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Environmental - January, 2015

288 articles

• Shell Pays $90M To Escape Calif. Contamination Suit
• Full DC Circ. Won't Reconsider Hydro Plant License Renewal
• Class Allegations Nixed In Suit Over Pa. GenOn Power Plant
• Fla. Lawmaker Files Bills To Implement Conservation Program
• Alaska High Court Explains Mining Ballot Decision
• Obama Keystone XL Stance Unlikely To Impact Other Projects
• Texas Farm Bureau Wants Water Well Accommodation
• NJ Officials Vow To Fight Obama's Atlantic Drilling Plans
• Challenge To Tenn. Mine Wastewater Runoff Gets Go-Ahead
• BofA, JPMorgan Sink $222M Into Texas Wind Farm
• Shell To Move Forward With $1B Oil Drilling In Alaska
• 6th Circ. Permit Shield Ruling Benefits Industries Beyond Coal
• DuPont Wins Jury Verdict In FCA Suit Over Chemical Leaks
• Mass. Town Breached Waste-Disposal Contract, Court Says
• ATP's $1M Settlement Denied In Gulf Oil Discharge Suit
• Senate Approves Keystone XL Pipeline Bill
• Mass. Offshore Wind Lease Auction Yields Just $448K
• No Research Tax Credits For Enviro Consultant: 11th Circ.
• Texas Court Nixes $1.3B Malpractice Claim In Chevron Case
• Senate Panel Considers Easing LNG Export Rules
• Pa. Gov. Revives Gas Leasing Ban In State Parks
• Biofuels A Looming Threat To World Food Production: Report
• Exide Faces New Waste Violations At LA Battery Plant
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Nossaman's Alfred Smith
• Key Questions When Selecting E-Discovery Vendors
• Senate Cans 11 Keystone XL Amendments
• Fla. Gov. Rolls Out Tax Cuts, Enviro Funding In 2015 Budget
• BP Spill Payments Helped Local Economy, Expert Testifies
• Enviros Criticize EPA's Delay Of Power Plant Emissions Rule
• Consol Coal Unit Polluted WVa. Waterway, Judge Rules
• EPA Wins FOIA Suit Over Farmers' Personal Info
• Law Profs Ask To Weigh In On EPA Emissions Rule Row
• Landmark Wants Criminal Sanctions Against EPA In FOIA Row
• NY Says New LNG Regs Will Facilitate Switch From Diesel
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Factory Farm Pollution Inaction
• NM Sen. Slams 'All-Out Assault' On Public Land Conservation
• Freedom Exec Again Urges Court To Deny $3M AIG Settlement
• NJ High Court Lays Down The Law On Spill Suit Limits
• EPA Pushes Aviation Lead Emissions Ruling To 2018
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2014 JPML Practice Trends
• BP Witness Says Marshes, Beaches Back To Pre-Spill Form
• Obama Walks Political Tightrope With Oil, Gas Policies
• Fla. Gov. Announces $5B Everglades Restoration Project
• NJ High Court Prevents Rush To Courthouse On Spill Suits
• Split 6th Circ. Says Permit Shield Protects Coal Co.
• EPA Moves To Bury Alaska Copper Mine Suit
• FERC 'Essential' To Clean Power Plan Success, Chair Says
• EPA Asks Second Circ. To Restore Water Transfer Rule
• Wind Project Investment Passes $30B In 2014, Report Says
• Texas City Fights Off Bid To Remand Drilling Ban Suit
• DOI May Owe Attys' Fees In Mining Permit Row, 9th Circ. Says
• Pa. Bill Would Allow Integration Of Multiple Gas Leases
• Oil And Gas Groups Challenge EPA's GHG Reporting Rule
• DuPont Hiding Docs In Bad Drinking Water MDL, Class Says
• Obama's Offshore Plan Opens Up Atlantic To Drilling
• Atty Blasts 'Baseless' DQ Bid In Enviro Settlement Fight
• How To Develop Alongside Endangered Species In Pa.
• Obama Floats Broader Drilling Ban In Arctic Wildlife Area
• Democrats Stall Keystone XL Pipeline Bill In Senate
• NextEra Energy Unit Plans 3 New Solar Plants In Fla.
• BP's Deepwater Response Was 'Extraordinary,' Witnesses Say
• Steel Cos. 'Potentially Responsible' In L.A. CERCLA Suit
• KBR Seeks 10th Circ. Rehearing in $2M Pipeline Pollution Row
• NJ High Court Rejects Limitations Period For Spill Suits
• NJ Lawmakers Try To Force Offshore Wind Farm Approval
• EPA Proposes Tighter Uranium Mining Standards
• High Court Denies River Shipper's Oil Pollution Act Case
• King & Spalding Lures 2 Enviro Partners From Kirkland & Ellis
• EPA Tells DC Circ. States' Power Plant Rule Fight Premature
• Wyoming Will Beef Up Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules
• Toxic NJ Land Warrants Nominal Property Tax, Court Says
• Justices Won't Hear Oil Co. Challenge To DOI Spill Rules
• High Court Rejects Ex-BP Exec's Appeal In Obstruction Case
• EPA Mercury Rule Ignores Billions In Costs, Industry Says
• Justices Keep $24M Capeco Insurance Distribution Intact
• Exxon Gets Oil Pipeline Spill Penalty Trimmed To $1M
• New Coal Ash Standard May Reignite Tax-Exempt Bond Market
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Ballard Spahr's Peter Haviland
• Visteon's Bid For $8M Pollution Coverage Axed By 7th Circ.
• Garlock Claims Of Dirty Tactics To Renew Transparency Push
• Obama Nominates EPA Deputy Chief, Other Posts
• Ethanol Industry Urges DC Circ. To Review EPA's Gas Rule
• NJ Enviro, Planning Groups Seek Veto Of Meadowlands Bill
• Feds Say BP, Anadarko Can Handle Max Deepwater Penalties
• Industry Lacks Standing In CO2 Waste Suit, DC Circ. Told
• DOI Eyes 300K Acres Off NC For Offshore Wind Leasing
• ARCO Says $43M Agreement Frees It Of Superfund Cleanup
• 11 Ways To Reform NY's Brownfield Cleanup Program
• Ex-Contractor For NJ Watershed Agency Cops To Bribery
• 'Whale Wars' Host Can't Sink Ship Owner's $3M Libel Suit
• NJ High Court Boosts Towns In Enviro Zoning Fights
• Industry Groups Fire Back At EPA Over Small Boiler Rules
• Feds Highlight Economic Harm To Gulf In BP Penalty Trial
• A Data Security Checklist For Companies Hiring Law Firms
• Insurers Say Chemtura Can't Tap Predecessors' Policies
• Ex-Im Bank Escapes Enviro Suit Over $90M Export Guarantee
• DOE Unveils $56M In Electric Car Development Loans
• Corps Can't Stop PortMiami Dredging Suit, Enviros Say
• 5 Ways Technology Is Driving Real Estate Development
• Hess Drains Well Pollution Suit After Excluding Expert
• Wolf's DEP Pick Heralds Uptick In Pa. Drilling Enforcement
• Weil Reps Centerbridge In $1.2B Deal For Wind Turbine Co.
• River Shipper Liable For $23M Oil Spill Cleanup, Judge Says
• Pa. Oil And Gas Royalty Bills Clear Senate Committee
• Tracking The Transparency Of Enviro Justice Policies
• Miami-Dade Officials Accelerate Response To Sea Level Rise
• Gasco, US Say Enviros Unharmed By Drilling Project
• US Urges High Court Not To Review Oil Lease Dispute
• BP Downplays Deepwater Spill's Effects, Say Gov't Witnesses
• SunEdison Nabs $106M Funding For UK Solar Farms
• ITC Clears Path For Hefty China, Taiwan Solar Panel Duties
• Senate Backs Climate Change In Keystone XL Debate
• Texas Energy Lobby Backs Challenge To Houston Air Law
• Obama's Fast Track Bid Sets Stage For Trade Turf War
• Atty Avoids Sanctions Over Leaked Email In Derailment Suit
• 11th Circ. Won't Rehear Camp Lejeune Drinking Water Suit
• House OKs Bill To Speed Up Natural Gas Pipeline Permits
• Baker Botts Sued By Would-Be Client Over Email Disclosure
• Cleantech Co. Hid Termination Of Sales Exec, Investor Says
• Top 10 Trade Secrets Developments Of 2014: Part 2
• EPA Methane Strategy May Sit On Policy Back Burner
• Exxon, DuPont To Pay $3M For Texas Superfund Cleanup
• Garlock Says Attys Told Asbestos Clients To Hide Evidence
• BP Penalty Trial Witness Says Deepwater Caused Social Harm
• EPA Fights Back on Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
• Senate Begins Keystone Debate Amid WH Veto Threat
• Montana Gov. Declares Emergency After Pipeline Spill
• BP Deepwater Penalty Should Near $13.7B Max, Feds Say
• Hogan Lovells Faces Disqualification Bid In Cleanup Row
• Shell Units Cough Up $900K For Fudging Fuel Emissions Info
• GE To Convert Memphis Plant From Coal to Gas
• Supreme Court Won't Hear Appeal Over Ohio Landfill Cleanup
• Wis. High Court Case Will Impact Farm Insurance Policies
• BP Faces Final Reckoning In 3rd Deepwater Trial
• Enviros To Appeal Toss Of $641M Exxon Toxic Emissions Suit
• SunEdison Nabs $590M In Financing To Back First Wind Buy
• Landowners' Contamination Coverage Suit Partially Revived
• GOP Lawmakers Question FERC's Role In EPA Carbon Plan
• Sens. Float Keystone Amendment Nixing Ethanol Fuel Mandate
• Fracking Bans May Trigger Civil Authority Coverage After All
• NJ-Army Corps Dunes Project Survives, With A Warning
• Prosecutors Aided 'Sham' Wildfire Probe, Sierra Pacific Says
• DOE Eyes 2016 For Nuclear Waste Plant Restart In $242M Plan
• Ex-BP Exec Wants Gov't Experts Axed From Obstruction Trial
• Changes To Japan's Feed-In Tariff Scheme Are Coming
• Environmental Group of the Year: Sidley Austin
• San Antonio Not Immune In Fee Fight, Texas High Court Told
• 6th Circ. Tightens Time Limits For $30M Cleanup Claims
• US Chamber, NAM Come Out Against Houston Clean Air Law
• Texas Justices Weigh Insurer Liability For PRP Letters
• Deepwater Trial Judge Caps BP's Spill Fine At $13.7B
• $3B Indiana Highway Given Greenlight As Judge Tosses Suit
• DOT Delays Release Of Stricter Oil Rail Transport Rules
• FWS May Back Off Controversial Endangered Listing For Bat
• Moniz Says DOE Reforms Will Focus On Cleanups, Funding
• US Tells 8th Circ. Tire Co. Must Pay $3M Superfund Tab
• Wis. Gov. Walker Plots Suit Over EPA Power Plant Proposal
• Sierra Club Sues USFS To Force Review Of Mich. Pipeline
• Whirlpool Case Is Instructive Of Rule 23(a) Requirements
• Fukushima Case May Impact Global Nuclear Liability Law
• Pa. Gov.-Elect Taps Former Agency Brass For Enviro Posts
• Environmental Group of the Year: Morgan Lewis
• Houston Plant Tells Texas Justices City Can't Shut Off Service
• Cabot Oil Dodges Bulk Of Pa. Drilling Pollution Suit
• A Shift In Discoverability Of Litigation Hold Notices?
• Feds Clear Texas Plant To Store Nuclear Waste
• Proposed Methane Cuts Feasible Despite Energy Cos.' Fears
• Biz Groups Launch Ballot Initiative To Expand Fla. Solar Market
• Conflicts DQ Atty In Fight Over Enviro Settlement, Court Told
• NSA Escapes Think Tank's Suit Over EPA Docs
• Clearford Water Nabs $100M Funding For Ontario System
• Enviros Call Regulatory Reform Bill An 'Attack' On Safeguards
• Chamber Head Says Trimming Regs Is Top Goal For 2015
• Obama Announces Major Cuts To Oil, Gas Methane Emissions
• Calif. AG Sets Sights On Influential Role At US Senate
• Fla. Water District Wants Suit Over Mitigation Bank Tossed
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Katten Muchin
• EPA Floats New Rules On Oil Spill Dispersants
• Army Escapes Developer's $37M Contamination Suit
• EPA Data Backs BMW False Fuel-Economy Claims, Judge Told
• BMS, Citi, Others On Hook For $92M NJ Superfund Settlement
• Stop Sending Me Emails, Judge Says To Deepwater Attys
• Obama's Social Cost Of Carbon Estimate Too Low, Study Says
• Calif. AG Kamala Harris Launches Bid For Boxer's Seat
• Senate Advances Keystone Pipeline Construction Bill
• 5 Hurdles Keystone Pipeline Must Yet Clear
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams
• Justices Won't Take Up Case Over Calif. Fish Protections
• Suntech's US Units Hit Ch. 11 As Part Of Global Reorganization
• Montreal Maine Shells Out $200M To Train Crash Victims
• Pa. Utility Regulators To Review PGW Gas Pipeline Safety
• High Court Denies Due Process Appeal Over Miss. River Spill
• SunEdison, Adani To Build $4B Solar Panel Plant In India
• IFC May Invest In $11B Dangote Fertilizer, Oil Refinery
• Exxon, Chevron Dodge Some Claims In Waste Disposal Suit
• Honeywell Hit With Chemical Cleanup Suit Over Ohio Site
• House Bill Would Ban Drilling On Alaska's Arctic Coast
• 5th Circ., In Narrow Vote, Denies Review Of BP Spill Liability
• BP Can't Oust Admin For Deepwater Claims, 5th Circ. Told
• US Army Awards $185M For Radioactive Waste Mitigation
• Environmental Practice Group Of The Year: Gibson Dunn
• Trucking Cos. Lack Standing In Tailpipe Rule Row, EPA Says
• New Pa. High Court Should Rethink Fracking, PUC Chair Says
• New Calif. Clean Energy Goals Need Projects Of All Sizes
• Enviros Sue Feds For Gulf Offshore Fracking Info
• Convicted Terrorist Freed After Feds Admit Withholding Docs
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Water Contamination in Ky., W.Va.
• House Greenlights Keystone XL Construction Bill
• Sunrun Secures $195M To Finance Rooftop Solar Projects
• House Report May Taper Hopes For Clean Power Plan
• Nebraska Supreme Court Upholds Keystone Route
• Law Schools Are (Finally) Teaching 'The Biz' Of Lawyering
• Pa. Ruling On Parks Drilling Weakens Enviro Amendment
• 3 Freedom Industries Execs Plead Not Guilty Over Chem Spill
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Allow Clawbacks From $9.2B Settlement
• De Blasio Says No More Plastic Foam Products For NYC
• Ala. Can't Duck BP's $100M Offset Claims In Deepwater Suit
• Senate Enviro Leader Barbara Boxer To Step Down In 2016
• EPA Fines DuPont For Alleged Clean Air Violations At NJ Plant
• 20 Years In, Jury's Still Out On EPA's Enviro Justice Push
• NY Tax Panel Says Fed Deductions Disqualify Green Credit
• Bridgestone To Fork Over Part Of $85M Ohio CERCLA Tab
• NY Court Upholds Travelers' Win In Gas Plant Cleanup Row
• States Ask 10th Circ. To Reconsider EPA Reservation Ruling
• India Seeks Bids For 300MW Of Solar Power On Military Land
• Tenn. Utility Plant Is Polluting Groundwater, State Says
• Senate Committee Clears Keystone Approval Bill
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Archer & Greiner's Phil Cha
• EPA Coal Ash Rules May Hasten Power Plant Closures
• Calif. Fixes Timing Problem For Post-Trial Motions
• EPA Official Predicts Big 2015 For Enviro Justice Effort
• NJ Lawmakers Rally Against Offshore LNG Plant
• Google, Prudential Back Scatec Solar's $188M Utah Plant
• 99 Cents Only Stores Pays $2.4M In Dumping Settlement
• Insurer Owes Visteon $8M For Factory Cleanup, 7th Circ. Told
• SolarCity, JPMorgan Partner In $350M Solar Projects Fund
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Fracking Chemicals Disclosure
• EPA Delays Power Plant Emissions Rules Until Mid-Summer
• Macquarie Takes €720M Stake In German Offshore Wind Farm
• 3rd Circ. Urged To OK Limits On Doctors' Use Of Fracking Info
• Pa. Court Axes Enviro Challenge To State Park Gas Leases
• Secrets To In-House Cost Control
• Fracking Bans Don't Trigger Civil Authority Coverage
• Hueston, Hennigan Ditch Irell To Form White Collar Boutique
• Shell Pays $83.5M To Settle 2008 Nigeria Oil Spill Claims
• Upstate NY Class Certified Over Coke Co.'s Contamination
• Texas Court Won't Rehear Sierra Club Suits Over Waste Permit
• Army Corps Shakes Enviro Suit Over $124M Flood Project
• Scotts Denies 'Scare Tactics' In Toxic Bird Food Suit
• US Says Shipper's Oil Pollution Act Challenge 'Not Warranted'
• GDF Suez Tapped As Preferred Bidder For South African Solar
• SD Commission Denies Bid To Stop Keystone Recertification
• US To Implement Dolphin-Safe Rules For Seafood Imports
• Final EPA Hazardous Waste Rule Will Discourage Recycling
• Teck Metals Can't Dodge River Pollution Injury Suit
• Spain's Abengoa, PE Firm Form Renewables-Focused JV
• GOP-Led Congress Pushes Keystone XL Amid Veto Threat
• Toyota Unleashes 5,700 Fuel Cell Patents For No-Royalty Use
• Alcoa Accused Of Hiding PCBs In New Jersey Property Sale
• NC Fracking Commission Unconstitutional, Enviro Group Says
• Duke Says Coal Ash Enforcement Blocks Citizen Suit In NC
• NRDC Tells 9th Circ. EPA Ignores Flea Collar Chemical Risks
• NJ Boardwalk Owner Seeks To Stop Army Corps Dune Project
• Safeway To Pay $9.9M To Settle Waste Disposal Claims
• 9th Circ. Rejects Challenge To Idaho Timber-Thinning Project
• Governor Wants Half Of Calif.'s Power To Be Green By 2030
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Crowell & Moring's Elliott Laws
• Canadian Solar Sells 2 Ontario Plants To PE Firm
• Solvent Group To Sue EPA Over Hazardous Chemical Inaction
• Morris & Clemm Tried To Force Unearned Fee, Pa. Court Says
• Judge Trims Property Owners' Pipeline Contamination Suit
• Enviros Urge 5th Circ. To Uphold La. Frog Habitat Decision
• BLM Approval Upheld For Artist Christo's Ark. River Project
• Arkansas City Agrees To $200M Sewer System Fix
• Commerce Won't Probe Alleged Hacking In Solar Trade Fight
• 12 Building Blocks Of A Digital Law Library
• Pa. Environmental Enforcement Will Increase Under Wolf
• Entergy Hits DOE With New Nuclear Waste Disposal Suit
• Seeping Manure Isn't 'Liquid Gold,' Wis. High Court Says
• FWS To Consider Monarch Butterfly ESA Protection
• Environmental Cases To Watch In 2015
• Time May Be Running Out For Large-Scale Solar Projects
• EPA Gives Final Nod To Texas' Flexible Air Permit Program
• $1B Solar Project's Owners Can Intervene In Tribes' DOI Suit
• Environmental Legislation And Regulation To Watch In 2015
• Enviros Ask FERC To Revisit Pa., NY Gas Pipeline Approval
• FERC Greenlights Cheniere's Texas LNG Project
• 2015: Judiciary, Lawyers And Law Schools At The Precipice