax Credit Timetable Should Lead The Way For Renewables
• BP Freed From $266B FCA Suit Claiming Gulf Plant Unsafe
• NJ Court Order Blows New Life Into Stymied Wind Project
• Texas Pays $38M For Massive Ranch Using Deepwater Funds
• Southern Copper Unit Faces Criminal Suit Over Mexico Spill
• Gas Station Seller Pays $3M To Settle Enviro Fine-Ducking Suit
• EPA Urged To Place Sunsets On Chemical Data Protection
• DC Court Dumps Greenpeace Spy Suit Against Dow, Sasol
• $5B Suit Over Chevron Nigeria Rig Blast Falls Short Again
• Toxic Emissions Slashed From 1990 Levels, EPA Report Says
• Colo. Town Wants Industry Suit Against Fracking Ban Blocked
• DuPont Slaps SunEdison With Solar Paste Patent Suit
• NC Lawmakers Advance Bill To Regulate Coal Ash
• ADB Arranges $217M For Laos Hydropower Project
• Travelers To Pay Over $8.5M In Well Explosion Suit
• Nuke Plant Operator Must Rehire Whistleblower, OSHA Says
• Barclays, Citi Back SunEdison's $160M Rooftop Solar Fund
• UK Waste-To-Energy Project Receives £64M Boost
• Clerical Error Leads US To Cut Taiwan Solar Panel Duties
• 9th Circ. Permit Ruling Could Affect Projects Nationwide
• How To Control Risk And Cost Of E-Discovery
• Class Cert. Denied In NJ Train Derailment Case
• 5th Circ. Cites Hobby Lobby To Decide Eagle Feather Law
• GOP Rep. Rips FEMA's Anti-Fracking Land Acquisition Policy
• South Fla. Elected Officials Back EPA's Carbon-Cutting Rule
• 9th Circ. Derails Union Pacific Air-Pollution Suit
• Enviros Can't Block Oxbow Coal Export In Long Beach
• Cabot Fined By Pa. DEP For Gas Well Accident
• DOI Reaps $110M In Gulf Of Mexico Oil Lease Auction
• Pa. Groups Call For Audit Of Fracking Complaint Response
• Renexia's $8.7M Bid Tops Md. Offshore Wind Auction
• EPA Boosts Cellulosic Fuels In Push For Renewables
• NJ Lawmakers Urge Support For DOT's Crude Oil By Rail Rule
• Waste Management Hits Oakland With Suit Over $1B Contracts
• Shepherd & Wedderburn Nabs Ex-DLA Construction Partner
• RE Company Strikes $22M Deal Over NJ Superfund Site
• NJ DEP Looks To Close Funding Gap With Air Permit Fee Hikes
• Frontier, FAA Seek To Escape NJ Airport Expansion Suit
• Pa. Enviros Renew Challenge To Anadarko Fracking Permits
• EPA Seeks To Sink Green Group's Ocean Acidification Suit
• Canadian Agency Slams Rail Co.'s Role In Deadly Derailment
• EIB To Plug Additional $333M Into Baltic Wind Project
• Duke Energy Spills 4K Gallons Of Oil Into Ohio River
• Enviros Lose Bid To Nix Enbridge Tar Sands Pipeline Project
• Pa. PUC Asks High Court To Let It Vet Local Drilling Laws
• Feds Must Pay Half Of Plaintiffs' BP Deepwater Trial Costs
• NPS Hit With Endangered Species Suit Over Yosemite Dam
• Oregon Rejects River-Based Coal Export Terminal Permit
• 9th Circ. Questions De Minimis CERCLA Settlements
• NJ Appeals Court Orders New Look At Axed Wind Farm Project
• Lockheed Wants US Sanctioned In FCA Suit
• NJ Senate Committee Considers Coastal Permit Changes
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Quash Enviros' Air Quality Challenge
• China Aims To Settle Solar Panel Dumping Fight At Commerce
• Omega Clients Sue Exxon, UP To Help Clean Superfund Site
• Interior Department Sends New Arctic Drilling Regs To OMB
• FTA Asks Court To Toss Suit Over $5B LA Subway Plans
• Starwood Energy Group Closes Financing On Texas Wind Farm
• Bayonne Bridge Raising Project Under Attack From All Sides
• CORRECTED: Coast Guard Wants To Raise Some Fines For Oil Spills
• Dykema Gossett Adds Ex-Warner Norcross Energy Pro
• Get Ready For Calif.'s New Stormwater Permit Regime
• British Columbia Hydro Project Scores $56M In Financing
• Class Slams BP's Restitution Request In Claims Battle
• Final Vote Could Make Calif. Plastic Bag Ban Nation's First
• Canadian Mining Co. To Raise $100M To Clean Mine Spill
• DC Circ. Nixes Effort To Block NY Natural Gas Station
• Exxon's Contamination Cost NJ Hotelier $1.2M, Suit Says
• BOEM Mulls Revamping Bonding Regs For Offshore Drilling
• Army Corps Ordered To Release Oregon Coal Terminal Docs
• 8th Circ. Rejects Chemical Co.'s Bid For Looser Water Regs
• 5 Tips To Clear Environmental Hurdles In Oil And Gas Deals
• Atty Faces $3M Malpractice Suit Over Enviro Contracts Case
• Exide Faces Criminal Probe Over Calif. Plant Pollution
• Inching Toward A Possible US-China Trade Settlement
• An In-House Lawyer's Top 10 Tips For Outside Counsel
• Calif. Court Won't Block Approval Of SF's Parkmerced Plan
• NJ Wal-Mart Developer Loses Property Tax Challenge
• Feds Propose Critical Habitat Across 9 States For Cuckoo
• EPA Extends Comment Period On Refinery Monitoring Rule
• GOP Rep. Says EPA Needs Better Study For Power Plant Rule
• Tyson Foods Faces EPA Criminal Probe Over Chemical Spill
• BP, Feds Urged To Play Nice With Subpoena
• California Sends $7.5B Water Bond To November Ballot
• DOE Formally Scraps Conditional LNG Export Approvals
• EPA Scores Partial Win In ESA Pesticide Suit
• EPA Won't Alter Combustion Engine Emissions Standards
• Consider Hearsay Issues Before A Rule 30(b)(6) Deposition
• Judge OKs $48M Deal In Texas Brine Sinkhole Action
• 7-Suit Clash Between Billionaire Neighbors Hits NY Court
• Treasury Releases Rules On Distributing Deepwater Spill Fines
• Shell's Arctic Spill Response Plans Flawed, 9th Circ. Told
• Aurora Energy's Coal Dumping Violated CWA, 9th Circ. Told
• BP Spill Fraudster Pleads Guilty To $1M Conspiracy Charge
• Md. County Can't Give $3.8B LNG Facility Zoning Exemptions
• Sens Seek Longer Comment Period On EPA Power Plant Rule
• NJDEP Looks To Boot Opponent's Counsel In Landfill Row
• EPA Settlement Creates Pesticide-Free Zones For Salmon
• JinkoSolar Signs $810M Deal To Expand Solar Power in China
• Law Firms May Be Violating Copyrights
• 114-mile Stretch Of Calif.'s Bullet Train Project Approved
• NY High Court Cuts Middle Path For Medical Disclosure
• Landowners Win Class Cert. In Suit Over Exxon Pipeline Break
• Texas AG Calls EPA's Navigable Water Rule Too Broad
• Lockheed Sidesteps Nearby Residents' Pollution Claims
• IRS Tax Credit Guidance Should Break Wind Project Logjam
• Industry Presses DC Circ. For Hazardous Waste Rehearings
• 9th Circ. Finds EPA Wrongly Held Power Plant To Old Standard
• Texas Floats Fracking Rules To Address Earthquake Concerns
• Timber Co. Fights IRS Over Nixed $2M Easement Deduction
• CORRECTED: Agency-Funded Overseas Projects Ruled Exempt From ESA
• Feds Propose New Hazardous Materials Permit Criteria
• Nat. Gas Producer Calls Fracking Waste Ban Unconstitutional
• Exide Execs Can't Escape Investor Suit Over Enviro Issues
• Amtrak Sues To Compel Enviro, Asbestos Coverage
• NJ High Court Improves Cleanup Cost Allocation System
• Will Ralls Decision Really Bring CFIUS Transparency?
• A Close Look At NY's New Privilege Log Rule
• GAO Notes Room For Improvement In EPA Economic Analyses
• Feds Won't Add Climate Effects To NEPA Compliance Regs
• Courtroom Challenge: Preparing For A First Trial
• Mitsui Unit, Tokio Marine Create $75M Fund For Solar Plants
• Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Force CERCLA Finance Rules
• Feds Give Enviro Clearance For $2.2B NYC-Canada Powerline
• Travelers Loses Bid To Duck Coverage Over Well Explosion
• FERC Enviro Assesment Says Leidy Gas Project Is Safe
• ND Regulators Mull Rules To Reduce Bakken Crude Risks
• Vattenfall, SWM To Invest $1.6B In German Wind Project
• Commerce Extends Deadline For China Solar Trade Row Deal
• Wal-Mart Ruling Opens New Road To Calif. Developers
• IRS OKs Renewable-Energy Credit If Project Changes Hands
• NJ Gov Again Vetoes Ban On Fracking Waste Disposal
• Amtrak Enviro, Asbestos Claims Not Covered, Insurers Say
• Texas Oil Co. Says $2.9M Nuisance Verdict Tainted By Juror
• EPA Buys Time For Refineries After Waste-Burning Ruling
• Environmental Cases To Watch As 2014 Rolls On
• Union Pacific Beats Asarco In $214M 8th Circ. Cleanup Row
• NRDC Can Join Fight Over EPA's Holdup Of Copper Mine
• NJ Environmentalists Rail Against GHG Pact Withdrawal
• 2nd Colo. City's Fracking Ban Nixed By State Judge
• Littlejohn Pockets $243M In Sale Of Enviro Cleanup Co.
• CERCLA Dual Standard Hurts Property Owners, Purchasers
• Compliance Reigns Supreme As In-House Demographics Shift
• Top EPA Atty Says High Court Rulings Cemented Authority
• Advocacy Group Drops Suit Over $350M NYPL Renovation
• NJ Enviro Decision Will Help Bankroll Site Cleanups
• Professor Calls For EPA Focus On Small Source Polluters
• EU Approves Lower Enviro Tax For Irish Gravel
• Euro Investment Bank Sinks $100M Into S. African Solar
• Colorado Drops Oil Drilling Ban Protest Suit
• EPA Approves Calif. GHG Regulation Of Trailers
• Calif. Supreme Court OKs Voter-Backed Wal-Mart Project
• NYC Transit Needs $27B To Brace For Global Warming: MTA
• OG&E Seeks $1B Okla. Plant Upgrades Under EPA Haze Rule
• Sick Leave, Drones, Drought Top Calif. Lawmakers' Agenda
• House Committee Chair Rips Army Corps Over Dam Settlement
• Station Owner's Estate Settles $26M Gov't Suit Over Fuel Leak
• Collaboration In The Shadow Of The Billable Hour
• Nationwide 'Water Crunch' Poses Threat To Fracking
• Firm Accuses BP Of Stalling $8M Deepwater Defamation Suit
• NY Thruway Authority OKs $256M Tappan Zee Bridge Loan
• EPA Escapes FOIA Claims In Dairy Pollution Case
• PHMSA Blocks Operations For Cos. That Fail To Pay Fines
• Waste Management Can't Dodge W.Va. Toxic Dumping Suit
• 4th Circ. Revives Enviros' Challenge To NC Bridge Project
• Celanese Can't Duck Suit Over Polluted SC Campground
• DOI Can Redact Some Docs In Coal Lease-Bidding Row: Judge
• Pattern Swings Deal For 200-MW Texas Wind Project
• Fracking Waste Dumper Gets 28-Month Prison Term
• Feds OK NextEra's Scaled-Down $1.1B Calif. Solar Project
• 'Vicarious Liability' Suits In Vain After 5th Circ. Case
• Contract Management Survey Reveals Untapped Opportunities
• 9th Circ. Reduces Incentive To Settle CERCLA Suits Early
• En Banc 6th Circ. Sought On Disputed $950M Detroit Bridge
• FERC Should Mull Texas LNG Project's Enviro Effects: EPA
• La. Levee Board Says Law Can't Block Coastal Damage Suit
• Southern Co., Sierra Club End Coal Gasification Plant Row
• EPA Faces Challenge Over Aircraft Emissions Inaction
• Army Corps Reaches Deal To Cut Pollution In Ore. Rivers
• SolarWorld Blasts Industry In Chinese Solar Panel Fight
• Arguments Of The Opposition To EPA's Clean Power Plan
• Lawmakers Say Dow's GE Crops Will Jack Up Herbicide Use
• Colo. Dems Agree To Keep Anti-Fracking Measures Off Ballot
• Senate Bill Works Landowner Cost Into Habitat Designations
• NJ Landfill Owner Can't Expand Suit Against Enviro Agency
• DC Circ. Urged To Delay EPA Cross-State Air Rule
• ADB JV To Funnel $400M Into Low-Carbon Deals In Asia
• AEP Strikes Deals With Enviros Over Coal Plant Pollution
• Enviros Want Pa. Gov To Protect 26K Acres From Drilling
• BP Wants High Court Review Of $9.2B Deepwater Settlement
• Expect Spike In Calif. Suits Over Environmental 'Reform'
• Verein Tie-Ups Gain Allure As Firms Eye Global Expansion
• UK Firms Expand Global Empire, But US Firms Gaining Ground
• Law360's Global 20 Firms Take Global To New Heights
• Courts Must Do Own Review Of CERCLA Deals, 9th Circ. Says
• ND Landowners Ask High Court To Reinstate Jury Rights
• W.Va., Other States Take EPA Coal Emission Fight To DC Circ.
• TVA Inks $28M Deal To End Suits Over Coal Ash Disaster
• NY Watchdog Grills State Agency On $256M Tappan Zee Loan
• Enviros' Attys Withdraw After Disney Beats CWA Suit
• USDA Unveils Report On How Farmers, Others Can Cut GHG
• Sutherland Snags Winston Energy, Environmental Duo
• Enviro Groups Ask DC Circ. To Mull EPA Delays Of Soot Regs
• Enviros Challenge XTO Pa. Fracking Permits
• Dairies Sue EPA To Keep Contamination Docs Under Wraps
• 2nd Circ. Asks Top NY Court To Examine Fracking Leases
• DOI Wants More Input On Offshore Drilling Program
• Calif. Can Issue $8.6B In Bonds For Bullet Train Project
• Long-Term GHG Reduction Rule Could Change Nature Of EPA