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Environmental - January, 2016

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• In Congress: Republican Messaging, Fiscal Year 2017, Flint
• DC Circ. Backs EPA Schedule On Potential Mining Rules
• Ariz. Tribe Says Feds' Mine Project Consultation Not Enough
• ND Joins High Court Fight To Halt Clean Power Plan
• DOI Flaring Rule Could Crimp Tribal Oil & Gas Plans
• Arbitrator Not Biased In Wind Project Dispute, Court Says
• Texas Appeals Court Revives Co.'s Claims Against Utility
• Chinese-Language Notice Doesn't Ax Award, 10th Circ. Told
• Pa. Fracker Can't Keep Pollution Tests From Residents
• Feds Halt Pacific Offshore Fracking Permits Amid Review
• FERC Withholds Full Go-Ahead Of $683M Gas Pipeline
• NJ Enviros Decry Pinelands Commission Leader Swap
• FERC Won't Reverse $971M Pipeline Project Approval
• Tang Says AVIC's China Cos. Must Pay $70M Arbitration Award
• 'Monkey Selfie' Judge Details Decision To Toss Copyright Suit
• Calif. Senators Push Federal Probe Of Gas Leak
• High Court Power Demand Ruling Dooms FERC Row: Enviros
• 6 Environmental Nuisance Suits Attorneys Need To Track
• The CPUC's Realistic Approach Toward Energy Security
• NJ Enviros Appeal Pinelands Gas Pipeline Approval
• US Steel Flouting Emissions Rules At Coke Plant, Enviros Say
• FWS Keeps Up Court Bid To Relist Prairie Chicken
• US Tribes Say Canada Pipeline Project Threatens Environment
• Senate OKs Tribal, Research Add-Ons To Energy Bill
• Investor To Withdraw $90M Claim In Solar Plant Purchase Suit
• Calif. Short-Circuits Net Metering Rollback Request
• Feds Can't Rush Appeal Of EFH Unit Clean Air Row
• Beveridge & Diamond Nabs Ex-Legal Chief Of DC Water Utility
• Rails-To-Trails Landowners Win Fed. Claims Interest Row
• Porsche Owners Seek Own MDL In Emissions Litigation
• Chicago Residents, Firms Sweep Toward Deal In Dust Suit
• A Step In The Right Direction For Eagle 'Take' Permits
• Management System Standards' Growing Role In Compliance
• Cicero On Legal Advocacy
• FERC Urged To Probe Ohio Coal Plant Subsidy Deals
• Mining Groups, Mont. Urge Fed Liability In Superfund Row
• Businesses, Utilities Push Justices To Stay Clean Power Plan
• Fla. House Approves Controversial Fracking Bill
• NJ Utility Board Signs Off On Proposed Pipeline Route
• Google, Invenergy Strike 225MW Wind Energy Agreement
• SoCalGas Faces Suit By Calif. Air Regulator Over Gas Leak
• Pa. Waste Co. Pays $683K To Resolve Enviro Violation Claims
• Cities Push For MDL As Monsanto PCB Suits Pile Up
• Enviros Launch FOIA Suit Over Groundwater Pollution Worries
• Pipeline Co. Seeks To Pause Fight With Tribal Landowners
• Offshore Safety Boss Defends Deepwater-Inspired Rule's Pace
• Michigan Politicos Hit With Suit Over Polluted Flint Water
• TerraForm Investor Says It's Legit In Bid To Lead IPO Suit
• Bosch Conducts Internal Probe Over VW Emissions Scandal
• Cooper Loses Bid For Coverage Of EPA Pollution Claim
• 5 Texas Supreme Court Energy Cases To Watch In 2016
• Senate Debates Sweeping Energy Modernization Bill
• 4 Ways To Improve The Business Intake Process
• Are Prop 65 Warning Label Changes 'Clear And Reasonable'?
• Federal Rule Changes Should Not Affect Subpoena Practice
• Enviros Push To Vacate USDA Organic Rule
• Skelos, Son Say Corruption Trial Guilty Verdict Must Go
• Tribes Ask 9th Circ. For Alternate Way To Participate In Case
• Century Fights $5.5M Coverage Of Cleanup Row At 2nd Circ.
• EPA Says Some Flint Homes Still Need Drinking Water Help
• Sunvalley's Bid To Nix $1M Award Falls Short, Court Told
• Gov't Action A Must For Chemical Plant Risks, CSB Says
• Ameren Asks For 8th Circ.'s Opinion In EPA Upgrades Suit
• FWS Reaches Out To Tribes With New Native American Policy
• 2nd Circ. Affirms Permit To Kill Birds Near JFK Airport
• And Now A Word From The Panel: 2015 JPML Practice Trends
• Conrail Neglected Bridge Prior To Chemical Spill, Jury Told
• Convicted Biofuel Fraudster Asks 7th Circ. To Hear Case
• Utah Tribe Calls US Reps' Land-Use Plan 'Genocide'
• Ecuador To Appeal Hague Decision In Chevron Row
• SoCalGas Faces Gas Leak Suit From 'Destroyed' Businesses
• States Ask High Court To Stay Clean Power Plan
• NCR Denied Appeal Of Superfund Divisibility Finding
• VW Starts Recall For 8.5M Vehicles In Europe
• Delta Takes 2nd Shot At Sinking Trophy Cargo Row
• NJ Mayor Jumps From Wilentz Goldman To Locks Law Firm
• Arbitrators Side With Spain In Renewable Energy Case
• Ohio EPA Probes High Lead Levels In Homes' Drinking Water
• Solar Co. Asks 9th Circ. To Ax Utility's Dismissal Bid
• NJ Lawmakers Circle Back To Bay Pollution Limits
• Calif. High Court Says PUC Can't Review Mitigation Fees
• Mich. AG's Pick For Flint Water Probe Criticized By Dems
• High Court Eminent Domain Case May Offer States Clarity
• Supreme Court Declines To Hear Coal Ash Cleanup Appeal
• Babst Calland Opens In DC With Pair Of Pipeline Specialists
• Enviros Fight To Keep Oil Pipeline Spill Case In Michigan
• Murray Says EPA Coal Jobs Trial Must Wait For RNC
• REBUTTAL: Protecting The Environmental Review Process
• FWS Bat Intake Rule Won't Drive Project Developers Batty
• Hague Court Won't Nix Chevron Awards In Fight With Ecuador
• Homeowners Want Justices To Set Bar For Nuke Waste Claims
• Corps Tells High Court Jurisdiction Calls Aren't Reviewable
• Enviros Object To $1.7B Calif. Highway Project
• Mont. High Court Urged To Nix Tribal Water Pact Challenge
• DC Circ. Panel Tapped For CPP Fight Gives EPA Early Edge
• Enviros Appeal Md. Approval Of $6.8B Exelon-Pepco Merger
• EPA Inspector General To Investigate Flint Response
• DOI Illegally OK'd Mont. Coal Mine Expansion, Judge Rules
• Wash. Tribe Urges 9th Circ. To Throw Back Fishing Ruling
• 3 Traits Of Best-In-Class General Counsel
• Texas Justices Won't Rethink Coverage For EPA Action
• Cabraser Tapped As Lead Counsel In VW Emissions MDL
• Evaluating The Validity Of Oil And Gas Form Leases In Ohio
• 2015's Environmental Impact Trends And The Year Ahead
• DOI Releases Proposal To Cut Gas Wells' Methane Emissions
• EPA Official Resigns Amid Flint Water Contamination Crisis
• Maine Parties Fight Review Of Ruling On Tribe's Reservation
• Monsanto Sues To Keep Roundup Off Calif. Carcinogen List
• Ameren Power Plant Can't Escape EPA Upgrades Suit
• 'Old School' Tools May Hinder Attorney Collaboration
• DOI Asks 9th Circ. To Toss Challenge To Tribal Tax Rule
• Rats Chewing Honda's Soy-Covered Wires, Suit Claims
• 12 State AGs Urge Congress To Limit TSCA State Preemption
• Couple Ordered To Repay $1.6M In Sham Deepwater Claims
• 150 Plaintiffs' Firms Vie To Lead VW Emissions MDL
• Warren Targets Emissions Loophole In Auto Safety Proposal
• Pa. To Protect Chesapeake Regardless Of High Court Appeal
• 8th Circ. Upholds Minn. Regional Haze Plan
• Conrail Says Derailment Suit Needs Expert To Survive
• Kendall Law Says Bernstein May Have Conflict In VW MDL
• $5B Gas Pipeline Must Be Rerouted, Forest Service Says
• Calif. AG Opens Probe Of Exxon Climate Change Knowledge
• DC Circ. Won't Delay EPA's Clean Power Plan
• Bill To Set Fracking Regulations Heads To Fla. House Floor
• Citgo Says $81M La. Oil Spill Penalty Is Unjust
• Senate Fails To Block Obama's Veto Of Anti-Water Rule Bill
• Hunter Aims For Supreme Court To Lift Hovercraft Ban
• Texas Likely To OK Controversial Water Rights Permit
• Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Class Action Ruling
• Gov't Ordered To Weigh Impact Of Excluding Fish From Plan
• Obama Vetoes Bill To Nullify Clean Water Rule
• EPA Urges FERC To Weigh Climate Impacts In LNG Reviews
• Pa. Methane Plan Holds Potential To Check Gas Development
• 6 Types Of Legal 'Mumbo-Jumbo' Attorneys Must Avoid
• Sierra Club Seeks Review Of Louisiana LNG Export Approval
• San Diego Accused Of Forum Shopping In Monsanto PCB Case
• NEI Weighs In For Dow In $926M Radioactive Waste Battle
• Dominion Slams Challenge To FERC Over $3.8B LNG Project
• Texas Atty Cleared To Represent Himself In BP Fraud Trial
• Feds Urge High Court To Keep Chesapeake Bay Pollution Limit
• Feds Can't Evade NM Mine Cleanup Costs, 10th Circ. Told
• Investors Spar Over Lead Role In Clean Energy Co. IPO Suit
• Rice Energy Unit Fights Pa. Gas Well Landslide Fine
• Why Calif. Courts Won't Certify Toxic Tort Class Actions
• 5 Things To Watch At FERC In 2016
• New Mexico Sues VW Over 'Shameless' Emissions Scheme
• Changing The EPA's Opaque Scientific Methods
• Tools For Managing Environmental Risks In Deals
• Archer Daniels, Cargill Try To Pop Syngenta's Corn Claims
• Solar Co. Seeks $90 Million After Deal Falls Through
• NJ High Court Says State Can Appeal Pollution Cleanup Row
• Michigan, Flint Face New Class Suits Over Bad Drinking Water
• DOJ Drops 9th Circ. Appeal Over Eagle Take Permits
• Gov. Christie Vetoes Atlantic City Wind Farm Proposal
• FEMA Floats 'Disaster Deductible' For Relief Fund Recipients
• Tribe Fears Armed Occupiers In Oregon May Destroy Artifacts
• Pa. Gov. Targets Gas Wells In New Methane Rules
• SoCalGas Says It Will Plug LA Gas Leak By Late February
• Tribe Says Army Corps Didn't Consult It In Bridge Project
• High Court Won't Hear Dispute Over Fla. Appeals Process
• Feds Say Law Firm Exec Can't Bar Ethics Complaint In BP Trial
• Army Corps Botched National Seawall Plan, Enviros Say
• Wolf's 1st Year Proves Worrisome For Pa. Energy Attys
• High Court Won't Review EPA's Greenhouse Gas Rule
• 5 Insights From Sharp Electronics Deputy GC Deborah Tyler
• S. Korea Plans Criminal Charges Against VW Over Weak Recall
• Federal Microbead Ban Leaves Room For State Regs
• MSCs In California Mass Tort Litigation: A Call For Reform
• 9th Circ. Slams Judge's 'Animus' Against Gov't In Land Row
• Sanctions Sought Against Pa. Town, Atty In Fracking Row
• Lease Ban Opens New Front In Coal Policy War
• Navajo Pollution Suit Belongs In Appeals Court, EPA Says
• Michigan AG To Investigate Flint Water Contamination
• Schneiderman Hits GE, Eaton With $25M Landfill Cleanup Suit
• EPA Rule Would Give Tribes Some State-Like CWA Power
• Debating The EPA's Renewable Fuel Standards
• How Patent Applications Became Tools For EPA Enforcement
• Interior Dept. Settles Green Suits With Mine Review Promise
• JPML Transfers Feds' VW Emissions Case To Calif. MDL
• Turkish Shipping Co. To Pay $1M To Settle Pollution Claims
• Obama Halts Federal Coal Leasing Amid Overhaul
• Siemens Unit Tells Texas High Court City Can't Duck Suit
• XTO Sues DOJ, Seeks Docs In Pa. Fracking Wastewater Row
• Fla. Lawmakers Come Together For Water Bill's Swift Passage
• Gibbons Hit With DQ Bid In Superfund Row
• EPA Proposes Changes To Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
• Maine Tribe, Feds Ask Judge To Clarify Reservation Borders
• NJ Can't Hold Exec Liable For Cleanup, Appeals Court Says
• Feds Can't Shake Challenge to Solar Module Import Duties
• US V. Dico: A Guide To Avoiding CERCLA Arranger Liability?
• Enviros Want 'Biased' FERC Probed For Pipeline Leanings
• Porsche-Only Emissions MDL Makes No Sense, Feds Say
• EPA Pollution Regs Violate CAA, DC Circ. Told
• FWS Unveils Plan For Prioritizing ESA Status Reviews
• New Mexico To Sue EPA Over Gold King Spill
• 3 Takeaways From The Aliso Canyon Gas Leak
• Renault Raided By French Authorities In Emissions Probe
• Developments In Calif.'s Energy And Climate Law: Part 2
• Exxon Refinery Blast Could Have Killed Residents, Feds Say
• Legal Fight Looms After Industry Wins Big On FWS Bat Rule
• EPA Fairly Assessed Risk At Proposed Mine Site: Report
• Fracking Permit Bill Makes Headway In Florida
• Nevada Power Says Tribe, Enviros Aren't Owed Atty Fees
• EPA Hid Docs From Mining Group In FOIA Case, Judge Rules
• Calif. Developer Cops To Endangered Species Violations
• Cuomo Pledges To End NY Coal-Fired Power By 2020
• Colo. Solar Co. Tells 10th Circ. $1.6M China Arb. Was Unfair
• Major Water Bill Passes In Fla. Senate, Flows To House
• Mont. Justices Got Tribal Water Deal Wrong, Objectors Say
• US Can't Escape Lead Ammo Enviro Suit, 9th Circ. Says
• Port Authority Rolls Back Proposed High-Pollution Truck Ban
• Pa. Dems Attack Environmental Provisions In Fiscal Code
• No Excess Insurance Drop Down When Primary Goes Belly Up
• Calif. Senators Want Feds To Step Up Gas Leak Response
• FWS Allows More Industry Activity Around Threatened Bat
• DOD Lags On Energy Conservation Plans, GAO Says
• House Votes To Nullify EPA's Clean Water Rule
• How Cos. Can Fight Back Against Inferential Statistics
• Developments In Calif.'s Energy And Climate Law: Part 1
• BigLaw 2016: A Look Ahead
• Lewis Brisbois Nabs 14 Mannion Gray Injury Suit Pros
• Tang Wants Arbitration Award Against Avic Over JV Confirmed
• Monsanto Weeds Out False Ad Suit Over Pesticide
• Obama Says Politics Need A Fix In Final State Of The Union
• Fla. Solar Energy Group Fights Sales Regulation Amendment
• Whistleblower Wants 5th Circ. To Revive $266B BP FCA Suit
• End Navajo Coal Case For Right Reason, Enviros Tell 10th Circ.
• PETA Overstepped In Orca Fight, Miami Aquarium Says
• Ex-Sen. Edwards Vying For Spot In Volkswagen Emission MDL
• Ex-Agriculture Official Returns To Armstrong Teasdale
• Mining Co. Says Tribes' Costs Didn't Advance River Cleanup
• House Passes Bill To Delay 'Stream Buffer Zone' Rule
• Gas Drillers Blamed For Causing Okla. Earthquakes
• Tribe, Feds Squabble Over Columbia River Cleanup Recs
• Ex-Landfill Owner Must Pay Cleanup Tab For Insolvent Insurers
• EPA, Calif. Agency Pan Volkswagen's Diesel Recall Plan
• K&L Gates Hires Ex-Sheppard Mullin Energy, Finance Pro
• Enviros Ask EPA To Curb Texas' Permitting Authority
• Federal Waters Open Up For Aquafarming With NOAA Rule
• Dominion Plans $9.5B In Clean Energy, Grid Projects
• FERC Can't Consider Drilling In LNG Review, DC Circ. Told
• FAST Act Will Speed Up Major Infrastructure Projects
• Why Regulatory Agencies Have Less Leverage In Pa.
• Blackstone Let SunEdison Slash $2.2B Vivint Buy, Suit Says
• NJ Lawmakers Send Beach Access Rules To Gov. Christie
• Sweden To Investigate VW Emissions Scandal
• Tribe Urges DC Circ. To Force FERC Action In Dam Dispute
• Energy Co. Can't Bring Tribal Pipeline Claim, Okla. Judge Told
• States Move To Block Sierra Club From Water Rule Row
• Iowa Justices Asked To Clarify Drainage Districts' Immunity
• Fresno Residents Aim To Block Fulton Mall, Street Project
• Sutherland Snags Energy Veteran From Pillsbury Winthrop
• VW Expands Goodwill Payouts To Win Back Customers
• High Court Stays Out Of CAFA Dismissal Fight
• Law Firm Boss Wants Bro's Ethics Complaint Out Of BP Trial
• 2nd Circ. Says Coke Plant Must Pay $12M For Pollution Studies
• Biofuel, Ethanol Groups Sue EPA Over Renewable Fuel Rule
• EPA Qualms About NC Enviro Permitting Called Baseless
• USFS Didn't Properly Review Enbridge Pipeline, 6th Circ. Told
• Top 2015 Renewable Energy Developments And What's Ahead
• Former FBI Director Mueller Tapped To Settle VW Fraud Suits
• La. Judge Suit Ups Ante In Fight Over Judicial Elections
• Enviros Slam Bid To Unblock Giant LA Development
• Deciding Where Shale Dollars Will Flow
• High Court Won't Review 9th Circ. Fish Habitat Expansion
• In Congress: State Of The Union, North Korea, Audit The Fed?
• Feuding Solar Firms' Case Dismissed After Settlement Row
• NJ Offshore Wind Farm Bill Pending Christie's Signoff
• Ironworks Still Denied Coverage For Tribes' Enviro Claims
• Attys Seek Lead Spots In VW Clean Diesel Emissions MDL
• 'Whale Wars' Star, Nonprofit Agree To End Ship Dispute
• Enviros Say Coal Permitting Claims Can't Be Split Up
• Solar Firm To Sue Conn. After FERC Rejects Case
• Bombshell $15B Keystone Case Adds To Mounting TPP Woes
• Okla. Tribe Says Proposed $15M Superfund Deal Not Enough
• State AGs Say VW Won't Turn Over Docs, Citing Privacy Laws
• EPA Science Panel Rebukes Agency's Fracking-Water Study
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Sidley Austin
• Duke Wants 4th Circ. To Weigh In On NC Coal Ash Suit
• NJ Biofuel Co. Owner Gets 20 Years For Fraud Scheme
• 6 Steps To Becoming A Superior Supervising Attorney
• Achieving Successful Brownfields Redevelopment — Part 2
• TransCanada's Challenge To Keystone Denial A Long Shot
• Drilling Co. Sues To Get Back $432M Gulf Oil Leak Deposit
• Pa. Atty Seeks Spot On Steering Committee In VW MDL
• FERC Warned Of Kinder Morgan's $5B Northeast Pipeline
• Deepwater Rulings Could Hamstring DOJ, Gov't Argues
• Okla. Landowner's Bid To Enter Drillers' BIA Suit Shot Down
• SEC Says Atty In Fracking Fraud Can't Evade $2.5M Penalties
• NJ Senate Backs Bill Protecting Towns From Spill Suits
• 2 Sens. Urge Generous Compensation For VW Owners
• House Dem Pushes Interior Dept. For Mine Cleanup Regs
• 6th Circ. Won't Revive CWA Citizen Suit Over Discharge Regs
• Berkeley Becomes Latest City To Sue Monsanto Over PCBs
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Morgan Lewis
• House Passes Bill To Scrub 'Burdensome' Rules
• House OKs More Scrutiny For Agency 'Sue-And-Settle' Deals
• Luminant Hits Back At Feds' Speedy Appeal Bid In CAA Suit
• Achieving Successful Brownfields Redevelopment — Part 1
• CEQA's Continuing Saga In California Supreme Court
• Calif. Judge Retires Amid Controversy Over SoCal Edison Case
• BIA To Study Impact Of Proposed Tribal Casino In Illinois
• Environmental Group Of The Year: King & Spalding
• Calif. Gov. Declares State Of Emergency Over Gas Leak
• Enviros, Beekeepers Slam EPA Over Seed Coating Regs
• Army Corps Permit Clears Path For Miami Boat Show Move
• Feds, Village Settle FOIA Suit Over Railway, Tribal Land Docs
• House Debates Bill To Eliminate 'Burdensome' Rules
• 'Monkey Selfie' Judge Says Animals Can't Sue Over Copyright
• EPA Finds Commonly Used Insecticide Harms Beehives
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revive CAA Suit Against DTE Coke Plant
• Pa. Court Axes Water Authority's Gas Well Challenge
• TransCanada Launches $15B Legal Fight Over Keystone Denial
• Pa. DEP Unveils Final Rules For Gas Well Operations
• DOI Agency Can't Police Plants, Navajo Co. Tells 10th Circ.
• Grid Operator Can't Bar Wind Farm, EDF Renewable Unit Says
• Kinder Morgan Fined For Philly Environmental Violations
• Privacy Groups Slam Asbestos Claims Bill Ahead Of Vote
• Vt. Greenlights $1.2B Blackstone Cross-Border Power Line
• Texas Atty Fights Delay In BP Fraud Trial
• What Did The Paris Climate Conference Really Achieve?
• Green Groups Threaten FWS With Suit Over Monarch Failure
• Calif. Agencies Say Water Use Muddies Feds', Tribe's Claims
• Goldberg Segalla Nabs 5 Mound Cotton Enviro Attys
• Water District Loses Round In Sage Grouse Habitat Spat
• FERC Defends Enviro Study Of $3.8B LNG Project At DC Circ.
• Wood And Paper Cos. Want Carbon Rule Challenge Paused
• Osage Council Says Intervention In Wind Farm Suit Is Timely
• Ex-NJ City Water Agency Official Admits To Kickback Scheme
• Pipeline Co. Seeks Land Rights To Build Approved Project
• Ocean Shipper Hit With Enviro Suit For Dumping Pollutants
• Alaska Tribes, Enviros Urge Justices To Back Fed. Water Regs
• The Biggest Energy Decisions Of 2015
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Hunton & Williams
• Canadian Solar Gets Financing For Calif. Power Project
• OPINION: Don't Dismiss 'Monkey Selfie' Case As Distraction
• BLM Loses Bid For Speedy Decision On Fracking Authority
• 9th Circ. Says Shell Exit Moots Walrus 'Take' Challenge
• Justices Urged To Let Tribe Members Access Plant Site
• BP Gets Securities Fraud Complaints Nixed In Deepwater MDL
• Seneca, NFG Lose Pa. Single-Source Emissions Fight
• FERC Greenlights Gas Pipeline Under Rio Grande
• VW Emissions Suit Could Open Door To Sweeping Settlement
• 5th Circ. Keeps Oil Pipeline Pollution Suit In Federal Court
• Navy Says Law Blocks $2.8M Insurance Claim For Oil Spill
• Mont. High Court Upholds Crow Water Deal
• SunPower Can Challenge Chinese Solar Cell Duties, CIT Says
• Environmental Group Of The Year: Arnold & Porter
• W.Va. High Court Erred In Coal Mine Suit, Supreme Court Told
• Pa. Gas Group's Permit Program Challenge Gets Green Light
• Conflicting Priorities Could Slow Environmental Reviews
• EQT Can Challenge Fracking Fine In Court, Pa. Justices Rule
• Washington Carbon Tax Initiative Moves To Legislature
• DOJ Hits VW With Clean Air Act Suit Over Emissions Cheating