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Environmental - November, 2015

306 articles

• Feds Seek Quick End To Fracking Rule Suit, Oppose Stay
• 11th Circ. Says Ala. Enviros Can't Appeal Interim EPA Finding
• Wash. Utility Slams BIA's $65M Demand For Reservation Fire
• Southern Co. Picks Up 51% Stake In Texas Solar Project
• Clean-Water Exec Describes Adam Skelos Pay Demand
• Anadarko Must Pay $159M For 2010 Deepwater Spill
• NY Investor Claims Contract Exists In Peru Mining Row
• Enviro Groups Seek Quick End To Nestle Water Bottling Row
• Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo Cut Back On Coal Financing
• EBRD Tags $500M For Egyptian Solar Energy Program
• EPA Boosts Renewable Fuel Standards
• North Carolina Decries EPA Coal-Ash Cleanup Delays
• House Reauthorizes Safe Drinking Water Assistance Program
• VW To Recall 2.5M Cars In Germany Over Emissions Fraud
• High Court Won't Hear Mexican States' Deepwater Spill Appeal
• Giant LA Development Blocked Over Environmental Concerns
• How Trial Counsel Can Take Advantage Of New Federal Rules
• In Congress: Much To Be Done Before Dec. 11
• How China Now Enforces Its Environmental Protection Law
• Enviros Blast Texas Agency Over Delayed Pollution Permits
• Gov't Sees No Reason To Rethink Tribe's Challenge To Casino
• Sierra Club Takes Mich. Pipeline Fight To 6th Circ.
• Calif. City Loses Appeal Of Insurance Coverage Dispute
• Fed. Circ. Won't Alter Injury Findings In Wind Tower Case
• Volkswagen Devises Fix For European Diesels
• Health, Enviro Orgs Seek To Join EPA Ozone Row In DC Circ.
• Murray Energy Can't Depose EPA Boss, 4th Circ. Rules
• OPINION: In Search Of Our Best Law Firm Selves
• Global Climate Deal Would Boost CPP's Survival Chances
• NY-NJ Bridge Enviro Study Is Solid, Judge Says
• Truckers' Appeal Of Calif. Emission Rule Flops At DC Circ.
• 6 Key Questions Facing The $20B Hudson Tunnel Project
• Pa. Judge Allows Town's Gas Drilling Ordinance To Stand
• 2nd Fla. Solar Energy Ballot Item Heads To State High Court
• GOP Reps. Want More Time For Comment On Methane Rules
• PE Firm Can't Rewrite $100M Enviro Co. Buy, Rival Says
• Alaska, Natives Ask Justices To Keep Fed Laws Off Their Land
• Sutherland Picks Up Former Kaye Scholer Energy Finance Pro
• Google Invests In Solar Power For NC Server Farm
• Colo. AG, Gov. Spar Over Authority To Fight Clean Power Plan
• House Lawmakers Seek To Defund EPA Clean Water Rule
• ATP Execs Dodge Final Part Of Shareholder Suit
• US Can't Ink Paris Climate Deal, CPP Challengers Say
• New Federal Rules Acknowledge It's Time To Drop The 'E'
• La. Law Applies In $80M Sinkhole Coverage Row, Judge Says
• 9th Circ. Erred In Park Service Powers Row, High Court Told
• Conrail Fights Discovery Misconduct Claims In Derailment Row
• Solar Company Takes Chinese Arbitration Fight To 9th Circ.
• Pa. Justices Could Reshape Standards In Enviro Challenges
• Enviros Can't Use Army Corps Suit To Stall Pipeline Permit
• NCR Can't Appeal Superfund Divisibility Finding, Feds Say
• Chesapeake Appalachia To Pay $1.4M Over Pa. Landslide
• Chevron Mining To Appeal NM Cleanup Suit To 10th Circ.
• Enviros Tell DC Circ. $3.8B LNG Project Requires 2nd Look
• Resort Owner Says Atty's Media Interview Justifies DQ Bid
• Ariz. Utility Wants 9th Circ. Review Of SolarCity Antitrust Row
• Cape Wind Asks DC Circ. To Greenlight Offshore Project
• Bellwether Cases Chosen In Syngenta GMO Corn MDL
• Alberta Targets Tar Sands With Carbon Tax, Emissions Cap
• Wind Integration Costs At Issue In Oregon PURPA Dispute
• VW Owners Say BofA, Chase, Wells Fargo Must Pay For Defect
• Eli Lilly Brazil Unit Not Covered In Tort Suits, Insurer Says
• Murray Energy Pushes To Depose EPA Chief In CAA Battle
• Judge In Massey CEO Trial Urged To ID Deliberating Jury
• Gov't Can't Toss WWII NJ Munitions Site Cleanup Suit
• EPA Seeks To Fix Air Pollution Rule After High Court Loss
• Timber Groups Ask High Court To Review Logging Ban
• 5th Circ. Sends Deepwater Insurance Query To Texas Justices
• Sen. Slams BIA For Obstructing Tribal Energy Development
• Fort Dix Commander Scraps NJ Pipeline Route
• Calif. Agency Ducks Most Claims In Enviros' Highway Suit
• House Democrats Ask Obama To Boost Ethanol Mandate
• VW Says EPA's Latest Diesel Claims Extend To 85K Vehicles
• Steel Giant Urges 8th Circ. To Let It Join EPA Haze Suit
• Senate Committee Passes Conservation Fund Renewal
• Syngenta Says Distributors To Blame In GMO Corn MDL
• 9th Circ. Agrees DOI Effort In Calif. Wind Project Was Enough
• Supreme Court Asked To Weigh Greenhouse Gas Rule
• Regulators Have Oil, Gas Sector In Their Sights In 2016
• Feds' Enviro Regulatory Spotlight Falls On Water, Planes
• Kinder Morgan Runs $5B New England Pipeline By FERC
• WTO Slams Door On US Tuna Labeling Appeal
• FERC Stands By $500M Pipeline Upgrade Approval
• 3 Ways Technology Is Changing Law Office Designs
• The Next Dormant Mineral Act Case At Ohio High Court
• FDA Approval Of GE Salmon Labels Likely To Sink Lawsuits
• Chevron Pans 'Publicity Stunt' In Row Over $9.5B Judgment
• Gov't Urged To Team With Industry To Tackle Cyber Risk
• 13 Key Business Objectives For Corporate Legal Departments
• Black Elk, Contractors Indicted For Roles In 2012 Oil Blast
• Florida Commission OKs Plan To Take Water From Rivers
• Sierra Club Tells EPA US Sugar's Fla. Fields Ducking Law
• NJ Appeals Court Says Local Landfill Rules Trump State Law
• Pa. Justices Will Weigh Enviro Challenges To Gas Leasing
• Wash. Urges 9th Circ. To Overturn Water Pollution Order
• Engineered Salmon Is 1st Animal To Win FDA Food Approval
• FERC Greenlights $81M Ky. Natural Gas Pipeline
• FERC Nixes Challenge To Formula Used For Power Auctions
• Enviros Ask 11th Circ. To Look Again At Corps Coal Permits
• ATP To Pay $41M To Settle Gulf Of Mexico Pollution Claims
• Blankenship Jury Must Break Impasse In Conspiracy Trial
• Sierra Club Lawyer Vows Multifront War On Climate Change
• Are Climate Change Disclosure Cases A New Trend?
• Blankenship Jury Asks Judge For Office Phone Recordings
• House Dems Urge DOJ To Prevent BP Spill Tax Deduction
• VW Wants Emissions Fraud Suits In Texas Consolidated
• Relator Blasts PNC's Sanctions Bid In Bailout FCA Suit
• Ex-PTAB Chief Judge Joins Ecolab As Top IP Counsel
• Pilgrim Seeks NY Approval For $1B Bakken Oil Pipeline
• Bill Would Extend Green Energy Tax Breaks, End Oil Benefits
• The 100 Law Firms With The Most Environmental Partners
• Zurich Settles With Oil Drilling Co. Over Fire Coverage
• UK Aims To Snuff Coal-Fired Power Plants By 2025
• New Calif. Oil Wells Risk Habitats, Suit Says
• 3rd Circ. Denies FAA Bid To Nix Residents' NJ Airport Appeal
• Property-Assessed Clean Energy Finance Is Picking Up Steam
• Booker Named In Suit Over Corruption At NJ Water Agency
• Ex-Massey Energy CEO's Criminal Trial Goes To Jury
• Monsanto Tells 9th Circ. GMO Law Backers Lack Standing
• Water Agency Can Challenge Tribal Tax Rule, 9th Circ. Told
• Chemical Producer PQ Hit With $1.7M Pa. Air Pollution Fine
• NJ High Court To Review Dispute Over Oil Tank Leak At Inn
• Union Pacific Slams Asarco's Filing In Basin Cleanup Row
• The 10 Mightiest Environmental Practice Groups
• Senate Votes To Block Controversial EPA Clean Power Plan
• Statoil Follows Shell Out Of The Arctic
• NJ Panel Bounces Oil Leak Row Back To Trial Court
• Prosecutor Misconduct In Calif. Wildfire Ignored, AGs Say
• Miami-Dade Board Delays Boat Show Enviro Permit Vote
• Wash. Judge Trims Tribe's $9M Claim In River Cleanup Suit
• EPA Threatens To Yank NC Permitting Authority
• NJ Justices Will Mull Givaudan Win In Policy Assignment Row
• Clean Power Plan Will Devastate Pa. Coal, Lawmakers Say
• APEC Nations Commit To Promoting Green Trade Growth
• EPA Beefs Up Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
• EQT Says Frack Fine Challenge Can't Wait For Enviro Board
• BP, Shell Move For Win In Calif. Tainted Water Suit
• Recent Trends In Environmental Nuisance Law
• Fla. Lawmakers Introduce Bills To Stop Clean Power Plan
• Feds Asks DC Circ. To Clear Cape Wind Project
• Ranch Tells High Court Not To Review Exxon Water Ruling
• DC Circ. Won't Switch Panels In EPA Boiler Rule Battle
• 10th Circ. Told Tribal Border Fight Is Unlike High Court Case
• Ex-Massey Energy CEO Rests Case Without Calling Witnesses
• Law360's 2015 Practice Group Partner Rankings
• EPA Boss Can Sit Out CAA Job-Loss Suit, 4th Circ. Told
• Lockheed Says 16-Year-Old FCA Suit Still Lacks Any Evidence
• EPA Bans Sale Of Pesticide 9th Circ. Called Risk To Bees
• Enviros Seek Ruling On BLM Fracking Regs To Hasten Appeal
• EPA Improperly Revoked Coal Mine Permit, DC Circ. Told
• Wood Smith Wants Out Of Enviro Suit Over Spat With Client
• Enviros Promise Full Court Press To Sink TPP
• Enviros Tell DC Circ. Wyo. Plan Threatens Gray Wolves
• High Court Won't Review Deepwater Award Denials
• Dominion To Take Over Amazon Solar Plant In Va.
• Frack Spill Appeal May Level Pa. Enforcement Playing Field
• MBTA: Unintended Consequences Of An Old Law
• Should In-House Counsel Use US Contract Terms In Europe?
• FTC Consensus On Green Claims Seems To Be Biodegrading
• Fla. Hit With 2nd Suit Over $237M In Conservation Funds
• NRC Floats Nuclear Reactor Accident Prevention Rule
• Enviros Urge DC Circ. To Vacate Nuclear Waste Storage Rule
• DOE Wants Leftover Electric Car Suit Back
• New Plant Rule Fight Another Front In Clean Power War
• Calif. Ballot Measure Would Shift Rail Money To Water System
• Take Your Marks: An Associate's Guide To Your 1st Big Trial
• BP Says Judge Needn't Revisit Deepwater Reporting Exclusion
• The Clean Power Plan And Congressional Challenges Ahead
• EU Agency Says Debated Pesticide Not Likely Carcinogenic
• DC Circ. Urged Not To Switch Panels In EPA Boiler Rule Battle
• NY Gov. Axes Deepwater LNG Project
• County Can't Challenge Water Rights Transfer, Ariz. Court Says
• Halliburton Wins Long-Running Water Purification FCA Suit
• Army Corps Asks High Court To Focus On Single CWA Case
• EPA Head Can Be Deposed In CAA Job-Loss Suit, Judge Says
• Clean Energy Firm, Execs Want Investor Suit Tossed
• VW Fined $13M By Brazilian Regulators For Emissions Fraud
• New Cleanup Obligations For EU Industrial Facilities
• Historical Use May Serve As A Current CEQA Baseline
• Feds Lose Bid To Pause Clean Water Rule Challenge In ND
• Failed Oil Train Rule Challenges Steam Toward DC Circ.
• FMC Denied Discovery On Bias Claims Against Tribal Judges
• Full DC Circ. Won't Review EPA's Chromium Rules
• Miss. Consultant Pleads Not Guilty In BP Spill Fraud Case
• Exide Investors Say Class Cert. Attack Cites Flimsy Report
• Navajo Co. Asks 10th Circ. To Nix Mine Permit Ruling
• Coastal Damage Suit Belongs In La. Court, 5th. Circ. Told
• Calif. City Sues Monsanto, Pfizer Unit For PCB Contamination
• Monsanto Wants Roundup Cancer Suit Tossed
• Regulators Unveil Calif. Desert Clean Energy Plan Revamps
• Norwegian Shipper Convicted Of Dumping Oil In Gulf
• EPA Boss Has No Place In Job Loss Suit, 4th Circ. Told
• Army Corps Shakes Suit Over Alaska Project Mitigation Credits
• Synagro Pulls Permit Bid To Use Sewage Sludge On Pa. Farms
• TPP Opponents Urge Lawmakers To Quash Accord
• Danish Energy Co. Plans 1,000-MW Mass. Offshore Wind Farm
• Exec Fired For Trying To Report Toxic Gas Problems, Suit Says
• The Latest On Ohio Dormant Mineral Act
• LA Accused Of Racially Discriminatory Oil Drilling Permits
• DOI Awards $1.9M Leases Of Wind Farm Parcels Off NJ Coast
• NCR Can't Beat Fox River Superfund Divisibility Finding
• Environmental MVP: Sidley Austin's Roger Martella
• Global Finance Regulators Seek Climate Change Task Force
• High Court Environmental Cases To Watch
• Sierra Club Has Standing In Fla. Mitigation Bank Suit
• Koch Cos. Look To Block Class In Chicago Petcoke Suit
• Feds Say They Fully Studied Impacts Of Arctic Oil Leases
• 'Monkey Selfie' Photog Calls Copyright Suit A Farce
• High Court Won't Hear Vt. Airport Noise Challenge
• Peabody To Disclose Climate Risks To End NY AG Probe
• 8th Circ. Fights 'Fear Of Contamination' Nuisance Claims
• Law360's Super MVPs In A Class Of Their Own
• 5 Firms Lead The Pack With MVP Wins
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To Legal Aces From 86 Firms
• High Court Asked To Review Chesapeake Bay Pollution Limits
• Residents Say Louisiana Law Proper For $80M Sinkhole Suit
• Power Cos. Defend EPA Carbon Plan, Opponents Seek Stay
• Exxon Probe Will Explore Gray Areas Of Climate Change
• Gunster Adds Atty From S. Fla. Water Management District
• Claims For Facility Raid Are Time-Barred, EPA Says
• VW Owner's Bid To Stop Making Payments Parked For Now
• Energy Projects Firmly In Political Fray Post-Keystone
• 6 Tips For Managing Tribal Infrastructure Projects
• NJ Bills Could Revive Atlantic City Wind Farm Plan
• Former Coffee Grower Says Monsanto Hid Weed Killer Risks
• BP Engineer Avoids Prison In Plea Deal Over Deleted Texts
• EPA Can't Rewrite Clean Air Act's Deadlines, DC Circ. Told
• Health Care Caught In RCRA Hazardous Waste Enforcement
• Obama Rejects Keystone XL Pipeline
• Fighting Regional Environmental Assessments Before FERC
• Sanders, Baldwin Look To Halt Controversial Ariz. Mine Deal
• Enviro Review Of Fla. Bridge Passes Muster, Judge Rules
• Tribes Try To Revive Suit Against DOI Over Denial Of Road
• Engineering Firm Seeks Exit From $80M Sinkhole Suit
• Generator Co. Investors Lose Suit For Citing Dubious Report
• NY AG Opens Probe Of Exxon Climate Change Docs
• Pa. Court Axes $1.7M Award In Wyeth Water Treatment Row
• Truck Emission Regs Less Divisive Than Recent EPA Rules
• Gov't Doesn't Owe Fees In Wind Farm Row, Judge Says
• The Ariz. 'Utility-Solar War' Is Heating Up
• Obama Administration Releases Final TPP Text
• Texas Judge OKs Deal In Gov't Row Over Barge Spill
• Enviros Misunderstand Stay Issue In Tollway Fight, Feds Say
• CORRECTED: VW Hit With Suits Over New EPA Emissions Claims
• Sens. Float Bill Ending Leases To Drill On Public Property
• Hordes Aim To Weigh In On $1B PennEast Pipeline
• Chevron, Others Can't Dodge Puerto Rico's MTBE Suit
• DC Circ. Links Challenges To EPA's Stricter Ozone Standards
• New Emissions Findings Spur Panel To Ask VW For More Info
• States, Municipalities To Defend EPA's Clean Power Plan
• Va. Judge OKs Interim Lead Attys In VW Clean Diesel Case
• Rulings Put Target On Plants Despite Clean Air Compliance
• NM Pueblos Face Dwindling Time To Carry Out Water Deal
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Commercial Salmon Farm Ruling
• Obama Won't Delay Keystone Decision, White House Says
• Chicago Says Updated Law Destroys Suit Over Lucas Museum
• Fed. Circ. Mulls Row Over $22M USDA Dredging Contract
• OPINION: Via Duke, Companies Are Shaping Discovery
• Senate Approves Resolution To Nullify EPA Clean Water Rule
• Wash. Port District Pays $2M To Settle Feds' Pollution Suit
• 2nd Circ. Ballast Water Ruling Makes Waves Of Uncertainty
• Volkswagen Finds Emissions Problems In 800K More Cars
• Texas Quake Findings Likely To Deter Civil Suits
• States Challenge EPA's Emissions Rule For New Coal Plants
• CPUC Can't Limit Local Utility Fees, Calif. High Court Told
• Texas Regulator Lets XTO, EnerVest Off Hook For Quakes
• DOI Basis To Allow Wind Project Inadequate, 9th Circ. Told
• NCR Disputes Fox River Superfund Divisibility Finding
• Obama Orders Fed. Agencies To Mitigate Environmental Harm
• NJ Judge Mulls If Landfill Owner Can Pursue CERCLA Suit
• Keystone Pipeline On Pause But Battle Far From Over
• Los Angeles Sued Over Enviro Impact Of Ride-Hailing At LAX
• House Dems Ask SEC To Probe Exxon Climate Change Filings
• 3rd Circ. Won't Rethink Pa. Town's Tossed Flood Row
• Senate Dems Block Bid To Roll Back EPA Clean Water Rule
• Tribe, Feds Dispute Calif. Utilities' Water Rights Claims
• 9th Circ. Won't Halt Highway Construction For Enviro Review
• Volkswagen Slams Newest EPA Emissions Fraud Claims
• Strategies For Law Firms Leaping Into Latin America
• Untangling CERCLA Divisibility In Fox River Litigation
• Enviros Seek To Ward Off Drilling In Blackfeet Sacred Area
• TransCanada Asks Feds To Halt Keystone XL Pipeline Review
• EPA Says Pepco Unit Leaked Excess Pollutants Into River
• Tribes, Others Ask For Quick Win In Nev. Groundwater Fight
• NJ Strikes Land Deal With JCP&L Over Pollution Liability
• 6th Circ. Won't Toss 'Whiskey Fungus' Nuisance Suit
• Tribes Claim Highway Project Ruins Sacred Lands
• Cos. Urge High Court To Resolve Split Over CWA Jurisdiction
• Wis. Highway Project Not Exempt From Review, Enviros Say
• 6th Circ. Says CAA Doesn't Bar Kentucky Coal Dust Claims
• Babcock & Wilcox Sued Again Over Pittsburgh-Area Pollution
• Sierra Club Threatens Energy Cos. With Okla. Fracking Suit
• VW Drivers Ask JPML To Send Emissions Suits To Wash.
• Gov't Tells DC Circ. Lockheed Cleanup Costs Already Paid
• NTSB Praises American Petroleum Institute Pipeline Rules
• Power Cos. Throw Weight Behind Bid To Stay Clean Power
• High Court Nixes Lawsuit Over Airborne Feedlot Pollutants
• Driver Seeking VW Buyback Fights To Keep Case In Gear
• Senate Dems Push DOI To Factor Climate Into Coal Leasing
• Scotland Greenlights Statoil's Offshore Floating Wind Farm
• Entergy Tabs NY Nuke Plant For The Graveyard
• EPA Hits VW With 2nd Round Of Emissions Fraud Allegations
• Pa. High Court To Hear Latest Challenge To Natural Gas Law
• Supreme Court Boots Calif. Truckers' Emissions Upgrade Row
• Using Information Graphics Effectively In The Courtroom
• In Congress: Default Averted, A Return To The 'Typical'