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Environmental - February, 2018

254 articles

• Water Transfer Rule's Survival A Boon To Western States
• Electric Car Co. Founded By Terry McAuliffe Hits Ch. 11
• SF, Oakland Climate Suits Stay In Federal Court, Says Judge
• Tyson Poultry Fined $2M For Fish-Killing Chemical Spill
• Enviros Say Deal Restarting Pipeline Work Saps Protections
• Calif. Water Board Had Improper Private Talks, Suit Says
• Appeals Court Says Mo. Wrongly Rejected $2B Power Line
• Web Search About Zoo No Cause For Recusal, Md. Judge Says
• WTO Dispute Roundup: US Firm In Appellate Body Logjam
• GM Asks Bankruptcy Court To Rein In Mich. Groundwater Suit
• Enviro Concerns Justify La. Pipeline Block, Judge Says
• FERC Won't Revisit Approval Of Pa. Pipeline Project
• TSCA Regulatory Action Raises Retailers' Litigation Risk
• Judge Attacked By Trump OKs Border Wall Fast Track
• 10th Circ. Backs Weather Service In Ex-Worker's ADA Suit
• Calif. Can't Require Monsanto To Add Weed Killer Warning
• FERC Clears 2 Utilities In Market Manipulation Probe
• EPA Rejects Sierra Club Challenge To Power Plant Permit
• CPP Foes, Backers Clash Over Rewrite At Comment Deadline
• Why Machine Learning Should Matter To Lawyers
• NY-Led Coalition Slams EPA Bid To Undo Clean Power Plan
• ND, Texas Ask To Move Forward With Methane Rule Challenge
• EPA In The Trump Era
• Baker Donelson Nabs Hopping Green & Sams Enviro Atty
• The Volkswagen Scandal: Catalyst For Class Action Change?
• EU Green Reform To Raise Carbon Trade Costs Approved
• 9th Circ. CWA Decision Could Pose New Compliance Risks
• Pa. Court Rejects Bulk Of Conrail's Cleanup Coverage Appeal
• Akerman Adds County Gov't Pro In Miami, Fort Lauderdale
• Lawsuit Over Trump's 2-For-1 Regulation Order Tossed
• Tank Vessel Co. To Pay $2M For False Records, Oil Disposal
• NJ Justices Probe Lien Holder Standing In Development Suit
• US Asks Peru To Verify Timber Exports Are Legal
• Texas Justices OK LLC Officer's Enviro Violations Fine
• Wash. Urges Justices To Upend Tribal Salmon Culvert Ruling
• Forest Service, BLM Wrongly OK'd Pipeline, Enviros Say
• NYC Has Removed PCB-Leaking Lights, Judge Says
• 5th Circ. Pressed To Undo Louisiana Oil Pipeline Block
• EPA In The Trump Era: Enforcement And Compliance Changes
• Stanford Hits HP, Agilent Over Pollution Cleanup Costs
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To EPA Water Transfer Rule
• Indonesia Will Challenge US Biodiesel Tariffs At WTO
• GAO Backs Protest Over $4.8B Nuclear Waste Deal
• Enviros Ask 4th Circ. To Suspend $3.5B Gas Pipeline Permit
• 6th Circ. Tosses Challenge To National Park Service Trail
• FERC Advancing Clean Energy Despite Trump's Fossil Focus
• Lawmakers Press DOJ To Hurry Probe Into Daimler Emissions
• Exxon Pushes Back Against NY AG's Free Speech Arguments
• Tribes Urge Justices To Undo Wyoming Reservation Ruling
• Perry, Zinke Call For 'Responsible' Energy, Public Land Use
• Biz Seeks $136M Refund From Gov't For Solar Power Project
• EPA In The Trump Era: The DOJ's 3rd-Party Payment Policy
• Judge Nixes BLM's Delay Of Obama Methane Flaring Rule
• Drivers Slam Fee Bids By 'Ghost Lawyers' In $10B VW Deal
• More Yellowstone Bison Illegally Freed, Park Service Says
• Feds Escape Enviros' Suit Over Yuba River Endangered Fish
• NJ Sens. Move Bill To Raise $300M In Nuke Plant Subsidies
• Feds Have To Search For More Keystone Docs, Judge Says
• Locke Lord Hires Ex-Curtis Enviro Group Chair In NY
• Montana Forest Wildfire Project Gets 9th Circ.'s Blessing
• DC Circ. Weighs 'Perfectly Neutral' EPA Reason In Bias Row
• 7th Circ. Wants US Input On Ill. Nuke Subsidies
• EPA In The Trump Era: Settling Mandatory Duty Lawsuits
• Energy Transfer Wants Enviros' Sanctions Bid Quashed
• Commerce Finalizes Argentine, Indonesian Biodiesel Duties
• How FERC's New Rule Paves The Way For Energy Storage
• EPA's Pruitt Faces House Oversight Inquiry Into Flights
• Uncertainty Abounds After DC Circ. Slices EPA Ozone Regs
• EPA Says Fuel Retailers Can't Fight Renewable Mandates
• Carbon-Related Tax Unlikely Under Int'l Rules, Prof Says
• Canadian Salmon Co. Threatens NAFTA Arbitration Over Ban
• Enviros Say Pa. DEP Wrongly OK'd Brownfield Development
• US, Others Caution High Court On Utility's Immunity Bid
• FERC Wants DC Circ. To Put $3.5B Pipeline Fight On Hold
• Verizon Sues NY Town Over Nixed Wetlands Permit
• EPA In The Trump Era: The Superfund Enforcement Initiative
• Ex-CEO Of Bankrupt NY Solar Co. Attacks Subpoena Request
• GM, Bosch Can't Dodge Drivers' Emissions-Cheating Claims
• Tribal Involvement Doesn't Nix Coal Plant Suit, Feds Say
• VW, Audi, Bosch Push To End Non-Diesel Emissions Suits
• States Seeing Rash Of Bills To Tax Carbon Emissions
• EPA Defends Superfund Listings' Logic At DC Circ.
• Monsanto PCB Suit Belongs In State Court, 9th Circ. Told
• 2nd Circ. Ruling Ends Exxon Free Speech Claims, Judge Told
• 3M Inks $850M Dumping Deal With Minn. On Eve Of Trial
• EPA Can't Delay Deadline On New Formaldehyde Standards
• High Court Rejects Four Environmental Cases
• Mass. Is Stalling Pipeline Permit, Enbridge Unit Tells DC Circ.
• EPA In The Trump Era: Making Sense Of Waters Of The US
• Dems Press EPA Chief About Expensed 1st-Class Travel
• Towns Can't Regulate Pipeline Locations, Pa. Court Rules
• Enviros Urge High Court To Nix Utility's Immunity Bid
• High Court Passes On Pair Of NC Hydroelectric Dam Fights
• BP Says Some Claims In Deepwater Suits Are Time-Barred
• FERC Energy Storage Rule Is A Grid Game-Changer
• Can Courts Handle The Increased FOIA Strain Under Trump?
• Don't Let PennEast Pipeline Proceed, NJ Tells FERC
• DOE Says It Has $11.5M For Tribal Land Energy Projects
• DC Circ. Partially Vacates 2008 EPA Ozone Rule
• Japan Seeking WTO Relief From US Solar Safeguard Tariffs
• FirstEnergy To Deactivate Coal Plant After FERC Rejection
• Feds Further Push For Bears Ears Challenge Move To Utah
• How Emerging Sources Of ESI Will Impact Discovery
• 3 Mass. Proposals Signal A New Wave Of Offshore Wind
• Amazon To Pay EPA $1.2M For Illegal Pesticide Sales
• Environmentalist Hit With $4M Verdict For Hindering Project
• FERC Opens Power Markets To Energy Storage With New Rule
• DOE Must Publish Energy-Saver Rules Adopted Under Obama
• Stoel Rives Snags 3 RE Partners From Perkins Coie
• 4th Circ. Won't Bar Pipeline Co. From Taking Va. Properties
• Mariner East Drilling To Resume At Site Of Damaged Aquifer
• Mass. City Sues 3M, Tyco Over Water Contaminated By Foam
• Enviros Blast Ebb In Enforcement At Trump's EPA
• Cos. Denied Rehearing In $1B Lead Paint Cleanup Suit
• Put The Brakes On Acceleration Bay Litigation Funder Ruling
• How Corporate Policyholders Can Prepare For Earthquakes
• 11th Circ. OKs States' Bid To Quickly Remand Water Rule Suit
• Fiat Says Shares Were Unaffected By 'Defeat Device' Claims
• A Chat With Hogan Lovells HR Chief Allison Friend
• Trenk DiPasquale Email Probe Ordered In Water Agency Suit
• Enviros Sue EPA, FWS For Release Of Info On 3 Pesticides
• Enviros, Utilities Push For Greener Electric Grid Policies
• Enviros To Sue EPA, Army Corps For Clean Water Rule Delay
• 5th Circ. Affirms $81M Damages In Citgo Spill Row
• Shell's Hydro-Battery Project Hit With Tribes' FERC Protest
• Sailing Looks Clear For 10th Circ., Other Judge Picks
• Ex-Kilpatrick Townsend Enviro Atty Joins Nelson Mullins
• NJ Utility Can't Arbitrate Solar Row With Blackstone Unit
• Countries Must Step Up Energy Taxes, OECD Says
• Talen Energy To End Coal Burning At Pa. Power Plant
• Considerations For Attorneys Using Artificial Intelligence
• Trump Infrastructure Plan Would Spur Pipeline Projects
• Syracuse Wins Partial Toss Of Superfund Cleanup Fee Suit
• Enviros Want FERC To Rethink PennEast Pipeline Approval
• Senate Panel Grills OMB's Mulvaney On Trump Budget
• Tesla Unit Asks Justices To Reject Utility's Immunity Bid
• Gold King Contractor Must Face Most NM, Navajo Claims
• Energy Funds For Schools New Twist In Tribal Budget Battle
• Enviros Challenge EPA Permit For Gulf Oil Drillers At 5th Circ.
• BLM Proposes Pulling Back Obama's Methane Flaring Rule
• 9th Circ. Judge: Tribe 'Did Nothing' To Stop Rival Casino
• 4 Takeaways From Trump's $200B Infrastructure Blueprint
• 9th Circ. OKs Sanctions For First Solar Wrongful Death Suit
• Gov't Must Seek Tribes' Input On Vital Issues: NCAI Prez
• Trump Budget Would Cut BIA Funds, Up Indian Health Money
• Potlatch To Pay $6M To EPA, DOT Over Pollution Cleanup
• Shell Cuts $10M Deal In La. Toxic Air Emissions Suit
• Trump Proposes 25 Percent Cut To EPA In 2019 Budget
• Clean Energy On Chopping Block In Trump Budget Blueprint
• Broadband Groups Laud Trump Infrastructure Proposal
• 9th Circ. Backs Arctic Ringed Seals' 'Threatened Status'
• Tenants 2 Years Late To Claim $21M DuPont Superfund Deal
• Feds, Dakota Access Fight Tribe To Keep Pipeline Permits
• NJ Enviros, Ex-State Sen. Can't Stop $225M Exxon Deal
• Enviro Watchdog Says DOI Temp Officials Are Illegal
• Ace Fights $1.1M Pollution Award Coverage At 11th Circ.
• Judging A Book: Duncan Reviews 'Justice And Empathy'
• Tribal Tie Doesn't Nix Coal Plant Row, Enviros Tell 9th Circ.
• Trump Administration Outlines $200B Infrastructure Plan
• DOJ's No. 3 Checks Out For Walmart Gig
• Girardi Keese Must Open Books On $130M Deal, 9th Circ. Told
• TSCA Rule Would Help Fund Broader EPA Chemical Program
• Shell Loses $300M-Plus Oil Cleanup Claim Against Dole Unit
• SD Tribe Blasts NRC's Take On Standing To Dispute Mine
• Budget Bill Contains Energy Tax Credit Boon
• What's Next In The WTO Tussle Over Trump's Safeguards
• Dakota Access Owners Press RICO Suit Against Enviros
• Enviro Analysis Says Congress Threatens Access To Courts
• Mass. Sens. To EPA: Make GE Send River Waste Out Of State
• ETP Unit Fights New Permit Conditions For Pa. Gas Terminal
• Eminent Domain In The Wake Of Natural Disasters
• Addressing Human Rights Issues In The Extractive Sector
• Congress Fumbles Spending Debate, Shutting Gov't Down
• Volkswagen Fines Top EPA's Biggest 2017 Enforcement Cases
• EPA Floats Billing Industry $20M Per Year In TSCA Fees
• The Art Of The Litigation Funding Deal
• Budget Deal Would Renew Expired Tax 'Extenders'
• ND Asks 10th Circ. To Keep Fracking Rule Rejection In Place
• Tribe, Enviros Give Up Suit Over Klamath Logging Project
• Hydropower Land Transfer, Transparency Bills Pass House
• Corps Unresponsive In Dakota Access Permit Fight: Tribe
• Pa. Slams Sunoco With $12.6M Fine Over Pipeline Project
• Canadian Solar Cos. Wage CIT Battle Against New Tariffs
• Sierra Club Challenges Power Rate Hike In Fla. High Court
• Solar Co. Asks To Take Panels In $20M Chinese Contract Row
• Activist Gets Year In Jail For Pipeline Valve Shut-Off
• Pa. Appeals Court Urged To Ax Sunoco Pipeline Challenge
• Bankrupt Solar Panel Installer Hit With WARN Suit
• EPA Has 60 Days To Respond To Conn. Pollution Petition
• FirstEnergy Abandons Coal Plant Sale After FERC Rejection
• Fed Circ. Questions Army Corps' Katrina Liability
• Smart Contracts Need Smart Corporate Lawyers
• States Urge 11th Circ. To Quickly Remand Water Rule Case
• NRG Scores $2.8B From Renewable Unit, Energy Plant Sales
• Senate Panel Again Advances Trump's EPA Deputy Pick
• How California Energy Laws Changed In 2017: Part 2
• Witness Preparation Also Requires Witness Training
• NY Joins States Suing EPA Over Clean Water Rule Delay
• Chubb Needn't Fill Cleanup Coverage Gaps, NY Justices Hear
• NJ Rejects PennEast's Right-Of-Way Bid For Pipeline
• Northeast Cap-And-Trade Turns 10: A RGGI Report Card
• No Changes To Obama-Era Coal Dust Rule, MSHA Chief Says
• How To Fix Your Broken Client Teams
• China Strikes Back Against US Safeguards At WTO
• Morgan Lewis Adds Ex-BakerHostetler Attys As Partners
• PE-Backed Wood Pellet Co. Launches $120M Offering
• BLM Fights Effort To Undo 10th Circ. Fracking Rule Decision
• How California Energy Laws Changed In 2017: Part 1
• EPA Gets Enviros' Stormwater Challenge Pared Down
• Understanding FERC's Natural Gas Certificate Policy Review
• Ill. Man Sentenced To 3 Years For Violating Clean Air Act
• Winery Settles Feds' Enviro Claims Over Fatal Ammonia Leak
• NY Justices Set To Address Pollution Coverage Gap Question
• VW Owners Who Sold Cars Pre-Scandal Make Standing Args
• Calif. City Needn't Pay Dry Cleaner For Cleanup, Judge Says
• Shutdown Looming, FERC Downplays Pipeline's GHG Impact
• Left-Leaning Sens. Unveil Core NAFTA Demands
• 15 Tribes Urge Wash. Gov. To Stop LNG Project Construction
• Don't Let Pipeline Co. Take Land, 4th Circ. Told
• Keep Tribes' Bears Ears Case In DC, Native Groups Say
• GLP Sells Buildings, Solar Panels To REIT For $277M
• Trump's Enviro Picks: White Out, Wheeler Up
• Sunoco Appeals Halt To Pa. Pipeline Construction
• A Lower Bar For Calif. Agencies In Hazardous Waste Cases
• Major Alaska Lease Sale Should Be Quashed, Enviros Say
• FERC Pressed To Keep Fla. Pipeline Running
• Eversource Says NH Hydropower Rejection Was Improper
• DOE Can't Lift Freeze On Uranium Leasing Program
• Mass. Health Boards Raise Concerns Over Potential Pipelines
• Monsanto Seed Rollout Forced Farmers' Hands, Suit Says
• High Court Could Rein In ESA's Reach In Frog Habitat Fight
• Feds, Tribe Say DC Circ. Ruling In Similar Case Backs Casino
• Exxon Insists It Can Bolster Climate Speech Claims
• Sunpreme Asks Fed. Circ. To Undo Solar Cell Duties
• 9th Circ. Decision Could Be Game-Changer For Investors
• How To Serve Your Blind Client Effectively
• Don't Let PFAS Leave A Mark On Your Business Transaction
• What To Expect After Trump's State Of The Union Address
• BASF, Shell Beat Challenge Over Contaminated NJ Property
• Pipeline Developer Can't Take Land Yet, Va. Judge Says
• NJ Joins Support For Delaware River Fracking Ban
• Lloyd's Wins Dismissal Of $25M Pollution Coverage Suit
• Feds Fight At 9th Circ. Against Water Release Order
• Counties' VW Diesel Suits Could Spur Copycats, Judge Says
• Herbicide Suits Against Monsanto Consolidated In Mo.
• 9th Circ. Ruling Broadens Reach Of CWA Pollution Liability
• Taiwan Requests Consultations Over US Solar Tariffs
• Solar Co. Seeks $12M In Federal Clean Energy Cash Grants
• NM, Navajo Nation Fight EPA Bid To Stay Mine Spill Suit
• FWS Must Redo Yellowstone Bison Analysis, Judge Says
• Sacramento Tainted Water Suit Filed Too Soon, Judge Says
• Landowner Can't Overturn Energy Co.'s Win In Spill Suit
• Enviros Sue DOI Over Tribal Land Swap For Road In Alaska
• Evolving Due Process In The Digital Age