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Environmental - December, 2018

164 articles

• EPA Finds Mercury Rule Unjustified But Won't Repeal It
• 5 Most-Read Legal Industry Guests Of 2018
• State Energy Plans Leaned Clean And Green In 2018
• NJ Judge Nixes Enviro Bid In Newark Water Lead Case
• Orlando Utility Sued Over Coal Plant Property Damage
• Enviros, Tribes Challenge Enbridge Minn. Pipeline Project
• Border-Adjusted Carbon Tax May Be Administrative Headache
• Occidental Says Phillips 66, Others Liable For Calif. Cleanup
• NJ Town Can Take Properties To Rebuild Beach, Court Says
• Sunoco Defends Pa. Pipeline As DA Launches Criminal Probe
• Coastal State AGs Want In On Seismic Testing Permits Fight
• Gov't Escapes Wis. Tribe's Permit Suit Over Mine Project
• A Big Leap Forward For Tribal Energy Development
• Fiat, BLM Settle Suits Over Jeep-Linked Calif. Wildfire
• 18 Firms Ask 9th Circ. For Cut Of $175M Fees In VW MDL
• Enviros Sue Feds To Halt Colorado Dam Expansion
• Beveridge & Diamond Snags Justice Dept.'s Lead VW Litigator
• Wind Farm Cos. Tell Justices Feds Wrong On Tribal Appeal
• Ohio City Seeks To Overturn $2B Nexus Pipeline Approval
• 3 D&O Questions Regarding Event-Driven Securities Litigation
• Trump Signs Tribal Energy, Salmon Protection Bills Into Law
• EPA Suit Over Exxon Terminal Would Be Futile, Parties Agree
• High Court's Frog Opinion Reaches Beyond ESA
• Where 5 Top MDLs Stand At The End Of 2018
• Gov't Agrees To Dam Water Release In Fish Protection Row
• Kinder Morgan Unit Faces $5M Suit Over Chemical Spill
• Enviros Fight To Sink NY Nuke Subsidies
• German Auto Co. Agrees To $35M Fine In VW Emissions Case
• DC Circ. Probes EPA Rationale For Obama Ozone Rule
• French Protests Highlight Difficulty Of Taxing Carbon
• States Plan Regional Pact To Slash Transportation Emissions
• Keep Youth Climate Suit On Hold, Feds Tell Judge
• The Moments That Mattered Most For Legal Ethics In 2018
• Exxon Insists Bid To Halt NY AG Climate Probe Is Valid
• State Legislatures May Be Next Stop For Oil And Gas Regs
• The Year #MeToo Rocked In-House Law Departments
• Ala. High Court Won't Revive State's VW Emissions Suit
• Calif. Regulator Says PG&E Faked Records For Years
• 2nd Circ. Revives Enviro's CWA Suit Against Recycler
• Spain Says €128M Award Over Subsidies Can't Be Enforced
• NJ Assembly OKs Using $50M From Exxon Deal For Cleanup
• 'Auer Someday Will Be Overruled,' Kavanaugh Said In 2016
• Feds Win Toss Of Enviros' Suit Over Army Corps' Mine Permit
• GE Says US Is No Place For Fukushima Meltdown Suit
• Spotlight On Produced Water Management Options Intensifies
• Judging A Book: Mills Reviews 'Mississippi's Federal Courts'
• MVP: Sidley Austin's Justin Savage
• Interior Head Zinke Exits Amid Ethics Investigations
• New Year, New Opportunities For State Governments
• Tribal Hunting Right Outlasted Wyo. Statehood, Justices Told
• FWS Evaluation Of Bald Eagle Impacts Fell Short, Judge Says
• PennEast Can Take NJ Land For $1B Pipeline, Judge Says
• Climate Change Ruled 2018 Energy-Related Court Decisions
• WTO Upholds US 'Dolphin-Safe' Tuna Label Criteria
• WTO Members Must Adopt A Climate Waiver
• Tesla Reaches Cap On Electric Vehicle Credit, IRS Says
• Feds Reap Record $405M For Mass. Offshore Wind Leases
• The 6 Biggest Law Firm Mergers Of 2018
• Auto Groups Side With VW In 9th Circ. Emissions Dispute
• The New Water Rule And Its Potential Ripple Effect
• MVP: Mayer Brown's Timothy Bishop
• Hunters Back Monument Cuts Opposed By Enviros, Tribes
• The Subtle Art Of Fred Fielding
• Chevron Moves Calif. Anglers' Greenhouse Suit To Fed. Court
• Pipeline Challenge Is Valid, Enviros Tell DC Circ. Judges
• 8th Circ. Won't Revive ND Landowners' Pipeline Fraud Suit
• 6 Things That Rocked The Legal Industry In 2018
• NCAI Says $867B Farm Bill Would Benefit Native Tribes
• 4th Circ. Axes Pipeline Permits, Says Trees Lacked Protector
• Cozen O'Connor Taps Former EPA Regional Counsel
• Biggest Environmental Law Rulings Of 2018
• MVP: Vinson & Elkins' Jeremy C. Marwell
• EPA Defends Water Rule Delay In NY Fed. Court
• VW Banks On Federal Shield To Beat States' Emissions Suits
• Sprint Wants In On Tribal Row Over FCC 5G Exemption Rule
• Calif. Wildfires' Insured Losses Top $9B, Official Says
• Fed. Circ. Sustains Tariffs On Chinese Solar Cells
• States Support EPA Nix Of Hardrock Mining Rule At DC Circ.
• Mass. Town Asks 1st Circ. To Block Enbridge Pipeline Project
• Sunoco Beats Emergency Bid To Shut Down Pa. Pipelines
• Clean Energy Cleaned Up In 2018 Project Financings
• 10 Tips For Law Firms To Drive Revenue Via Sports Tickets
• Inside Key ABA Guidance On Attorneys' Cybersecurity Duties
• MVP: Cohen Milstein's Theodore Leopold
• 3 Takeaways From The New Trump Water Rule
• US Trustee Objects To Pay Request For Level Solar Atty
• NYC Construction Co. Files For Ch. 11 Amid Unpaid $122M
• VW Slams Bondholder's Bid To Redo Emissions Fraud Suit
• Climate Report Proves Carbon Regs Must Stick, EPA Told
• 3M Fire Suppressant MDL Will Be Heard In South Carolina
• Enviros Sue To Deep-Six Atlantic Seismic Testing Permits
• MVP: King & Spalding's Tracie Renfroe
• Opening Comments: A Key Strategic Decision In Mediation
• EPA, Army Corps Float Replacement Water Rule
• NY Attorney General Seeks To Sink Exxon Climate Appeal
• Sierra Prodded On Why It Didn't Challenge EPA Rule
• EU Approves Germany's €350M Per Year Rail Freight Plan
• Ex-Fisker Auto Board Member Wants Investor Suit Trimmed
• Sunoco Pushes Pa. PUC To Ax Pipeline Shutdown Bid
• Scotts To Pay Up To $85M Over Pesticide-Tainted Bird Seed
• Tribe Fights For Water Quality Rule In Maine's EPA Suit
• Move Montgomery McCracken Malpractice Row To NY: Judge
• Investor Says PDC Energy's Board Ignored Enviro Laws
• How To Help Realize A Tax Equity Market For Carbon Capture
• Keystone Developer Can't Prep Pipeline Construction
• Kellogg's Breakfast Bars Contain Pesticide, Buyers Say
• Supreme Court Agrees To Reconsider 'Auer' Deference
• Nexus Can Access Land For Pipeline Work, 6th Circ. Says
• VW Tells 9th Circ. Counties' Emissions Claims Preempted
• German Power Giant To Allow More Danish Energy After Probe
• Corps, Dakota Access Say Tribes Didn't Obey Order
• Pipeline Contractor Says EQT Skipped Bill On Spill Cleanup
• Vt. Lets Entergy Transfer Nuke Plant To Demolition Firm
• Ohio Mineral Owners Say Oil & Gas Drillers Dug Too Deep
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Morgan Lewis' J. Kyle Poe
• Tribes Can't Stop FCC's Next-Gen Towers, DC Circ. Told
• EPA's Coal Gift Hints At Broader Climate Policy Challenge
• Co. Seeks To Dump Jury Verdict In Coal Ash Liability Case
• Target Inks $7.4M Deal Over Calif. Waste Disposal Claims
• Enviros Blast BLM Revamp To Sage-Grouse Plan
• Enviros Sue To Block Minneapolis Rezoning Plan
• Oakland Is Interfering With Shipping Terminal, Developer Says
• Young Climate Fight Warriors Want Pretrial Process To Move
• Pa. Justices Won't Hear Sunoco Pipeline Land-Grab Appeal
• A Comparison Of This Year's Carbon Tax Proposals: Part 2
• 11th Circ. Says Williams Partners Unit Can Quickly Take Land
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Ogletree's Evan Moses
• EU Approves Class Action Rules Amid Calls For Safeguards
• McNamee Confirmed For FERC Slot Amid Climate Controversy
• Motorcoach Co. Must Face Fraud Suit Over Bus Startup
• PG&E Caused Worst Fire In Calif. History, Suit Says
• Cleanup Probe Triggers Defense Coverage, City Tells 9th Circ.
• EPA Dings Calif. For Years-Late Air Quality Plan
• NY, NJ Want In On EPA Smog Inaction Suits At DC Circ.
• Landowner Denied Bid For Axed NJ Pollution Cleanup Grant
• Wyoming Looks To Take Yellowstone Grizzly Fight To 9th Circ.
• Gov't Urges High Court To Rebuff Osage Wind Farm Petition
• A Comparison Of This Year's Carbon Tax Proposals: Part 1
• Argentina Drags Peru To WTO Over Biodiesel Tariffs
• Texas Panel Lets Hurricane Harvey 'Takings' Suit Proceed
• Gov't, Ill. Ask For Approval On Phillips 66 Refinery Deal
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Kilpatrick Townsend's Kate Gaudry
• A Closer Look At New Calif. Pension Fund Climate Law
• Volkswagen Gets Win In Minn. Emissions State Suit
• States Knock FERC's GHG Analysis Rollback At DC Circ.
• EPA Gets Year To Rethink Maine Tribal Water Decisions
• Enviros Seek Info On EPA Meetings With Wheeler's Old Firm
• Shell Plan Aims To Tie Carbon Reduction Efforts To Exec Pay
• Enviros Say Feds' Deepwater Horizon Review Delay Unlawful
• Data-Driven Lawyer: Littler's Scott Forman
• Split FERC OKs Grid Operator's Market Changes
• Transportation And Infrastructure — The Road Ahead: Part 2
• New Orleans Port Hit With $10M Suit Over Oil Spill
• High Court Remands Second Dusky Frog Petition To 5th Circ.
• UK Supreme Court To Hear Deepwater Horizon Arbitrator Appeal
• Judging A Book: Ginsburg Reviews 'The Curse Of Bigness'
• Fishing Co. Says Law Firm Flubbed $2.8M BP Settlement
• Data-Driven Lawyer: DLA Piper's Eric Falkenberry
• Not Too Late For Small Business Owners To Lower 2018 Taxes
• Enviros Can't Use CWA In Sewage Dumping Suit, Resort Says
• Transportation And Infrastructure — The Road Ahead: Part 1
• Border Wall Can Skip Enviro Review After Justices Snub Case
• High Court Wants Gov't Input On Scope Of CWA Authority
• The Data-Driven Lawyers Of 2018