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Environmental - December, 2014

219 articles

• Insurers, Cos Face Off On EPA Letters' Effect On Coverage
• Greenwich Gets Counterclaims Pared In Gas Explosion Suit
• Apogent, Others Sued Over Liability At NJ Superfund Site
• Trustees Vote For Bankruptcy In Dismantling NJ Water Agency
• Volvo Asks High Court To Revisit $72M Truck Emissions Fine
• DC Circ. Upholds EPA's Refusal To Regulate Spent Ammo
• EPA Eases Fuel Standard For Royal Caribbean Scrubber Ships
• Pa. Fines Drilling Co. $1M For Landslide, Waste Dumping
• SunEdison Solar Projects Score $75M From JPMorgan
• DC Circ. Rejects EPA Ozone Compliance Extensions
• States Will Lead The Way On Chemical Regulations In 2015
• 2nd Circ. Clears JFK Runway Plan For Takeoff
• Metal Co. Can't Escape Fluor Pollution Suit
• GOP Leaders Press FERC On Knowledge Of EPA Carbon Plan
• EPA Delay On Renewable Fuel Puts Ball In Congress' Court
• XTO Energy To Take $5M Hit For Dumping In West Virginia
• Enviros Poised To Challenge EPA's New Coal Ash Rule
• 9th Circ. Sides With Enviro Agency In Calif. Water Battle
• DOI Reinstates Coal Mining Water Rules
• IFC Backs $1.7B In Hydroelectric Projects In Nepal
• Freedom President Objects To $3M AIG Settlement
• Disney Wins Sanctions In Row Over Alleged Tainted Water
• Great Lakes Gray Wolves Added Back To Endangered List
• PacifiCorp Pays $2.5M For Bird Deaths At Wyo. Wind Farms
• BP Deserves $18B Max Penalty For Deepwater Spill, US Says
• The State Of Technology-Assisted Review In 2014
• Law360 Names Law Firms Of The Year
• Law360 Names Practice Groups Of The Year
• K&L Gates IP Partner Decamps After Client DQ Fight
• 9th Circ Holds Anti-Whaling Protester Group In Contempt
• Retiring Pa. Chief Justice Pegs Legacy On Fracking Decision
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Court-Ordered Stormwater Law Update
• FERC Approves $607M Leidy Gas Pipeline Project
• Feds, Enviros Push High Court To Preserve Fish Protections
• DOE Needs Land, Water Rights For Nev. Nuke Waste Storage
• JPMorgan, Solar Co. Team Up On Solar Project Venture
• Judge Keeps Alive Part Of OC Water District's MTBE Suit
• Navistar's Faulty-Engine MDL Centralized In Illinois
• EPA Will Treat Coal Ash As Solid Waste In Win For Industry
• Boardwalk Owner Sues NJ Agency Over Dune System
• NY's Fracking Ban: Politics Under The Veil Of 'Science'
• How Will States Put The Clean Power Plan Into Practice?
• NJ Legislature Advances Water Privatization Bill
• Industry May Let Landowners Lead NY Fracking Ban Fight
• Texas Lawmaker Aims To Block City Fracking Bans
• Md. Official To Lead DOI's Offshore Energy Leasing Agency
• EPA Delays Methane Regulation Decision Until 2015
• Rohm & Haas Settles Ill. Cancer Cluster Toxic Tort In Pa.
• Capital Dynamics Closes $462.5M Clean Energy Fund
• NJ Wind Farm Exec Hopeful Court Will Revive Project
• Wash. Gov. Floats Cap-And-Trade Program
• Yieldcos Grabbed Energy Project Finance Spotlight In 2014
• DuPont Can't Test Individual Doses In Tainted Water MDL
• Exxon Triumphs In $641M Suit Over Texas Refinery Emissions
• NY Lessees Are Not Liable Under CERCLA As Owners
• Italian Shipping Co. To Pay $2.8M For Ship Pollution
• Tax Credit Revival Too Little, Too Late For Wind Developers
• Jewell Says Sage-Grouse Rider Won't Stop ESA Efforts
• 4 Freedom Industries Execs Indicted Over W.Va. Spill
• 7th Circ. Denies Review Of EPA's Ozone Decisions
• World Bank Unit Arranges $300M For Panama Wind Farm
• NY Moves To Ban Fracking As Officials Eye Health Risks
• Pumpco Escapes Fracking Spill Suit
• What Happens When Legal Aid Cuts Stimulate Pro Bono?
• Senate Confirms FERC Commissioner, DOE Fossil Fuel Chief
• Obama Blocks Bristol Bay Oil And Gas Development
• Blankenship Case Shows Perils Of Post-Crisis Assurances
• US Readies Steep Tariffs On Chinese, Taiwanese Solar Panels
• DynCorp Hammers Ecuadorians' Surviving Chem-Spray Claims
• DOE Floats Nuclear Damage Cleanup Cost Fund
• 9th Circ. Says FWS Forest Project Won't Harm Spotted Owls
• 5th Circ. Denies En Banc Hearing In Whooping Crane Ruling
• Freedom Industries Exec Says Spill Exposure DQs Prosecutors
• Feds Agree To Tackle Toxic Nitrogen Oxide From Coal Mines
• House Republicans Say EPA's Clean Power Plan Is Flawed
• Public Comments On CAA Program Hint At Revision
• Agricultural Co. Must Face LA Housing Authority CERCLA Suit
• Enviros, Coal Cos. Reach Accord Over W.Va. Pollution
• UN Takes Steps Toward Climate Deal In Lima
• Ex-NJ City Water Agency Official Accused Of Kickback Scheme
• High Court Clears Air On Class Action Removal Disputes
• House Panel Report Skewers Forest Service Over ESA Listings
• Dart Cherokee Rejects CAFA Anti-Removal Presumption
• Murray Attacks Legal Foundation Of EPA GHG Rule
• Deepwater MDL Court Nixes Cameron's $3.4M Fee Bid Again
• Texas Looks To Bridge Divide Over Urban Fracking
• High Court Won't Hear SQM Challenge In Groundwater Suit
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Beveridge & Diamond's Wilson
• Utah Prairie Dog Could Narrow Endangered Species Act
• High Court Ruling Sets Low Bar For Class Action Removal
• 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring Appellate Counsel
• Senate Passes $1.1T Spending Bill
• Colorado Challenges FWS Over Gunnison Sage-Grouse
• $6B Cheniere LNG Expansion Cleared By FERC
• Co. Brawling Over Troubled Biodiesel JV Sues For Receiver
• Ex-NJ Water Agency Official Gets 3 Years For Rigged Tests
• EPA Issues GHG Permit For $400M Texas Refinery
• Senate Passes Compromise $585B Defense Authorization Bill
• NJ Gov. Wants Lower Fines In Bill Imposing Microbead Ban
• XTO Began Gas Well Site Work Without Permits, Pa. DEP Says
• Senate Dems Urge DOE To Boost Small-Scale Wind Funding
• Austin Council OKs Plan To Phase Out Old Gas, Coal Plants
• Fracking Bans Would Cost Counties Under Colo. GOP Bill
• NRC Asks DC Circ. To Nix Enviro Suit Over Calif. Power Plant
• Offshore Drilling Blowout Rule Sent To White House
• Where Is The Pro Rata V. All Sums Debate Today?
• Notice Period Doesn't Cause 9th Circ. To Pause On ESA
• Senate Advances $585B Defense Spending Bill
• Pa. Urges 3rd Circ. To Uphold Fracking Trade Secret Rule
• Environmental MVP: Morgan Lewis' Hugh Tanner
• FERC To Eye EPA Rule's Effect On Electric Grid
• BOEM Raises Oil Spill Fine Cap To $134M
• Enviro Groups Want Miami Beetle Protected In Wal-Mart Fight
• Visteon Wants Ind. Law To Apply In Cleanup Insurance Row
• Senate Dems Call For Flexibility In Carbon Emissions Plan
• States, Industry Renew Calls To Kill Cross-State Air Rule
• House Dems' Bill Would Ban Fracking On Federal Lands
• What Lawyer-Novelists Learned From Being Lawyers
• Asarco Can't Depose Union Pacific Atty In Superfund Suit
• Ralls May Give Foreign Investors More Leverage With CFIUS
• EPA Finalizes Changes To Bush-Era Hazardous Waste Rule
• Environmental MVP: Steptoe's Lawrence Riff
• Stockholders Claim Vivint Solar's $330M IPO Misled Investors
• Enviros Get Partial Win In PPG Pollution Row
• North Dakota Sets New Safety Standards For Oil Transport
• EPA Won't Provide New Date For Renewable Fuel Standards
• Enbridge Reaches $4M Kalamazoo Pipeline Spill Settlement
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Wendel Rosen's Christine Noma
• Rotoplas Raises $253M In IPO With Eye On US Expansion
• 2014 Fracking Year In Review: California Edition
• History Complicates SF's Surging Real Estate Development
• House Panel Releases $1.1T Federal Funding Bill
• 10th Circ. Frees Travelers From KBR's $2M Pollution Defense
• EPA Says Ethanol Industry Can't Challenge Gas Rule
• Senate Dems Press EPA To Strengthen Carbon Emission Plan
• SD Limits Discovery In Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Debate
• Exec Lied To Duck W.Va. Water Pollution Blame, Feds Say
• Environmental MVP: King & Spalding's Robert Meadows
• US Blasts BP's Bid To Cap CWA Penalties For Deepwater Spill
• Do Fracking Bans Trigger Civil Authority Coverage?
• Architect Says Google Stole $120B Building Engineering Idea
• Judge Won't Reverse $8.5M Oil Blast Verdict Against Travelers
• Environmental MVPs: Ballard Spahr's Brendan Collins And Robert McKinstry
• Oil Fleet Operator Cops Plea, Pays $12M To End DOJ Probe
• Cartoon Tells Jones Day A Hostile Filing Is No Laughing Matter
• Estee Lauder Unit's Win Upheld In Insurer's Defense Fee Suit
• $768M Kenyan Wind Project Gets Funds To Start Construction
• Senate Confirms NRC Commissioner, New ARPA-E Chief
• High Court Review Sought In Disputed Detroit Bridge Row
• Greens Say Challenge To $10B LNG Facility Not Filed Late
• Texas City Fights Ranch's Bid To Halt Water Well Drilling
• After 101 Years, A Calif. 'Water War' May Be Over
• New Mexico Fines DOE $54M For Radioactive Waste Violations
• Hanwha Solar Inks $1.2B Deal To Merge US, German Units
• High Court Snuffs Youths' Public Trust Suit Over GHGs
• Senate Finance Chief Makes Bid For Hefty Solar Cell Duties
• BP Fails To Win High Court Review Of Deepwater Settlement
• Shell Rethinks $90M Waste Harm Deal After Secrecy Nixed
• Levin Wants Bigger Congressional Role In TPP Deliberations
• Bill Would Allow States Carbon Taxes To Meet CPP Targets
• Environmental MVP: Hunton & Williams' F. William Brownell
• Tribe Decries Approval Of $1.13B Calif. Solar Project
• Solar Co. SPI To Acquire, Build NJ Solar Farm
• Mining Group Sues FWS Over ESA Settlement, Sage-Grouse
• Texas Justices Snub Plant Operator's Immunity Challenge
• EPA Slams Maine Claims In Tribal Water Dispute
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Shell's Donny Ching
• Coast Guard, EPA Agree To Update Spill Responses
• A Tale Of 2 Circ. Court Whistleblower Cases
• Los Angeles Should Block Its Own Ban On Fracking
• California Supreme Court Divided In Key CEQA Case
• Endangered Frog Not Welcome On Private Land, 5th Circ. Told
• Enviros Seek To Intervene In Texas City's Fracking Row
• House Passes $585B Natural Resources-Laden Defense Bill
• 2nd Circ. Says Bad Jury Instruction Axes Pollution Convictions
• AfDB OKs $242M In Loans For Moroccan Solar Complex
• Senators Take Energy Efficiency Bill Into 3rd Round
• Energy Co. Tells Texas Justices Anti-SLAPP Law Unclear
• KKR Invests In Aussie Agriculture Firm Sundrop
• Northrop On Hook For $3M Hazmat Judgment, Insurers Say
• NextEra, Hawaii Utility Combine In $4.3B Deal
• Looking At Supplementary Compensation For Nuclear Damage
• Final GHG Rule May Include Easier Transition For States
• Enviros Ask To Intervene In EPA Carbon Rule Challenge
• Class Cert. Denied In Whirlpool Chemical Leak Suit
• US Floats Biggest-Ever Critical Habitat For Arctic Seals
• Obama Vows To Work On Reviving Fast-Track Trade Deals
• FWS Releases 2014 Endangered Species Act Candidate List
• NJ Lawmakers Ask FERC To Sink PennEast Pipeline
• Koch Bros. Unsuccessfully Swing At Tax Extenders Package
• Exxon, Others' Offshore Fracking Permits Illegal, Suit Says
• 5 Takeaways From US-China GHG Agreement
• And Now A Word From The Panel: End Of An Era
• Louisiana Coastal Pollution Suit Sent Back To State Court
• Calif. Supreme Court Urged To Reinforce CEQA Exemptions
• State Sens. File Legislation To Ban Fracking In Florida
• Cabot Fined For Pa. Storage Tank Explosion, Spill
• EPA To Reconsider Parts Of Large Boiler Rule
• Enviros Want DOT Reversed On Dangerous Oil Train Cars
• Responders Blame 2012 Derailment On Conrail Negligence
• EPA, State Attys Need To Get Friendlier, State Leader Says
• Comments Expose Tug-Of-War On EPA Carbon Emission Plan
• Pa. Enviros Challenge County's XTO Drilling Permit
• Asarco Says Abandoned Union Pacific Site Is Polluted
• Stericycle Will Move Incinerator, Pay $1.2M In Utah DEQ Deal
• Insurance Agents Plead Guilty To Selling Bogus Gas Coverage
• NJ Senator Floats Bill To Halt $1B PennEast Pipeline
• Fortum Expands Russia Assets To Get In On $5B Nuclear Plant
• Caution: Flaws Of The Attorney-To-Secretary Ratio
• Must Calif. Dump Its Oil Spill Prevention Regime?
• 9th Circ. Won't Force EPA To Revise Ozone Regulations
• NJ Senate Backs 'Coal Rolling' Crackdown
• BP Agrees MDL Penalty Phase Shouldn't Affect State Cases
• GCs Name Most Arrogant Law Firms
• EPA Again Delays Clean Water E-Reporting Rule
• GCs Add 35 Firms To List Of Most Arrogant
• High Court Passes On Iowa Grain Co.'s Pollution Appeal
• High Court Won't Hear CERCLA Appeal In 9/11 Cleanup Row
• Chinese Solar Co. Reaps $1.3B From Factory Sales