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Environmental - November, 2014

235 articles

• The 100 Law Firms With The Most Environmental Partners
• Big Island GMO-Restricting Law Falls To Preemption Challenge
• Appeal In NJ Wind Energy Project Won't Be A Breeze
• Texas City Immune From Atty Fees In Energy Contract Dispute
• Oil Co. Gets Backup In High Court Appeal Of Spill Rules
• Tougher Ozone Regs May Be Hard For States To Stomach
• NJ Court Says Borough Approval Not Needed To Modify Dam
• High Court Asked To Snuff Out 'Stale' Vapor Cases
• Energy Future, Sierra Club Reach Deal Over $6.4M Fee Award
• Freedom-AIG $3M Chem Spill Coverage Deal Hits Roadblock
• In Rare Move, CFIUS Hands Over Cache Of Ralls Docs
• Colo. Oil And Gas Group Goes After Town's Fracking Ban
• Sierra Club Wins Ruling In Greenhouse Gas Reduction Suit
• Will The Utah Prairie Dog Hinder ESA's Intrastate Reach?
• EPA Unveils Stricter Limits On Ozone Levels
• KeySpan Prevails In NY Plant Cleanup Coverage Battle
• Agency Authority At Stake In High Court Mercury Rule Review
• Law360 Reveals 10 Largest Environmental Practice Groups
• Comparing Climatologist To Molester Called Protected Speech
• Coal Mining Co.'s CWA Settlement With Ky. Tossed By Judge
• Judge Rips Into Attys In Solyndra Price-Fixing Docs Spat
• NJ City Sues State To Block Protective Dune System
• Gov't Sued For Overdue 'Hard Look' At Coal Program
• EPA Must Put Brakes On Review Of Alaska Mine, Judge Says
• Supreme Court To Hear Challenge To EPA Mercury Rule
• Remembering Doar: Justice As A 4-Letter Word
• Gunnison Sage Will Give Energy Something To Grouse About
• San Diego's $200B Transpo Plan Sinks On Appeal
• Honeywell To Pay $10M To Settle NJ Chromium Suit
• Coke, GSK Must Help Clean Up Ohio Site, Supreme Court Told
• MDU Resources Unit Pays $200M For ND Wind Farm
• EPA Tells DC Circ. Industry Wrong On High Court GHG Ruling
• NJ Offshore Wind Co. Scrambles To Flip Regulator's Denial
• Deepwater Fraudster Deserves Harsh Sentence: 6th Circ.
• Enviro Groups Want To Defend Maui GMO Ban In Court
• Enviros Blast EPA's Delay In Revising Metal Emissions Rule
• DOI Taps 12 Bidders For Mass. Offshore Wind Auction
• SunEdison, Renova Plan 1 GW In Brazilian Solar Projects
• EPA Delays Cross-State Air Pollution Rule By Three Years
• DOI, Enviros End Fight Over Colo. Plateau Drilling Plan
• Feds Sue To Stop Wind Project On Okla. Tribe's Land
• What If States Opt Out Of EPA's Existing Source Rule?
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: McGuireWoods' Sidney Kanazawa
• Urgency To Use P3 Grows, But Lack Of Law Is An Obstacle
• Calif. City Defends Expert In High Court Water Pollution Case
• Con Ed On Hook For Part Of $24M Gas Plant Cleanup Suit
• Texas Supreme Court Buries TCEQ Worker's Retaliation Suit
• NJ Utility Regulator Again Nixes Offshore Wind Farm
• Job Applicants Not 'Employees' Under FCA, 6th Circ. Says
• Enviros Sue Ohio Over Alleged Illegal Fracking Waste Permits
• New ESG Considerations For Private Funds
• Pipeline Cos. Can Recoup Safety Upgrade Costs, FERC Says
• Enviros Sue Gov't Over Review Of Cooling Water Rule
• Calif. Appeals Court Clears Way For Kings' $477M NBA Arena
• Differentiate Your Litigation Practice With Data Security
• TerraForm Sells $350M In Stock To Back First Wind Buy
• EPA Puts Off 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard To 2015
• Exide Gets Nod For Plant Pact With Calif. Enviro Regulator
• Greens Threaten FWS With Lawsuit Over Sage Grouse
• La. Fears BP Penalty Trial Will Affect Separate State Case
• Property Owners Sue NJ Town, State Over Dune Easements
• AT&T To Pay $52M In Groundbreaking E-Waste Settlement
• Platinum Mine Officers Indicted In Alleged Pollution Cover-Up
• New EPA Biomass Framework To Impact Power Plant Rule
• CIT Keeps Alive Fight Over Duty Rates On Chinese Solar Cells
• Brookfield Renewable Puts Up $933M For Brazilian Portfolio
• Pa. DEP Settles Stormwater Permit Fight With Enviros
• XPLOR Energy Agrees To Pay $3.1M For Felony CWA Violation
• Europe's Projects Of Common Interest: Part 3
• The Print Room: How To Spend Less And Get More
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Thompson & Knight's Raven
• Ky. Appeals Court Revives 'Whiskey Fungus' Nuisance Suit
• Fla. Gov. Requests $77M For Gulf Restoration Projects
• House Passes EPA Transparency Bill
• DuPont Hit With Two Suits After Chemical Leak Deaths
• Enviros' Suit Renews Push For EPA Action On Smog Plans
• Hess Says Rivals' Well Contamination Suit Is Time Barred
• Senate Democrats Float Carbon Fee Bill
• Europe's Top Court Says UK Gov't Can Be Sued Over Pollution
• BP Plaintiffs Can't Force Disputed Spill Payments: 5th Circ.
• Ex-Im Bank, India Ink $1B Clean Energy Export Deal
• Illinois AG Sues Animal Feed Company Over Nasty Odor
• Europe's Projects Of Common Interest: Part 2
• Where Lawyers Impact The Triple Bottom Line
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 78 Firms
• Enviros Say DOD Discharging Explosive Near Water Supply
• TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline Falls Short In Senate
• Farm Groups Ask 3rd Circ. To Kill EPA Chesapeake Bay Plan
• EPA Tells 4th Circ. Not To Move Cooling Water Intake Row
• Contractor To Pay $2.72M To Settle EPA Kickback Claims
• Feds Block Fracking In Most Of Va., W.Va. National Forest
• EPA Amends Startup, Shutdown Rules For Mercury
• $1B PennEast Pipeline Project Needs Del. Agency's OK
• US Wants Downey Brand Attys DQ'd In $123M Wildfire Suit
• Pharmacia Seeks Nixing Of School PCB Class Action
• Dewey Partner Clawback Ruling May Hurt New York Law Firms
• Google Buys Wind Power For €600M Dutch Data Center
• Europe's Projects Of Common Interest: Part 1
• Orrick Advises SunEdison, Unit In $2.4B Wind Power Buy
• Florida Gets $34M In Oil Spill Grants For Conservation Work
• $3B Texas Pollution Case Puts Punitives In Play For Gov't
• EPA Finalizes GHG Reporting Rule For Oil, Gas Industry
• $7.7B Nuclear Waste Plant Deadline Pushed Back 10 Years
• EPA Power Plant Rule Will Raise Prices, Texas Report Predicts
• Defunct Solar Co. Wants $950M Panel Antitrust Suit Revived
• Brach Eichler Faces Malpractice Suit Over Industrial Site
• Suntech Beats Solyndra On NY Venue, Ch. 15 Approval
• Offshore Wind Farm Gets OK For Underwater Cable
• Gov't Spars With Ex-BP Exec Over Revised Oil Spill Charges
• Greens Threaten Ky. Mining Co. Over CWA Reports
• Beveridge & Diamond Nabs Top Caltrans Enviro Pro In SF
• Outgoing NRC Chair Urges Updated Decommissioning Rules
• LA Says Exide's Ch. 11 Vernon Plant Deal Moving Too Fast
• BP Wants $12B Cap On CWA Penalties For Deepwater Spill
• When Do Tribal Leaders Create FCPA Liability?
• Federal Preemption May Be The Key For Calif. Railroads
• House Republicans Ask For EPA's Data On Ozone Costs
• Monsanto, Dow Bum-Rush GMO Crop Ban In Hawaii
• Enviros Sue Over BLM Idaho Wolf Kill Derby Permit
• NY Appeals EPA's Loan Rejection For Tappan Zee Bridge
• FERC Says 25-Second Delay Dooms Challenge To LNG Project
• PPG Can't Stop Enviros' Atty From Testifying In Pollution Row
• Delek To Pay Fine Over Fatal 2008 Refinery Pipe Rupture
• House Greenlights TransCanada's Keystone XL Pipeline
• OPINION: Supreme Court Justices Need To Get Out More
• Fighting 'Fugitive Dust' Claims With Rule 403
• Comments Are Unlikely To Sway EPA On Retail Regulations
• BP Can't Dodge Negligence Ruling, Faces Up To $18B Fines
• Landfill Owner Topples NJ DEP's Takeover Order, DQ Bid
• EPA Urges DC Circ. To Nix Challenge To Large Boiler Rule
• Houston Jury Clears Int'l Paper In $3B River Pollution Suit
• Essex To Settle Suit Over $22M Oil Cleanup Bill
• States Back EPA In Murray's DC Circ. Challenge To Plant Rule
• Enviros Sue Calif. Regulators Over Aera Fracking Permits
• GAO Says US Must Bolster Labor, Enviro Trade Oversight
• New York Funds $206M For Green Energy Projects Upstate
• Texas City Fights Bid To Remand Drilling Ban Suit
• Koch Unit, BP Escape Suit Over Chicago Coal Dust
• Texas Cites Other States In Fighting A Fracking Ban
• US-China Deal Ups Ante For EPA In Battle Over GHG Rules
• NJ Settles Suit Over PSE&G Nuke Plant's Enviro Review
• US Chamber Leads Trade Groups Opposing EPA Water Rule
• Ill. Residents, Enviros Sue State Over Fracking Rules
• Railroads Contribute To $10.5M Superfund Cleanup Settlement
• Shell Can't Preemptively Sue Enviros Over Drilling: 9th Circ.
• NJ High Court Told To Uphold Town's Environmental Rezoning
• Citic, KKR Make $930M Bid For Singapore Water Treatment Co.
• Enerkem, AkzoNobel Plot European Waste-To-Chemical Plants
• 2nd Circ. Orders Beefed-Up Sentence For Asbestos Fraudster
• US, China Strike Major Climate Change Agreement
• Circuit Courts Split In 9/11 CERCLA Case, High Court Told
• Enviros Threaten TVA With CWA Suit Over Coal Ash Ponds
• Waters Redefinition Will Muddle Enviro Compliance For O&G
• Looking At RCRA Liability Post-Closure Care Period
• Record $5B Anadarko Cleanup Deal Clears Final Hurdle
• Chartis, Tesoro Dispute Unit's Coverage In $30M Cleanup Row
• Sinopec's Canadian Unit Fined For Creek Contamination
• Enviros Say FWS Drilling Rule Harms Alaska Walruses
• BP Can't Get Admin For Deepwater Claims Axed
• EPA Didn't Plot With Groups To Kill Alaska Mine, Judge Told
• Local Governments Say EPA Water Rule Needs Work
• Dominion Snaps Up 50-MW Utah Solar Plant
• Sky Solar Slashes IPO Target To Just $48M
• O'Reilly Automotive Subpoenaed Over Waste Disposal In Calif.
• BMW Overstated Mini Cooper Fuel Economy, Suit Says
• 11th Circ. Message: Be Careful With Lone Pine Orders
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Barg Coffin's Davina Pujari
• High Court To Settle Rift On Service Deadline Extensions
• 9th Circ. Partially Revives Hanford Whistleblower's Suit
• Attys Tend To 'Buy Themselves Off' In Class Deals, Judge Says
• Calif. County Fracking Bans Set Stage For Statewide Brawl
• DC Circ. Revives Alaska Roadless Rule Case
• Fracking Rules Clear Ill. Committee, Permits To Follow
• NJ High Court Could Give Towns More Ammo In Zoning Battles
• Sierra Club To Appeal Ill. New Coal Plant Decision
• Ex-Im Bank Poured $200M Into Green Energy Exports In 2014
• Duke Energy Must Redo Coal Ash Plans, NC Officials Say
• Miami-Dade Ties Fate Of Wal-Mart Project To Fed Enviro Deal
• Exide Strikes Settlement With Calif. Over Vernon Plant
• 5 Insights From Honeywell General Counsel Kate Adams
• FDA Accused Of Failing To Fully Vet Animal Growth Drugs
• Seismic Events Shake Up Texas Rules On Injection Wells
• Chinese-Owned Co. Set To Fight US Bar To Wind-Farm Deal
• Texas Approves Rules For $2B Water Infrastructure Fund
• House Republicans Raring To Vote On EPA Bills
• Potash Corp. Cos. Agree To $50M Deal In CAA Sulfur Suit
• Obama Would Mull Keystone Approval Bill, White House Says
• Justices Smell Something 'Fishy' In Anti-Shredding Case
• 2 Mining Cos. To Pay $7M To Clean Up Missouri Mines
• Pa. Energy Industry Poised To Attack Gov. Wolf's Tax Proposal
• Enviros Slam International Paper For LA Water Pollution
• Pa. Tightens Proposed Emission Rules After Criticism
• Don't Undervalue Environmental Due Diligence
• 5 Ways To Uncover Bias During Jury Selection
• 5th Circ. Won't Budge On BP, Anadarko Deepwater Liability
• Justices Skeptical Of Anti-Shredding Law Fish Prosecution
• BP Tells 5th Circ. It's Entitled To Deepwater Claims Data
• Electric Grid Authority Urges EPA To Delay Clean Power Plan
• Washington Appeals Court Nixes Local Biosolids Ban
• How Senate Without Filibuster-Proof Majority Avoids Gridlock
• Judge Upholds FWS' Removal Of Eagles From Endangered List
• Texas Agency, Energy Lobby Challenge Denton Fracking Ban
• EPA Urges DC Circ. Not To Rehear States' GHG Challenge
• BP Says Ala. Won't Explain $93M Oil Spill Grant Spending
• NRG Yield Pays $480M For Parent's Gas Plants, Wind Farms
• Enviros Threaten Suit To Protect 2 Snake Species
• Injury And Irony In BLM's Public Land Bidding Process
• Winning 2nd Term, Calif. AG To Lead On Privacy, Environment
• GOP Set For Full-Bore Attack On EPA Climate, Water Rules
• Texas City's Vote To Ban Fracking Sets Up Legal Fight
• Wolf's Win In Pa. Won't Chase Off Energy Industry
• Fla. Voters Pass Measure To Fund Land-Buying Program
• NJ Voters Pass Measure To Fund Land Preservation Efforts
• US Skirts Sanctions In Alabama CWA Suit
• Enviros Say Cooling Water Intake Row Belongs In 2nd Circ.
• PE Enviro Investor Beats Targets With $404M Green Fund
• NJ Couple Drops Appeal In Lockheed Toxic Tort Case
• EPA Slams Murray Plant Rule Challenge As Premature
• CIT Still Not Satisfied With Vietnamese Wind Tower Tariffs
• Minn. Appeals Court Clears Utility's Mercury Emissions Plan
• NorthWestern Plans $400M Stock Offering To Fund Hydro Buy
• Abengoa Buys Out Ex-Partner To Revive Calif. Solar Project
• Energy Support Schemes Buoyed By EU State Aid Decision
• $100M Hyundai, Kia GHG Penalty Ups Stakes For Plant Rule
• Fed. Claims Nixes Wetland Bank's $1.4M Army Corps Suit
• High Court Will Hear Florida-Georgia Water Wars Case
• Chinese Solar Cos. Win Dismissal of $950M Antitrust Suit
• EIB Grants $240M For UK Recycling And Power Facility
• No Quick Win For NRG, Seneca In Pa. Emissions Fight
• High Court Asked To Review Army Corps Wetlands Finding
• Dominion Seeks FERC OK For $5B Atlantic Coast Gas Pipeline
• Justices Tap Gordon Arata Atty To Guide States' Water Fight
• US Fights Sanctions Bid In Alabama CWA Suit
• La. Law Is Unconstitutional, Can't Block Coastal Damage Suit
• Hyundai, Kia To Pay Record $100M CAA Penalty