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Environmental - February, 2015

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• Crown Says Travelers, Ace Should Pay Dump Cleanup Costs
• DOE Owes $22.5M More In Nuclear Plant Cleanup Damages
• BP Asks 5th Circ. To Allow Clawbacks From $9.2B Settlement
• Christie Slammed For $250M Deal In $9B Exxon Pollution Row
• NRDC Sues EPA Over Butterfly-Damaging Pesticide
• Pa. Gov. Urges Obama To Beef Up Oil Rail Transport Safety
• US Scores Partial Win In $67M Nuclear Fuel Dispute
• Property Owners Win Cert. In General Mills Superfund Action
• Murray Urges Immediate Action To Stop EPA's Carbon Rule
• PG&E Can't Escape SF Fishermen's Toxic Waste Suit
• DOI Provides $60M To Tribes In Water Rights Pact
• Scanning The Post-Burlington Northern CERCLA Landscape
• 3 Deepwater Attys Disqualified Over Improper Referral Fees
• St. Paul Owes $6.3M In Atty Fees In Katrina Insurance Beef
• Texas Appeals Court Boots Suit Over $100M Water Project
• Industry, Enviros Slam EPA Incinerator Rule
• Google Invests $300M In SolarCity's $750M Project Fund
• EPA, Enviros, States, Biz Back Mercury Rule At High Court
• Enviros, Others Press Calif. Gov. For Fracking Moratorium
• Recovery Of Superfund Defense Costs Follows A Paper Trail
• Sens. Join Congressional Push To Kill Ethanol Fuel Mandate
• 2nd Judge Halts TransCanada's Keystone Condemnations
• EU High Court Says Czech Tax On Green Permits Violates Law
• Yates: A Welcome End To Prosecutorial 'Fishing' Expedition
• Biofuel Execs Can't Waive Atty-Client Privilege, US Says
• Attorneys React To High Court's Sarbanes-Oxley 'Fish' Ruling
• High Court SOX Fish Ruling Cuts Hole In Prosecutors' Net
• BP Rips 'New' Evidence In $266B Atlantis FCA Suit
• GOP Reintroduces Bills Overhauling EPA Board, Data Use
• ACA Backers Take Heart In High Court's SOX Ruling
• PennEast's $1B Pipeline Plan Has Big Enviro Costs, FERC Told
• Calif. Appeals Court Backs State Cap-And-Trade Rules
• Enbridge Joins USFS In Mich. Pipeline Review Suit
• Scarinci Hollenbeck Lures Ex-Wolff & Samson Enviro Atty
• DC Circ. Hears Texas-Led 'Good Neighbor' Air Rule Challenge
• DC Circ. Nixes Enviros' Bid To Revive EPA Ammo Suit
• Katrina Example Negates Freedom Industries' DQ Bid, US Says
• Additional-Insured Concerns Surface In Deepwater Horizon
• Justices Say SOX Shredding Provision Doesn't Apply To Fish
• Ultra Resources Dodges Suit Over 'Adjacent' Fracking Sites
• Feds Look To Buck Wyoming's Wild Horse Management Claims
• EPA Updates Fuel Rating Testing Standards For Vehicles
• 2nd Circ. Says Amtrak Too Late In NY Eminent Domain Suit
• Calif.'s Plastic Bag Ban Suspended Amid Ballot Referendum
• 4 Hurdles Real Estate Developers Face In California
• Pa. Judge Axes EQT's $1.2M Fracking Spill Fine Challenge
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Soot Emissions From Coal Plants, Cars
• Obama Vetoes Keystone XL Bill
• High Court Says Neb. Violated Water Deal, Must Pay $1.8M
• First Solar, SunPower Plot Joint Yieldco
• Emerging Trends In Corporate Sustainability Reporting
• BP Can't Appeal Deepwater Gross Negligence, 5th Circ. Told
• CH2M Doubles Down On Hogan DQ Bid In Cleanup Row
• Metal Producers Globe, FerroAtlantica Ink $3B Merger
• CSX Agrees To Shell Out For 2014 Oil Spill In Virginia River
• NJ Assembly Backs Revised Microbead Ban
• NC Man Collected Fake $2.3M Deepwater Claim, Feds Charge
• Bayer, Pharmacia Blast Double Recovery Try For CERCLA Site
• Army Corps Escapes Enviro Suit Over 150-MW Wind Project
• Ex-Im Bank Stuck With ESA Suit In Barrier Reef LNG Projects
• EPA Answers And Rejects Concerns About Texas Coal Plants
• Exxon Fights $1M Oil Pipeline Spill Penalty
• Fracking Study Is Another Tool For Defense Counsel
• Using Patents To Curtail Climate Change: A Proposal
• This Week In Congress: Avoiding A DHS Funding Showdown
• Duke Touts $102M Ash Spill Deal As Feds File Charges
• Enviro Groups Slam Duke Energy's Bid To Nix Coal Ash Suit
• DOI Proposes New Arctic Drilling Regs For Offshore Alaska
• ND Comes Out To Defend DOI's Coal Leasing Program
• EPA Sinks Enviros' Ocean Acidification Suit
• Harris County Asks For Int'l Paper River Pollution Retrial
• Southern Co. Unit Nabs 2 Ga. Solar Projects
• World Bank Outdoes Itself With $600M In Green Bonds
• Fukushima Operator Says Sailors' $1B Suit Belongs In Japan
• Lockheed Says Goodyear Can't Revive Fee Bid In Cleanup Row
• Calpine, Harvard Law Professors Defend EPA Carbon Plan
• Texas Justices Take Up Case Over Houston Clean Air Law
• FERC Greenlights Puerto Rico Offshore LNG Project
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: LeClairRyan's Corbin Walker
• The Little Bat That Could Threaten The Energy Industry
• Dam's Neighbors Aren't Liable For Upkeep, NY Court Says
• DOJ And 7 Cos. Reach $5.9M Deal In EPA Fire Cleanup
• EPA Issues Final Texas GHG Permit To Bring $200M Plant
• EPA Defends Small Boiler Rule At DC Circ.
• Ohio Fracking Ruling Leaves Some Leeway For Local Control
• Seneca Accuses Pa. Town Of Unlawfully Blocking Waste Well
• Rural Energy Group Urges FERC To Rein In Clean Power Plan
• Supreme Court Must Revisit CERCLA Decision, Ariz. Says
• NY AG Floats Bill To Ban Cosmetic Microbeads
• Enviros Sue To Stop Calif. Offshore Fracking Permits
• Pa. Bills Push Utilities To Use Renewables, Conserve Gas
• Calif. Court Tosses Challenge To $477M Basketball Arena
• Renewable Energy Tech Co. SolarEdge Files For $125M IPO
• Whistleblowers Say New Info Should Revive $266B BP Suit
• BP Loses Bid To Lower $13.7B Deepwater Penalty Cap
• Texas High Court Fuels Uncertainty Over Trespass Claims
• International Paper Settles Enviro Claims Over LA Runoff
• Duke Expects To Pay $100M To Resolve Coal Ash Spill Probe
• Steptoe Nabs 4 Attys Conflicted Out Of Locke Lord Edwards
• Energy Cos. Get Ammo For Coastal Damage Fights In La. Win
• Citgo Shakes Insurance Claims In MTBE MDL
• EPA Proposes New CWA Analysis Methods
• EPA Overhauls Emissions Data Reporting Requirements
• Steel Co. Can't Enforce Draft Compact In LA Pollution Row
• NJ Nabs $346 Million In Settlements And Judgments In 2014
• Feds Pushed To Safeguard Birds From Wind Farm Blades
• BP's Past $2.7B Payouts Can't Trim Deepwater Fine, Feds Say
• Calif. Case Could Shape Enviro Permit Challenge Rights
• LNG Permit Control Key To Clean Power Plan: FERC
• UK Gives Nod To World's Largest Offshore Wind Project
• Steadfast Fights Hogan Lovells DQ Bid In Cleanup Row
• Enviros Sue Calif. City Over Stormwater Runoff Pollution
• BP, Feds Dispute Liabilities In Deepwater Penalty Trial
• BP, Chevron Shake Levee Board's Coastal Damage Suit
• Executive Powers Protect US Base In Japan From Enviro Suit
• Ga. Nuclear Plant Could Cost $8B To Finish, Commission Says
• Fla. Solar Ballot Initiative Clears Hurdle For Court Review
• EPA's McCarthy Hints At Flexibility For Clean Power Plan
• A Look At The Gov't Plan To Combat Wildlife Trafficking
• Ohio Supreme Court Squashes Local Fracking Bans
• Fire from Derailed Oil Train Continues To Burn In W.Va.
• Lewis Brisbois Lands Ex-Blank Rome Energy, Insurance Pro
• Framework For Fracking Regulation Begins To Flesh Out
• PE Firm Actis Forms $1.9B African Renewables JV
• Calif. Continues To Lead The Charge On Climate Reform
• USDA Clears Genetically Modified Apples That Don't Brown
• Deepwater Horizon Ruling Keeps Policyholders On Toes
• Legislation, Lawsuits Target Mexican Gray Wolf Status
• Lockheed, Others Tell Justices States Get CERCLA Deference
• Real Estate Rumor Mill: Kaplan, SolarCity, RelayHealth
• 5th Circ. Shuts Down BP Deepwater Whistleblower Suit
• Troutman Sanders Strategies Adds Ex-NC Enviro Counsel
• Enbridge Seeks Voice In Enviro Suit Over Mich. Pipeline
• EPA Floats New Restrictions On Aerospace Industry Emissions
• Curbing Contingency Fee Arrangements With State AGs
• EPA Defends Clean Power Plan's Legitimacy At DC Circ.
• Saeta Yield Prices $545M IPO At Bottom Of Range
• IBM Settles NY Village's $100M Contamination Suit
• Feds Unveil Renewed Alaska Offshore Drilling Effort
• DOI Rules Will Drastically Impact Alaska Land Management
• Texas Justices Deny BP's Bid For $750M Transocean Coverage
• Nixon Peabody Nabs Manatt Real Estate Pro In LA
• Gas Prices Lengthen Odds On Pa. Gov's Shale Tax Plan
• GE Argues Sailors' $1B Fukushima Suit Doesn't Belong In US
• Feds Nab Art-Theft Suspect Who Escaped During Atty Meeting
• Oil Slowdown Won't Stop Enviro Fights Over Eagle Ford
• Judge Orders Halt To Neb. Keystone Condemnations
• Industries, Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Sink Large Boiler Rule
• $5B Dominion Pipeline To Cut Costs By $337M, Report Says
• Insurer's Late-Notice Defense Revived In Estee Lauder Row
• Hudson Must Cover NYU In Post-9/11 Injury Rows, Suit Says
• Enviros Petition DC Circ. To Protect EPA Emissions Policy
• 7th Circ. Weighs Challenge To EPA's Chicago Water Pact
• Ethanol Industry Can't Challenge Gas Rule, EPA Says
• LNG Facilities Outside NYC? Not So Fast
• 3 Brown White Attys Launch New Litigation Firm Kaedian
• Shell Unit's Bid To Pare Puerto Rico's MTBE MDL Fails
• Disney Winds Down 6-Year Enviro Battle Over Studio Runoff
• Keystone Pipeline Likely Has Life After Veto
• Mich. Court Says US Doesn't Have Pay For Superfund Cleanup
• Pa. Capital Plans Sewer System Upgrades To Settle CWA Suit
• Nationwide Can't Force Arbitration In Cleanup Defense Row
• Obama Administration Targets Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
• House Sends Keystone Approval Bill To Obama
• USDA Puts Up $280M For Rural Clean Energy Projects
• Pa.'s New Gov. Unveils Shale Tax Plan To Fund Schools
• Hoboken Condos OK'd To Intervene In Pier Development Spat
• Senate Republicans Blast EPA Over Clean Power Plan
• Apple Plunks Down $848M On Calif. Solar Farm
• Ex-Freedom Exec Wants US Attys DQ'd From Spill Suit
• Proposed Rail Rule Seems On Track To Cover Safety Issues
• GCs Name Best Of The Best Attorneys
• Army Corps Violated Clean Water Act In Alaska, Suit Says
• 5th Circ. Urged To Deny BP Clawback From $9.2B Settlement
• 5 Firms Boast The Most Client-Savvy Attorneys
• DC Circ. Told EPA Must Regulate Animal Feedlots
• Enviros Ask Commerce To Detail Oil Ban Exemptions
• NJ Bill Would Heighten Access Standard For Pilgrim Pipeline
• Kentucky Coal Plant Can Make The Switch To Gas
• NY Sens. Urge FERC To Delay Algonquin Pipeline Decision
• Wildlife Service 'Sue And Settle' Suits Moved To DC MDL
• SuperValu Settles With EPA Over Stormwater Discharge
• GCs Give Top Marks To 7 Standout Associates
• 8th Circ. Ends American Safety Gas Pipe Leak Coverage Row
• GCs Name Cream Of The Crop Litigators
• API Head Slams Obama's Offshore Drilling Plan
• Hollingsworth Snags New Partner For Enviro Practice
• Calif. Says Changes Coming For Aquifer Injection Wells
• Gov't Wants Enviros' Suit Over Cooling Water Rule Tossed
• Minority Powerbrokers Q&A: Wilson Elser's Angela Russell
• High Court Ensures Split Over Gatekeeping Role Persists
• Bankrupt Longview Reaches $22M Deal To Upgrade Coal Plant
• Md. General Assembly To Mull 8-Year Fracking Ban
• The Case For Professionalizing Pro Bono Services
• Secrecy Pacts Off-Limits In Scotts Bird Food Suit, Judge Says
• Yieldcos Show Promise For Renewable Energy
• Class Action Targets Chiquita Over Guatemalan Eco-Damage
• Duke To Invest Up To $225M Into REC Solar Projects
• DOD Has No Objections To Keystone XL Pipeline
• Xcel Wind Project Can Snub Locals, Minn. Appeals Court Says
• Enviros Move To Block EPA's Dow Herbicide Approval
• States, Industry Slam EPA Cross-State Air Rule At DC Circ.
• Foley Adds Ex-Florida DEP Secretary Vinyard
• Chevron Sues Apex Over $30M Cleanup Of Pipeline Leak
• USDA Leaves Door Open For Timber Import Law Exceptions
• US Agrees To $31M Cleanup Settlement With ABB
• Contracts Are Still King After Pa. Oil Drilling Case
• Exxon Off Hook For Calif. City's Water Pollution Cleanup
• EU Tightens Seal Import Ban To Comply With WTO Ruling
• Drillers In Limbo As Texas High Court Punts Trespass Issue
• Con Ed Can't Wipe Out $24M Gas Plant Cleanup Suit
• Proposed Prop 65 Rules Won't Please Calif. Businesses
• Obama Calls Climate Change A National Security Threat
• The State Of Play In 2015: Year Of The Regulator
• Judge OKs ATP's Settlement Over Deepwater Drilling Claims
• Tougher Oil Rail Transport Rules Sent To White House
• Freedom Industries Execs Seek Delay Of Chemical Spill Trial
• Interior Dept. To Hold Gulf Oil, Gas Lease Sale In March
• Enviros Want En Banc DC Circ. Hearing On Spent Ammo Rule
• Texas Justices Dodge Underground Water Trespass Question
• Keystone XL Will Shape Energy Debate For 114th Congress
• Enviros Brace For Fight Over Fla. Conservation Funding
• Obama's Enviro Budget May Be Wishful Thinking
• EPA To Evaluate nPB Hazardous Pollutant Petition
• URS Corp. Off Hook In LA Steel Mill Pollution Suit
• NJ Appeals Court Backs DEP Permit For Pavilion Construction
• Texas Court Axes $2.6M Award Over Enviro Contamination
• NJ Senate Passes Bill To Force Offshore Wind Approval
• NJ Gov. Signs Controversial Meadowlands Agency Bill
• NYC Hit With $22M Contract Suit Over Sludge Ships
• Chevron, BP, Others Slip More La. Oil Field Canal Claims
• Alaska House Assails Proposed Drilling Ban In Arctic Refuge
• Dominion Plans $700M In Va. Solar Projects
• Trucker Lobby Wants Calif.'s Trailer Emission Rules Nixed
• Asbestos Attys Face Off At Hearing Over Claims Transparency
• Alleged BP Whistleblower Fired For Behavior, 5th Circ. Told
• Lawmakers Roll Out New Bill To Kill Ethanol Fuel Mandate
• DOE Joins Shell Canada For Carbon Storage Tests
• Texas Bill Would Codify TCEQ Discretion In Permit Fights
• Astra Oil Wants Last Claim Nixed In Puerto Rico Blast Suit
• Fla. Gov. Says Obama Budget Underfunds Everglades Project
• DOE Pulls Plug On $1.7B Clean-Coal Plant Project
• EPA Tightens Wood Heater Emissions Standards
• Pattern Energy Seeks To Raise $351M In Stock Offering
• Utilities Back 8th Circ. Push Against Minn. Emissions Law
• Del. University Sued For Axing $1B Project After Protests
• EPA Head Tells Panel CWA Jurisdiction Rule No Power Grab
• 10th Circ. Frees Travelers In KBR $2M Pipeline Leak Row
• AMR, EPA Strike Deal Over $39M Superfund Claim
• Calif. Seems Set To Solve Split On Oil Rail Shipments
• Avoid Spoliation Anxiety With Litigation Readiness Plans
• BP Tells 5th Circ. Deepwater Claims Admin Has Conflict
• 9th Circ. Urged To Revive $300M Kinder Morgan Spill Suit
• Travelers Can't Shake Auto Parts Facility Cleanup Costs
• US Tells ATP Ch. 7 Judge To Ignore Objections, OK Deal
• Enviros Threaten To Sue EPA Over Emissions Standards
• EPA Urged To Close Wells Allegedly Polluting Calif. Water
• Travelers Can't Escape Coverage For Mich. Superfund Cleanup
• Dickinson Wright Expands Into Ky. With 8 Hires
• Paint Manufacturers Lose Bid To Block Calif. Disposal Regs
• United National Loses Coverage Bid In Cleanup Cost Row
• EPA, NOAA Reject Ore. Coastal Pollution Program
• EPA Says Keystone Pipeline Could Increase GHGs
• Japanese Shipper Pays $1.8M Over Illegal Oil Disposal
• Consol Energy Coal Unit Faces New W.Va. Pollution Suit
• Canadian Solar Pays $265M For Sharp Solar Energy Unit
• A Project Owner's Primer On Delay In Startup Insurance
• 5 Tips For Lasting Law Firm Success
• TCI Inherited Responsibility For Zinc Cleanup, Judge Rules
• Anadarko Deepwater Horizon Penalties A Mistake, Expert Says
• High Court Asked To Uphold Wetlands Designation
• Minn. Plant Emissions Law Unconstitutional, 8th Circ. Told
• DOI Denies Duty To Review Impact Of Coal Leasing Program
• Obama's 2016 Budget Shows Clean Air, Water, Energy Focus
• Obama Budget Offers $4B Carrot For Power Plant Carbon Cuts