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Environmental - September, 2017

316 articles

• After Injury Ruling, Solar Cos. Spar With SEIA Over Remedy
• Even Split Of $20M Atty Fee Was Wrong, Judge Says
• Gov't Wants Enviros' Suit Over Nuke Facility Moved To Tenn.
• Class Action Over Flint Schools Gets Green Light
• Another Ex-VW Exec Arrested In Germany Over Emissions
• Perry's FERC Grid Pricing Plan Would Roil Energy Markets
• Calif.'s $14M Interest Award On Cleanup Coverage Upheld
• Judge Shoots Down Pa. Town's Ban On Fracking Activities
• Generator Maker Must Face Suit Over Dodging EPA Regs
• Cape Wind Project Lease Again Gets Fed. Approval
• Fed. Judge Backs Tribal Court's Ruling Against Chemical Co.
• EPA Must Look For More Docs About Weed Killer, Judge Says
• 2nd Circ. In No Rush To Revive Grumman Toxic Water Suit
• Upcoming Oral Arguments Energy Attys Should Watch
• 11 States Tell DC Circ. Its HFC Decision Will Hurt Them
• SunEdison Directed To Patch Up D&O Allocation Agreement
• Ex-EPA Boss Slams 'Rearview Mirror' Trump Administration
• James Baker Outlines Climate Change Plan At Energy Summit
• Trump Deregulatory Push Puts New Rail, Truck Rules In Doubt
• Jury Finds Insurers Owe Amtrak $14.3M For Pollution Cleanup
• Balch Attys Charged In Bribery Scheme To Fight EPA Cleanup
• Enviros Get Hollow Victory In 10th Circ. Frack Rule Fight
• DC Circ. Delays But Doesn't Nix Coal Ash Oral Arguments
• New Sedona Principles Stress Information Governance
• Enviros Say EPA Keeping Docs On Effluent Rule Secret
• Williams Details Eminent Domain Plan For $1.9B Pipeline
• Scana Hit With Investor Suit Over Nuke Plant Statements
• Enviros Sue EPA Over Ala., Miss. Air Board Conflict Rules
• IRS Rejection Of Renewable Energy Tax Credits Is Puzzling
• Why The Proposed Calif. Land Use Law Is Deeply Flawed
• Duke Investors Urge Del. Justices To Revive $102M Spill Suit
• Peabody Bankruptcy Doesn't Block Climate Suits, Court Told
• Fuel Facility Dodges CAA Suit Over Oil Shipment Increase
• SunEdison Fights For D&O Allocation In Shareholder Suits
• EPA Proposal To Rescind Clean Water Rule Draws Praise, Fire
• 5th Circ. Won't Revive Charges For Fatal Oil Platform Blast
• Del., Maryland Sue EPA To Enforce Good Neighbor Provisions
• FERC's View Of $3.5B Pipeline Unchanged By GHG Analysis
• Interior Dept. Sued For Petroleum Institute Meeting Records
• Shale Honchos Hear Contrast Between Pa., La. Enforcement
• Dakota Access Settles Tribal Site Dispute With ND Agency
• Focusing On Climate Resiliency And Adaptation In Mass.
• Tyson Poultry To Pay $2M Fine For Feed Supplement Spill
• Why EPA's Auto Emissions Review Could Be A Game-Changer
• Feds Say Apprenticeships, Deregulation Key To Shale Growth
• For More Value And Diversity In Outside Counsel, Go Small
• 3rd Circ. Won't Revisit Pa. $143M Pipeline Permit Ruling
• Exxon Says Investor Climate Suit Apes 'Baseless' NY Probe
• Scania Hit With €880M EU Fine For Role In Truck Cartel
• Dem State AGs Vow to Keep Up 'Legal Resistance' To Trump
• Monsanto Must Face Claims In Portland PCB Case
• Sunoco Pipeline Accused Of Violating Protesters' Rights
• Landry's Hit With Lawsuit Over Tigers' Treatment
• 5th Circ. Won't Review Tax Credit Co.'s Deepwater Claim
• 10th Circ. Mining Ruling Digs Up Worry For Tribal Projects
• Canada, US Driller Spar Over NAFTA Rules In $103.6M Row
• Looser Silica Dust Rules Were Effective, DC Circ. Hears
• Broker Wasn't Obliged To Offer More Flood Coverage: Court
• Liberty Prevails In $10M Pollution Cleanup Coverage Battle
• Enviros Oppose Bid To Move Suit Over Water Plan To Ga.
• FHWA Walks Back Highway Greenhouse Gas Rule Delay
• Native Groups Back Tribe's 1st Circ. Bid To Redo River Row
• API Says States Should Take Lead On Fracking Rule
• 4 Things To Watch For After ITC's Solar Imports Ruling
• Enviros Push For Win In Red Snapper Overfishing Suit
• Feds, TransCanada Push To Dodge Enviros' Keystone XL Suits
• Enviros, Tribes Seek To Jump-Start Obama-Era Methane Regs
• EPA Appeals Board Nixes Challenges To Ariz. Copper Mine
• SolarCity To Pay $30M To Close Feds' Subsidies Probe
• Enviros Sue Feds To Stop Copper Mine, Protect Rare Jaguar
• Judge Rules EPA's Search 'Inadequate' In Emmissions Suit
• BP, ARCO Seek Out Of Tribal Contamination Suit
• EPA Permit Reviews Could Weaken Under Reorganization
• DC Judge Refuses To Stop Purple Line Construction
• How Plaintiffs And Defense Counsel Misperceive Each Other
• Syngenta Looks To Speed Appeal Of $218M GMO Corn Verdict
• 9th Circ. Affirms Narrowed Fishing Area For Wash. Tribe
• Judge OKs $151M Elk River Spill Class Settlement
• Exide, Tort Trustee Clash Over Post-Bankruptcy Relief
• SunEdison Slams 'Disgruntled' Investors' Appeal Over Ch. 11
• ITC Says Imports Hurt Solar-Makers; Trump Will Pick Remedy
• La. Intervenes In Case Over Red Snapper Overfishing
• Honeywell, NRDC Urge DC Circ. To Revisit HFC Decision
• Enviros Sue To Stop Montana Gold Mine Near Yellowstone
• Ontario To Join California And Quebec's Carbon Market
• Elephants Treated Poorly In Mass. Zoo, Suit Says
• Shareholder Drops Renewable Energy Co. Stock Slip Suit
• Ex-Water Agency Head Gets 8 Years In Kickback Scheme
• Fiat Investors Want Emissions Claims Kept In Stock Drop Suit
• 3rd Circ. Declines To Rehear Pa. Radiation Suits
• Amtrak Pollution Could Be 'Accidental,' Judge Says
• What Enviro Lawyers Should Be Watching At The High Court
• Enviros Oppose EPA Bid To Delay Coal Ash Rule Litigation
• USDA's 'Roadless Rule' Passes Muster, Court Finds
• EPA Says Enviros' Effluent Rule Suit Moot
• Ex-Manager Of Omega Fish Plant Cops To Polluting La. River
• 10th Circ. Slams Door On BLM Fracking Rule Litigation
• Japan's Kuraray Snaps Up Calgon Carbon In $1.3B Deal
• Industry Groups Sue FWS To Delist Endangered Beetle
• Ill. High Court Backs Reversal Of $1.8B Power Line Approval
• DOI Ducks Taylor Energy FOIA Suit Over Oil Spill Comments
• Tesla Uses Test-Drivers' Personal Info For Marketing: Suit
• States, Province Want High Court To Nix Water Transfer Rule
• Jones Day Grabs Ex-DOJ Civil Division Head For DC Office
• Greenlease Blasts Allocation In 3rd Circ. Cleanup Case
• Enviros Win Suit Forcing DOI To Inspect Va. Coal Mine
• Storm-Damaged Businesses Need Environmental 'Baselines'
• The Role Legal Finance Can Play In Firm Year-End Collections
• Maron Marvel Extends Footprint To Chicago, St. Louis
• Mont. Justices Rule Water Claim Under State, Not Tribal, Law
• States Sue DOT Over Greenhouse Gas Measure Delays
• Fed. Court Can't Hear Oil Well Spat Against Ill., Judge Says
• Enviros Threaten Duke Energy With Coal Ash Pollution Suits
• Del. Court Grapples With Forum In Argentine Toxic Tort Suit
• Enviros Undo Calif.'s Approval Of New Pesticide Labels
• Starr Says Juice Maker Should Have Disclosed Presuit Notice
• SF, Oakland Sue Oil Giants Over Climate Change Costs
• Aluminum Co. To Pay $230K For Alleged Emissions Violations
• Insurer Can't Claim Policy Error To Deny Pollution Coverage
• California Sues Over Border Wall Project Waivers
• Nonpolluting Co. Prevails On Appeal For Cleanup Grant
• Feds Must Face Enviro Suit Over Wash. Coastal Runoff
• GAO Report May Impact PHMSA Pipeline Safety Inspections
• 'Per-Doc' Pricing Can Improve Document Review
• Trump EPA Nominee Set To Argue Against Silica Rules
• Sierra Club Sues EPA Over 'Unprecedented' FOIA Delays
• Permits For Washington Methanol Refinery Nixed
• Northrop Water Pollution Suit Came Too Late, 2nd Circ. Told
• NC Appeals Court Backs Duke Monopoly Over Power Sales
• Lobster Thief Ordered To Fork Over $30M To South Africa
• DOI Claims Immunity In Blackfeet Water Rights Suit
• Emissions Cheating Played Role In Early Deaths, Study Says
• NJ Water Agency Asks To Probe Trenk DiPasquale Computers
• Uranium Mill Shoots Down CAA Suit Over Radon Emissions
• FERC Lifts Limit On Construction Of $4.2B ETP Pipeline
• Extreme Weather Fuels New Climate Change Litigation Trend
• Senate Panel Advances Key Energy Noms
• 'Flawed' Calculation Caused Inflated Forfeiture: Lobster Thief
• Siemens Tells 1st Circ. Brook Cleanup Verdicts Should Stand
• DOI Recommendations To Shrink Monuments Draw Fire
• Maryland Fights Another Purple Line Challenge
• SEC Settles With Biofuel Schemers, Persists Against Ex-CEO
• Coal Leasing Review Must Cover Climate Change, Enviros Say
• Hemlock Asks 6th Circ. To Keep Win Against SolarWorld Unit
• Class Seeks Cert. ln Puerto Rican Kickback Suit
• Wind Farm Needed Osage Nation Lease, 10th Circ. Says
• Ariz. Tribe Says Feds Must Face Trust Mismanagement Suit
• Pakistan Wants Arbitration In Water Rights Dispute With India
• GHGs Must Be Part Of Pipeline Reviews, Enviros Tell FERC
• Mass. Clean Energy Standard Reshapes Energy Landscape
• Idaho Judge Fines Mining Co. $251K For Pollution Discharge
• US Blocked From Sharing VW Docs In German Case
• DOJ Director Turned Sessions Aide Tapped For Civil Division
• Stinson Leonard Street Nabs Energy, Infrastructure Partner
• Scotts Seeks Return Of Docs In Tainted Seed Suit
• Ex-SunEdison Execs Get OK For $17M In Investor Deals
• Insurer Suit Over $2.8M Oil Spill Partly Revived At 1st Circ.
• 10th Circ. Says BLM Flubbed GHG Analysis For Coal Leases
• Enviros Blast EPA's Weak Emissions Rules Before DC Circ.
• NY Urges ITC Not To Adopt Sweeping Solar Duties
• Tribe, Feds Urge 1st Circ. To Rethink River Waters Ruling
• Rancher, Tribe Settle Fight Over Road Construction
• 4 Decisions Energy Cos. Should Be On The Lookout For
• FERC Overrides NY Denial Of Pipeline Permit
• Time Limit On Asbestos Depositions Threatens Due Process
• A Guide To The Executive Branch Official Nomination Process
• Syngenta Gets Nearly $1M From Jury In Pesticide IP Suit
• EPA Ozone Rules Go Easy On Polluters, Enviros Tell DC Circ.
• Flooded Houstonians Blame Army Corps After Dam Releases
• Pruitt Tells Industry EPA Will Reconsider Coal Ash Rule
• Judge Trims Tribe's Suit Over Okla. Fracking Approvals
• Enviros Sue Over Border Wall Pre-Construction In San Diego
• EPA Cooling Water Rule Needs Reworking, 2nd Circ. Told
• Calif. Halts Regional Grid System Proposal
• From Agency Adversary To Agency Official: A Recusal Primer
• House Slashes Enviro Spending In Bid To Undo Obama Rules
• Mexico Unveils $4B More In Green Bonds To Fund New Airport
• Trammo Off The Hook For Good In Puerto Rico's MTBE MDL
• NJ Town Drops Bid To Halt Shore Construction Project
• EPA Postpones Power Plant Effluent Guidelines For 2 Years
• 7th Circ. Judge Doubts CEO's Claim He Missed Fuel Scam
• Senate Dems Seek Answers From Pruitt Over EPA Staff Cuts
• NJ Pipeline Plan Gets Green Light From Pinelands Panel
• Okla. Landowner Urges 10th Circ. To Revive Drill Permit Suit
• Sierra Club Sues For Trump's Border Wall Docs
• Calif. Wildlife Agencies Accused Of Subsidizing Trappers
• 9th Circ. Grants Tribe A Win In River Management Row
• Anglers Seek Quick Win In Bid To Block $43M NY Wind Farm
• Exxon Can't Be Sued For Sea Rise In 'Far Future,' Judge Says
• Zinke Fills Key Post In Indian Affairs Office
• Hanergy Wants $7.2M In Calif. Solar Project Contract Row
• West Palm Beach Sues Federal Gov't Over Road Extension
• Del. River Regulator Moves Toward Permanent Fracking Ban
• Painter Who Violated RCRA Loses Appeal At 9th Circ.
• Seattle Urges High Court To Turn Away Tribal Fishing Row
• Buchanan Ingersoll Snags Ex-Norton Rose Toxic Tort Pro
• WilmerHale Snags Obama-Era CIA, Interior Dept. Officials
• Ex-Chuhak Atty Gets 18 Months For Defrauding NFL Players
• Katten Muchin Picks Up Jenner & Block Trials, Fraud Expert
• Feds Urge 9th Circ. To Nix Kids' Climate Suit
• Navigating Hurdles To Bring Pheromone Pesticides To Market
• How The Utility Of The Future Will Evolve: Part 3
• Cravath Tells 2nd Circ. Shell Docs Secrecy Is 'Iron-Clad'
• EPA, DOJ Ink $6.3M Deal With StarKist In Samoa Pollution Suit
• Ex-DOJ Enviro Atty Joins Jenner & Block's DC Office
• 9th Circ. Won't Halt Ariz. Highway Project For Enviro Fight
• Insurer Slams Bid For Early Win In $50M Pollution Fight
• Insurer Can't Duck Egg Producer's Bid For $2M After Bird Flu
• 10th Circ. Freezes Utah Haze Fight After EPA Revisits Regs
• No Stay For High Court Bid In Navajo Right-Of-Way Suit
• Enviros Say 3rd Circ. Got Pa. Pipeline Permit Ruling Wrong
• Quebec Environmentalists Urge ICSID To Toss Driller's Claim
• Top NY Court Won't Take Up Exxon Climate Subpoena Appeal
• DOE, Enviro Group Denied Quick Wins By Judge In FOIA Suit
• How The Utility Of The Future Will Evolve: Part 2
• Waters Of US Rule Challengers Slam EPA, Corps In High Court
• Dairy Co. Loses Bid For Manure Contamination Suit Coverage
• 6th Circ. Says Flint Water Crisis Suit Belongs In State Court
• Utility Asks Justices To Rule On Immunity In SolarCity Case
• Ariz. Power Plant, Navajo Mine Immune To Suit, Judge Says
• NLRB Judge Finds Fault With SolarCity Arbitration Pacts
• China Aims To End Sale, Production Of Gas-Powered Cars
• High Court Asked To Review EPA Sewage Rule Challenge
• Schulte Roth Seeks $5.4M For Maxus Creditor Work
• Enviros Ask Judge To Save Keystone Pipeline Suit
• NIGC Deal Lets Nooksack Tribe Reopen Casino, Avoid Fine
• FERC Won't Stop Construction Of $144M Pa. Pipeline Project
• Dem AGs Join Fight Over Fuel Efficiency Penalty Delay
• W.Va. Yanks Water Permit For $3.5B Mountain Valley Pipeline
• NJ-Exxon Mobil Deal Doesn't Protect Public, Enviros Say
• Trump Taps CSX, McClure Execs To Pipeline, Highway Posts
• Ohio EPA Dings ETP Over $4.2B Pipeline Construction
• How The Utility Of The Future Will Evolve: Part 1
• 9th Circ. Provides Clarity On CERCLA Contribution Claims
• Why More Global Giants Are Renouncing Their HQs
• Global Firms Snap Up India Work With Liberalization In Limbo
• Firms Stay The Course On London Growth Amid Brexit Haze
• Where The Global 20 Are Bolstering Their Ranks
• Law360 Reveals The Global 20 Firms Of 2017
• Pa. DEP Approves Air Permits For $1.9B Williams Pipeline
• Illinois AG Sues Saltwater Disposer Over Oil-Tainted Stream
• Zurich Unit Must Face Cleanup Coverage Claim In Mass.
• Yurok Tribe Seeks Quick Win In Calif. Fishing Rights Row
• 9th Circ. Won't Rehear Enviros' Alaska Logging Plan Appeal
• Watchdog To Probe Ethics Of Trump Environmental Officials
• VW Engineer To Appeal 3-Year Emissions Scandal Sentence
• 9th Circ. Upholds Approval Of Ore. Snowmobile Parking Lot
• 10th Circ. Panel Revives Enviros' Wyo. 'Open Land' Suit
• TD Bank Prices Its First US Green Bond At $1B
• TransCanada Seeks Pause Of $12B Pipeline Review
• The Environmental Impact Of Hurricanes: From Sandy To Irma
• Minn. Wins Halt Of $2.2B Flood Mitigation Project
• DOE Report On Electricity Markets: Missed Opportunities
• Atlantic Coast Pipeline Developers Press FERC For Approval
• Justices Asked To Hear Fla. Island Property Rights Case
• Hagens Berman Absorbs 3-Lawyer Enviro Firm In Mass.
• Navigating Texas Regulations After Harvey
• A Common Thread In California 'Organic' Textile Lawsuits
• How Collaboration Is Changing Inside Some Law Firms
• Westchester Must Face Chem Co.'s Cleanup Coverage Claims
• Trump Nominates Hunton & Williams Atty For EPA Air Job
• Texas 1st Responders Sue Arkema Over Post-Blast Fumes
• Solar Cos. Pick Up Allies In Pursuit Of Sweeping Duties
• EPA Tells DC Circ. CPP Withdrawal Rule Coming This Fall
• Hawaii High Court Halts Unlimited Collection Of Reef Fish
• Pa. Enviro Board Slashes Co.'s $1.5M Pollution Fine To $215K
• Senate Passes Hurricane Aid, Gov't Funding Extension Bill
• FERC Nominees Commit To Enforcement, Regulatory Goals
• NRDC, Others Sue DOT Over Fuel Efficiency Penalty Delay
• USFS Gets Court OK On Mine-Related Enviro Review In Ariz.
• Tax Reform Isn't One-Size-Fits-All For Energy Industry
• EU Consumer Authorities Pressure VW On Emissions Fixes
• NM Dems Urge Gov't Not To Break Deal On Protected Land
• DC Circ. Ruling Could Change Pipeline Review Procedure
• NY Pipeline Permit Nix Shows Overreach, 2nd Circ. Told
• Fiat Seeks To Trim Emissions Claims From Investors' Suit
• Cartel Case Against German Automakers Unlikely To Succeed
• Dealing With Difficult Lawyers
• House Dems Slam Energy Industry Influence On DOI Panel
• Centerra, Kyrgyz Gov't Reach $60M-Plus Deal In Mining Row
• EFH, NextEra Units Settle $29M Wind Farm Credit Dispute
• Nossaman Gets Veteran Enviro And Litigation Duo In Seattle
• Goldberg Nabs Toxic Tort Team From Segal McCambridge
• Senate Dem Wants EPA Records On Clean Water Rule Rewrite
• FERC Eminent Domain Powers Are Unconstitutional, Suit Says
• Enviros' Border Wall Suit Widened To Address Legal Waivers
• Pipeline Co. Says 2nd Circ. Got NY Permit Ruling Wrong
• Gas Groups Urge 7th Circ. To Strike Down Ill. Nuke Subsidies
• Harvey's Aftermath For The US Oil And Gas Sector
• Punitive Damages In Mass Torts: Outrageous And Reckless
• Trump Taps Lawyers For EPA GC, Water Office Jobs
• Flood Victims Hit Houston, Harris County With Action
• VW Gets Leg Up In State Suits After Wyo. Dismissal
• 3rd Circ. Questions Greenlease's Challenge Of Cleanup Costs
• Tire Cos. Liable For $11M In Iowa Superfund Suit
• Texas Justices To Review Personal Liability For Enviro Fine
• Sidley Austin Adds Hogan Lovells Environmental Partner
• FERC Snags Skadden Atty For New General Counsel
• Feds Say Tribe, Enviros Can't Add To Logging Project Suit
• $43M Peabody Pollution Cleanup Deal With US Gets Court OK
• DOI Secretary Zinke Names Members To Mineral Royalty Panel
• Credit Suisse Sheds Solar Energy Short-Selling Suit
• Enviros, Law Groups Urge 9th Circ. Not To Nix Climate Suit
• Texas Justices Won't Hear Firm's Case Against Miss. Atty
• Wind Power: A Strong Market But An Uncertain Future
• Feds, Enviros Agree To End ESA Suit Over Minn. Forest
• FERC Won't Halt Construction Of $455M NY Pipeline Project
• DC Circ. Won't Reconsider EPA Effluent Data Ruling
• DOJ, VW Spar Over Letting German Firm See Emissions Docs
• Wyo. Farm Bureau Asks 10th Circ. To Reject Reservation Redo
• Texas High Court To Hear Laredo Plastic Bag Ban Appeal
• EPA Can't Dodge Del. Smog Plan Deadline
• EPA Suit Revival Needs High Court Review, Utility Groups Say
• FERC Refuses To Block $1.9B Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
• Gov't Rips Challenge To Trump's 2-For-1 Regulation Order
• SunEdison Asks To Split Insurance To Cover Securities Deals