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Environmental - October, 2014

286 articles

• BP Told To Wait For Audit Of Deepwater Settlement
• BP Urges Justices To Review $9.2B Deepwater Horizon Deal
• US Dept. Of Energy Awards $13M For Nuclear Reactor R&D
• Rockefeller Estate Asks High Court To Toss Superfund Suit
• Duane Morris Adds Akin Gump Energy Project Pro
• EPA Outlines Greater Role For Climate Change Considerations
• EPA Gives Thumbs Up To Texas GHG Permitting Plan
• Pa. Gov.'s $95M Park Drilling Plan Faces 2nd Enviro Suit
• EPA To Give Public More Industry Pollution Data, Giles Says
• 8 Ballot Measures Attorneys Will Be Watching
• Insurer Must Pay $50M Of Cameron's Deepwater BP Deal
• Houston Can Cut Off Service To Treatment Plant, Court Says
• San Antonio Approves $3.4B Water Supply Pipeline
• Enviros Attack Wash. Permit For Nuke Plant Water Pollution
• 23 AGs Assail EPA's Mercury Rule At Supreme Court
• Alaska Drilling Project Clears BLM Environmental Review
• EPA's Cynthia Giles Says New Tech Is Fueling Enforcement
• 9th Circ. Rebuffs Enviros, Gives LA Port Project OK
• TerraForm Pays $250M For 39 Capital Dynamics Solar Assets
• Pa. Rep Launches Probe Into Fracking Waste Disposal
• BP Cites Prejudice In Flexible Deepwater Claim Policies
• Enviros Challenge NRC Waste Storage Rule At DC Circ.
• Important O&G Regulatory Developments Come To Pa.
• Law360 Names Most Feared Plaintiffs Firms Of 2014
• Permit To Reopen NY Power Plant Was Rushed, Suit Claims
• Wind Funding Declines While Industry Queues Up Deals
• Exxon Can't Keep Spill Docs Confidential, Landowners Say
• EU Commits $817.9M To Upgrade Energy Infrastructure
• Superior Crude To Pay $1.6M To Settle Oil Spill Claims
• Spectra Energy Hit With $8M Suit Over NJ Oil Contamination
• Canada Beefs Up Oil Rail Transport Rules After Deadly Crash
• Vinson & Elkins Nabs Litigators From Fenwick, Morgan Lewis
• Tepco Can't Escape Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit
• NJ Approves First Application Under Enviro Waiver Program
• Atty Bucks Sanctions Over Protected Doc In Derailment Suit
• Silicon Wafer Co. Wins Partial Coverage In Superfund Case
• EQT Can't Get Fight Over $4.5M Pa. Fracking Fine Stayed
• 3 Obstacles For Calif. Desert Conservation Plan
• SD Allows More Debate On Keystone XL Pipeline Permit
• EPA Notice Reveals Wrinkles In Clean Power Plan
• Pa. Agency To Weigh Bid For Enviro Protection Docs
• Mining Co. Can't Enter Cleanup Finance Suit, EPA Says
• EPA's 'Collusive' SO2 Deal With Enviros Illegal, States Argue
• Daschle Leaves DLA Piper For Baker Donelson Policy Group
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Hanson Bridgett's John Cu
• Consol Challenges Pa. Coal Discharge Enforcement Action
• Forest Service Asks Judge To Ax Montana Ski Resort Suit
• Texas Adopts Rules Aimed At Curbing Earthquakes
• Enviros Sue To Stop $256M Tappan Zee Bridge Loan
• The Legal Professions' Curious Under-Use Of 2nd Opinions
• Shell Seeks 5 More Years For Arctic Drilling, Citing Red Tape
• Samsung, Pattern Secure $518M Loan For Ontario Wind Farm
• ND Water Project Seeks $120M In Additional Funding
• 7th Circ. Just Helped CERCLA Defendants Limit Liability
• Owner Of Ex-AMC HQ Gets 27 Months For Improper Salvage
• BP Wants Access To $9.2B Settlement Audit In Deepwater MDL
• BP Spill Left 'Bathtub Ring' Of Oil On Ocean Floor, Study Says
• River Shipper Asks High Court To Weigh Oil Pollution Act
• 4 Worries For Wind, Solar In Calif. Conservation Plan
• Feds Say $170M AWI Sale Could Let Buyer Skirt Enviro Laws
• Justices Urged To Snub Grain Co.'s Appeal In Pollution Suit
• FERC Advances 125-Mile Gas Pipeline Project In NY, Pa.
• AGs Say NRC Spent Fuel Storage Rule Should Be Scrapped
• EPA Lowers HCFC Limits To Meet Montreal Standards
• A Constitutional Challenge To EPA's 'Clean Power Plan'
• ContourGlobal Buys Austrian Bank's Wind, Solar Projects
• Regulatory Mismanagement May Cause CERCLA Exposure
• The Significance Of 2nd Circ.'s Indian Harbor Decision
• Use Social Media For Legal Service Only As A Last Resort
• GOP Sens. Say Obama Fooling US On EPA Water Rule
• Cross-State Rule Will Gain Power As EPA Revises Air Regs
• Exploration Co. Asks High Court To Take Oil Lease Dispute
• Consol Unit's New Permits Don't Ax Selenium Suit, Judge Says
• EU Agrees To 40% Cut In Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2030
• Murray Energy Can't Fight EPA Carbon Rule Yet, DC Circ. Told
• Oil Spill Deterrence Sticks In Australian Court
• US, Halliburton Fight BP's Bid To Escape Negligence Finding
• NRG Blasts Insurer's 'Scorched Earth' Tactics In CAA Row
• DC Circ. Lifts Stay On EPA's Cross-State Air Rule
• An Associate's Perspective On Business Development
• 4 Endangered Species Listing Decisions To Watch
• CORRECTED: Green Groups Drop Injunction Bid To Halt PortMiami Dredging
• Alabama Hotel Project A Misuse Of BP Funds, Suit Alleges
• EPA Wants 72 Inert Chemicals Out As Pesticide Ingredients
• SolarCity Launches $200M Public Solar Bond Offering
• Southern Co., First Solar Ink $508M Deal For Calif. Plant
• Ecuadoreans Take Chevron To International Criminal Court
• NJ Senate Sends Microbead Ban To Governor
• NJ Lawmakers Back Challenge To Cap-And-Trade Repeal
• Cuomo Says No Fracking Decision Until At Least End Of 2014
• Oregon Spotted Frog Listing Will Have Wide-Ranging Impact
• EPA Forcing Extra CWA Measures On Landowner, Court Told
• EPA Permits Some Confidentiality In Final GHG Reporting Plan
• NY Aims To Go Green With $800M In Clean Energy Projects
• Sky Solar Details $140M IPO To Fund Energy Projects
• The Scarlet Letter Of Self-Stigmatized Property
• NY Water Withdrawal Just Got Easier For Power Generators
• EPA Requiring BMW To Lower Mini Fuel Economy Claims
• Okla. Winery Claims Electric Co.'s Pesticide Killed Grapes
• Enviros Urge 9th Circ. To Nix Emissions Swap For $1B Plant
• McCarter Adds Chief Counsel For NJ Utilities Regulator
• NY Calls On ND Gov. To Regulate Crude Oil Shipments
• Indonesia High Court OKs Chevron Worker's Graft Conviction
• Refinery Waste-Burning Rule Should Be Killed, DC Circ. Told
• Abu Dhabi's Masdar To Build $125M Wind Farm In Oman
• Ex-Contractor To Pay $4.36M For Superfund Bid-Rigging
• FTC Warns Biodegradable Bag Claims Could Be Deceptive
• Watchdog Sues EPA For Access To Renewable Fuel Docs
• New Jurisdictional Issues When Moving To Quash A Subpoena
• Collier County Joins Fla. DEP's Suit Against Texas Oil Co.
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Hurry $9.2B Settlement Appeal
• Send EPA Back To GHG Drawing Board, Industry Tells DC Circ.
• Enviros Again Lack Standing In Ethanol Fuel Row: DC Circ.
• 10th Circ. Scraps Enviros' Bid To Block Emissions Program
• Enbridge Settles Suit Over 2010 Michigan Oil Spill
• NRC Chair Macfarlane Says She Will Step Down
• SAIC Spinoff Co. Pays $1.5M To End Long-Running FCA Case
• Getty Trustee Settles With Feds Over $700M Cleanup Bill
• Mass. Wind Farm Says Sovereign Immunity Sinks Suit
• Sierra Club Threatens EPA With Suits Over Ozone Standards
• REIT Sinks $144M Into JPMorgan Wind Projects
• 10th Circ. Lets Insurers Bow Out Of Pollution Exclusion Row
• EPA IG Refuses GOP Sen.'s Request To Halt Fracking Review
• Honeywell, DuPont Coolant Pact May Violate Antitrust Law: EU
• Exxon Blasts Feds' Claim It's 'Rewriting' CWA In Oil Spill Row
• Talking The Talk: Nuclear Energy Lingo For Bankers
• LDK Solar Floats Prepack To Restructure $295M In Bonds
• EPA Ozone Rulings Are Inconsistent, States Tell DC Circ.
• BP's Deepwater Pretrial Motions Under Fire From States, Feds
• Enviros Say Ky. Can't Enforce EPA-OK'd Selenium Standards
• Quebec Government OKs Innergex Plan for $356M Wind Farm
• EPA Watchdog Slams Weak Clean Air Act Revenue Oversight
• EPA Watchdog To Audit Calif. Enviro Board Laser Purchase
• DOD Seeks Contractors For Fort Hood Green Energy Project
• Scotts Says Rejected Deals Should Kill Toxic Bird Food Suit
• Supreme Court Wants SG's Take On Miss., Tenn. Water Fight
• Philippines Energy Co. Secures $315M Loan For Wind Project
• EPA Emissions Proposal May Spur Greater Enforcement
• Judge Sets Cleanup Cost Formula For Long Island Gas Plants
• High Court Won't Consider State Claims In BP Spill
• Laredo Petroleum Leak Settlement Spurs Possible Sanctions
• Ill. Fracking Holdup Violates Property Rights, Suit Says
• GOP Grills DOI On Sage Grouse Endangered Species Review
• ATP To Pay $1M For Hiding Gulf Oil And Chemical Spill
• EPA Ozone Rule Cost Concerns May Be Tough Sell: Study
• Groups Tell Supreme Court To Ban Pollution Nuisance Claims
• Reid Blasts NRC's Approval Of Yucca Nuclear Waste Site
• Enviros Ask Obama To Curb Methane Pollution From Fracking
• Enviros Ask FDA To Ban 2 Food Packaging Chemicals
• Duke Units File 3rd Spent Nuclear Fuel Suit Against DOE
• Pa. Gov. Ordered To Hand Over Public Drilling Plan Details
• Northrop Narrows Coverage Claims In Travelers Cleanup Row
• 4 Ways Banks Can Keep Enviro Liability Away
• Putting Calif.'s $1.4B Fine Against PG&E In Perspective
• What Litigators Can Learn From Novelists
• NRC Finds Yucca Mountain Plan Safe For Nuclear Waste
• Conrail Seeks Sanctions Against Atty In Derailment Row
• US Trade Rep Vows To Uphold Standards Amid TTIP Criticism
• Siding With Army Corps, Judge Lets Ala. Pipeline Proceed
• 5th Circ. Declines To Hear $50M Sinkhole Coverage Battle
• Kirkland Snags Lead BP Deepwater Litigation Trial Counsel
• NY High Court Denies Rehearing On Local Fracking Ban
• Yahoo Strikes Deal To Buy Wind Energy From Kansas Farm
• IFC Scores Jordan $208M For Huge Private-Led Solar Venture
• Enviros Challenge FERC's Cove Point LNG Approval
• Pa.'s Stricter Gas Driller Reporting Bill Heads To Gov.
• Alterra Power, Fiera Score $157M For BC Hydro Project
• Gibson Dunn Thwarts Con Ed DQ Attempt In Pollution Case
• EPA Defends Power Plant Mercury Rule To Supreme Court
• Pa. Senate OKs Bill For Legislative Approval Of CO2 Plan
• NM, Neb. Join Endangered Species Classification Brawl
• Court Recused Over 'Corrupt' Sierra Wildfire Prosecution
• NJ Bill Would Fund Roadwork With Alt-Fuel Vehicle Tax
• EPA Agrees To Calif., Alaska Soot Pollution Plan Deadlines
• Calif. High Court Won't Hear High-Speed Rail Dispute
• Deepwater Plaintiffs Pan BP Bid To DQ Claims Administrator
• Chemical, Oil Groups Want Say In CERCLA Finance Suit
• Colo. Town, Oil Industry Group End Fight Over Drilling Regs
• EPA Clears Controversial Dow Herbicide For GMO Crops
• GAO Says Fed Gov't Ocean Acidification Effort Lacking
• Work Plan Signals Expanded Calif. Green Chemistry Program
• 5th Circ. Shouldn't Rethink Deepwater Ruling, US Says
• 5th Circ. Can Hear $50M Sinkhole Battle, Texas Brine Says
• 11th Circ. Sinks Camp Lejeune Drinking Water Suit
• NY Appeals Court Clears Way For NYU's $6B Expansion
• Skanska, Ecotricity JV To Invest $800M In British Wind Energy
• Fallout From Act 13 Ruling Overblown, Pa. Energy Boss Says
• DC Circ. Finally Allows NJ To Oversee Nuclear Materials
• Sierra Club Accuses EPA Of Violating CAA In Alaska Fight
• King & Spalding Adds Ex-BakerHostetler Atty To Litigation Group
• Information Governance: A Missed Opportunity For Lawyers
• FirstEnergy Escapes $2M CERCLA Suit Over Fla. Sites
• Pa. High Court To Mull Jury's Role In Interpreting Farm Law
• CPUC Proposes $1.3B Credit Deal Over Nuke Plant Shutdown
• Enviros Say Army Corps' Seawall Plan Flouts CWA
• DuPont, Enviro Cos. Settle Radioactive Waste Suit
• Buffett-Backed Utility Puts Up $280M For Iowa Wind Projects
• Conn. Oil Dealers Sue To Block State's Natural Gas Plan
• Scottish Gov't OKs $2.4B Offshore Wind Farm
• Enviros Sue To Block Calif. Oil Refinery, Rail Project
• CAFA Removal Procedure At Center Stage In Dart Cherokee
• RCRA Citizen Suits No Longer Option In Regulating Diesel
• Punish Donziger's Fraud In Chevron Row, 2nd Circ. Told
• EPA Ozone Rule Under White House Review
• EU Raids Ethanol Cos. On Price-Fixing Allegations
• EPA Approves $200M Expansion For Texas Power Plant
• LNG Projects Threatened By Enviros' Climate Change Attack
• EPA Chief Praises Supreme Court's Ozone Ruling
• Renewables Thrive In Texas Despite Regulatory Hurdles
• Feds Say Exxon 'Rewriting' CWA In Pipeline Cleanup Brawl
• BP Must Live With $9.2B Deepwater Deal, Supreme Court Told
• E&P Wetlands Compliance Strategy: Nationwide Permits
• MoFo Unveils New Practice Group Focused On Drone Use
• BP Slams Bid To Drag It Back Into $266B Atlantis FCA Suit
• AIG Hit With $12M Suit Over Oil Recycler's PCB Cleanup Costs
• Asarco Tells 9th Circ. $33M Superfund Cleanup Row Is Timely
• Enviro Groups Challenge EPA Smog Rule For Ariz. Plant
• EU Says Yes To UK's 1st New Nuclear Plant In Decades
• KfW Group Sells A Record $1.5B Of Green Bonds In US
• Science-Based Challenges To EPA Rules A Legal Dead End
• Federal Agencies Can't Shake Enviros' Ozark Drilling Suit
• Cheniere's Corpus Christi LNG Project Clears Enviro Hurdle
• Pa. Gov.'s Bid To Drill On Public Land Illegal, Court Hears
• A Primer On 'Bad Faith' In Federal Removal Jurisdiction
• 7th Circ. Sanctions Wind Co. Over 'Startling' Appeal
• Justices Question Their Powers In Class Action Removal Row
• NJ DEP Goes After RE Co. For $47M Superfund Cleanup
• Enviro Groups Seek Input In 4th Circ. Water Intake Case
• Youth Tells High Court US Has Duty To Protect Atmosphere
• Crowdfunding Models Proliferate For Clean Energy Projects
• Judge Smokes Nebraska's Challenge To EPA Carbon Limits
• Pa. DEP Seeks $4.5M Fine Against EQT Over Fracking Spill
• NJ Courts Continue To Grapple With Allocation Issue
• Global Agribusiness Regulation Should Focus On Water
• NJ High Court Mulls Time Limit In Spill Act Suits
• Seneca Can Frack Pa. Land From Adjacent Property: Court
• Wyo. Appeal Dropped From Ore. Coal Port Row
• High Court Won't Revive $17M Award In Houston Land Case
• 11th Circ. Reinstates Pollution Suit Against UTC
• High Court Denies Landowner Plea Over ND Pipeline
• Calif. Must Take 2nd Look At Water Bank's Enviro Impact
• Split Pa. Rules May Let Conventional Drillers Off The Hook
• DOE OKs Cross-Border Permit For $2B NYC-Canada Powerline
• EPA Extends Comment Period For CWA Jurisdiction Rule
• Supreme Court Shoots Down Appeal Over EPA Ozone Rule
• Commerce Mulls Expansion Of Chinese Solar Trade Probe
• In-House Insights From KBR General Counsel Andrew Farley
• Insurers Defeat Ch. 11 Buyer's Suit For Cleanup Costs
• Texas Brine Demands Liberty Cover $50M In Sinkhole Claims
• Jury Talk Can't Sink Oil Drilling Vibration Damages: 8th Circ.
• TSCA Reform Chances Dim With Boxer's Preemption Pushback
• Twin Cities Airport Breaks Ground On $25M Solar Project
• Waste Management Can't Duck Texas County's Pollution Suit
• Cornell's $367M Superfund Deal OK'd Over Exxon's Objections
• EPA Finalizes New CERCLA Site Evaluation Practice
• EQT Faces Criminal Charges Over Pa. Fracking Discharges
• Sunoco Pipeline Zoning Exemption Bid Recharged By Pa. PUC
• Industry Wants In On 4th Circ. Case Over Water Intake Rule
• Anadarko, EOG Agree To Disclose Fracking Financial Risks
• Wash. Silicon Factory Undervalued By $730M, Tax Board Says
• Post-Deepwater Securities Suit Against BP Trimmed
• Deepwater Gross Negligence Ruling Doesn't Hold Up, BP Says
• How To Argue An All Sums Approach To Long-Tail Claims
• NJ High Court Could Turn Up The Heat On Spill Act Plaintiffs
• Shearman, Watson Work On EFG's $208M Wind Farm Deal
• Enviros Say Dominion Can't Start Building $4B LNG Plant
• EPA Clears Way For Largest Methanol Plant In US
• Govs. Say Obama's Biofuel Rollback Will Hurt Rural Economy
• 2nd Circ. Frees Indian Harbor From San Diego Enviro Coverage
• Calif. Property Owner's Fluor Pollution Suit Gets Trimmed
• Chevron Tells 2nd Circ. $9.5B Judgment Obtained Fraudulently
• Offshore Permitting Lacks Oversight, DOI Watchdog Says
• TransCanada Inks $161M Deal For 3 Ontario Solar Plants
• OECD Warns Of Unintended Effects Of Green Tax Benefits
• Independent Unit Of SBA Hits EPA Over Water Rule
• A Step Toward Expediting California Clean Energy Permits
• Deepwater Litigation Win Triggers Layoffs At Godwin Lewis
• 10th Circ. Dow Ruling Shows Class Actions Alive And Well
• BP Must Face Foreign Investors In Texas Court, Judge Rules
• India To Build Its First Offshore Wind Farm
• Exxon Details Fracking Risks, 'Widespread Benefits' In Report
• EPA Can Retroactively Veto Coal Mine Permit, Court Rules
• Baker Hughes To Start Disclosing Chemicals At Fracking Sites
• Ban Upheld On Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
• CORRECTED: Illinois Union Stuck With NRG Energy's $3.5M CAA Fines
• 9th Circ. El Dorado Ruling Confirms Broad FHA Application