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Environmental - February, 2021

294 articles

• Feds Sue Puerto Rico Municipality Over Landfill Hazards
• YPF Seeks To Disqualify White & Case From $14B Maxus Suit
• Oil Giants Urge Federal Judge To Hold Onto Calif. Climate Suit
• White House Goes Back To Obama-Era Carbon Cost Metric
• Atty Accused Of Mishandling BP Spill Claim Gets Arbitration
• EPA Won't Appeal SF Salt Pond CWA Ruling
• Chinese Generator Manufacturer Gets $2.4M Award OK'd
• Bristol Myers, Citigroup Can't Shake NJ Pollution Suit
• EPA Defends Methylene Chloride Risk Evaluation At 9th Circ.
• Keys To Carbon Neutral Oil And LNG Transactions: Part 2
• Feds Drop 2nd Circ. Challenge Of Migratory Bird Protections
• ERCOT Ruling Won't Stop Suits Over Texas Power Outages
• Chemours Board Sued In Del. For Undisclosed Toxic Tabs
• Okla. Landowner Tells Magellan To Come Get Its Pipeline Stuff
• What Biden's Ethics Pledge Means For Gov't Revolving Door
• 8 Questions For FERC Commissioner Mark Christie
• Wis. Utility Agency Illegally Discouraging Solar, Court Told
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Suez Board Of Directors Decries Veolia's €11.2B Takeover Bid
• Spokane Tribe Says Dams Block Fish And Destroy Culture
• Judge Refuses To End Sterigenics' Suit Against Ga. County
• Mich. Gov.'s Bid To Stop Pipeline Won't Change Enviro Review
• Groups Urge 1st Circ. To Keep $1B Energy Line On Hold
• DOT Secretary Buttigieg Builds Buzz For Biden's Transpo Plan
• Keys To Carbon Neutral Oil And LNG Transactions: Part 1
• REIT Weyerhaeuser Lands Alabama Timberlands For $149M
• How Corporate Monitorships Can Be Feathers In Firms' Caps
• 5th Circ. Says BP Toxic Waste Suit Belongs In Federal Court
• Punishing Bar Exam Policies On Menstrual Products Must Go
• Multistate Commission Bans Fracking In Del. River Basin
• Advocates Say EPA Ignored Popular Fumigant's Cancer Risks
• BP Unit Seeks High Court Review Of $111M Superfund Case
• 3 Lingering Concerns About The Carbon Capture Tax Credit
• Wind Turbine Co. Adviser Settles SEC's $1.9M Scheme Claims
• Hinshaw Adds Seasoned Insurance Partner In New Orleans
• Senate Confirms Granholm For Energy Secretary
• Two Calif. Boat Facilities Face $200K In Water-Related Fines
• UK Local Gov't Pensions Funds 'Hold £10B In Fossil Fuels'
• SEC To Drill Down On Cos.' Climate-Related Risk Disclosures
• SEC Dings Gulfport Energy, Ex-CEO Over Undisclosed Perks
• Calif. Accused Of Issuing Oil Permits Without Enviro Review
• Haaland's DOI Chances Get Lift With Manchin Nod
• NJ Appeals Court Rejects Town's BASF Site Tax Challenge
• Exelon Says It Will Separate Generation And Utility Assets
• Apache Faces Investor Suit Over Failed Drilling Project
• Judge Recommends To Drop Suit Over Slawson Drilling Sites
• Blackjewel Ordered To Remediate Ky. Coal Mine Violations
• Financial Institutions Must Prepare For Climate Regulations
• Insurer Says Plant's Chemical Spill Suits Aren't Covered
• Groups Don't Want Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Review Suit Moved
• EPA Hazardous Pharma Waste Rule Has Wide Reach
• DC Circ. Urged To Unlink Species Claim From Soot Rule Suits
• Pa. GOP Sens. Say No Place For Greens In Fracking Ban Suit
• 8 Firms Power $8B SPAC Deal For Indian Clean Energy Giant
• Pabst Wants Out Of $4.8M Baltimore Superfund Cleanup Suit
• It's Time For Law Firms To Start Loving And Leveraging Data
• Climate Could Make Catastrophes Uninsurable, Fitch Warns
• Biden Orders Sweeping Review Of Crucial Supply Chains
• Pelosi Addresses Native American Policy Changes With NCAI
• DOI Pick Haaland Assures Fossil Fuels Still Needed For Now
• Court Remands Group's Plastic Pollution Suit To State Court
• Citigroup Sued Over Illinois Superfund Site
• Former DOJ Enviro Atty Returning To Hicks Thomas
• A Tough Road Ahead for Democrats' Ambitious Policy Agenda
• Biden Sued By Oil And Gas Developer Over Stalled Permits
• Keys To Protecting Clients During Law Firm Dissolution
• Ex-Mich. Governor Says Flint Case Filed In Wrong Court
• Texas Justices Urged To Nix Ranch's $100M Coal Cleanup Bid
• Compliance Lessons From Toyota's Clean Air Act Settlement
• Texas Power Co. Griddy Sued Over Massive Energy Bills
• Md. Capital Latest To Sue Energy Giants Over Climate Change
• Digitization Of Environmental Audits May Be Here To Stay
• ERCOT Hit With $100M Suit Over Outage Related Death
• Tribe Members' Ore. Highway Suit Too Late, Judge Says
• EPA Backs 10th Circ. Biofuel Ruling Amid High Court Review
• EPA Takes Action To Address PFAS In Drinking Water
• DC Circ. Unlikely To Block Feds' Wild Horse Removal Plan
• Liberty Mutual Says Town's Lead Water Battle Not Covered
• Burning Man Says Feds Can't Prove $2.9M Fees 'Reasonable'
• Justices Highlight 'Big Hurdles' For Fla. In Water Row With Ga.
• How Case Management Orders Can Support New Attorneys
• DC Circ. Holds Off On Clean Power Plan Rescission
• Ex-Fuel CEO Properly Convicted Of Tax Evasion, Justices Told
• Morris Manning Sued Over Conservation Easement Advice
• Companies Beef Up Risk Disclosures As Biden Era Begins
• White House Loses Bid To Delay NEPA Rule Challenge
• 3 Issues Buttigieg's DOT Will Tackle In The Biden Years
• NY Town Says Saint-Gobain Can't Halt Tainted Water Class
• Insurer Owes $2.6M For Remediation At Ore. Mall, Suit Says
• A Chance To Address Carbon Reduction In NYC Office Leases
• Biden's Climate Agenda Means Oil, Gas Cos. Must Innovate
• Fishermen Reel In Victory Against Kill Quota Shutdown Rule
• Shipping Co. To Pay $3M Over Oily Discharge In Guam Port
• An In-House Counsel's Guide To Better Work Management
• NM Tort Claims Against Feds Survive In Gold King Spill Suit
• Bayer's $650M PCB Deal Hits Snag Over Extra Funds Window
• 8th Circ. Mulls Tribe Members' Options In Pipeline Fight
• Senate Intel Chair Sounds Alarm On Fla. Water Supply Hack
• Factory Can't Use Pa. Deal To Bar Water Pollution Suit
• Texas Grid Operator, Utility Hit With $10M Suit Over Outages
• FERC Chair Says Texas Blackouts May Spark New Grid Regs
• Calif. Senators Propose Banning Fracking In State By 2027
• Feds Say 'We Build The Wall' Funds Can't Cover Atty Fees
• Genetic Engineering And The Endangered Species Act
• Judges Blast Atty For Flint Client Solicitation Efforts
• US Cos. Must Prepare For EU Carbon Tax On Imports
• Metlakatla Tribe's Bid To Restore Fishing Rights Dismissed
• Feds Halt Trump Effort For More Calif. Desert Development
• White House Withdraws Trump-Era GHG Draft Guidance
• Trump Admin. EPA Policy Official Joins Sidley
• Avoiding Materially Adverse Conflicts After New ABA Opinion
• Cape Cod Resort Settles Green Group's Clean Water Suit
• UK Report Backs Green Taxes, Supporting Europe's Push
• Colo. Refinery's Pollution Permits Are Out Of Date, Suit Says
• UK Gov't Sued Over £854M Weather Supercomputer Contract
• Blackouts Test Texas' Grid, Spotlight Renewable Energy
• 7th Circ. Skeptical Of Green Groups' Suit Over Power Line
• NY Beats Long Island Tribe Members In Fishing Rights Suit
• Auto Groups Warn Justices Of Regulatory Disarray In VW Row
• Wash. Accuses Mining Co. Of Relitigating CWA Permits
• Japanese Co. Can't Appeal Jurisdiction Order In PFAS Case
• EPA Settles Lead Paint Claims With Home Renovation Show
• Start Preparing For Germany's Corporate Sanctions Act
• 3 Key Environmental Takeaways From Biden's First 30 Days
• Green Groups Tell 9th Circ. EPA's Pesticide Approval Must Fall
• Recent Events Call For Boards To Weigh Stakeholder Interests
• DC Circ. Told New England Fuel Storage Plan Keeps Lights On
• Calif. Property Owners Settle Arsenic Cleanup Suit
• Calif., NY Lead Fight Over Vehicle Emissions Penalty Delay
• Former EPA Acting Legal Leader Returns To Gibson Dunn
• Texas Power Failures Spark Grid Scrutiny, Investigations
• PG&E Investors Land $10M Deal In Suit Over Power Outages
• Ariz. Judge Won't Block Land Swap For Copper Mine
• Pa. Enviro Board Can Weigh 'Bad Faith' In Awarding Fees
• Culturally Significant Ore. Harbor Hits New Superfund Phase
• EPA Can't Dodge Minn. Tribe's Copper Mine Suit, Judge Says
• New FERC Chair's Record May Hold Clues To His Plans
• US Legal System Can Benefit From Nonlawyer Ownership
• Ex-Shipman Atty Joins Hinckley's Real Estate Group In Conn.
• Civil Trial Lessons From Trump Impeachment
• EPA Abandons Obama-Era Clean Power Plan
• ConocoPhillips $2B Alaska Plan Halted For 9th Circ. Review
• 9th Circ. Told EPA Used 'Careless Math' To Deny Pesticide Ban
• Texas Says DC Circ. Wrong Venue For Clean Air Act Suit
• Pratt & Whitney Want Experts DQ'd In $1B Soil Toxins Suit
• VW Opt-Out Drivers Tell 9th Circ. MDL Judge Stymied Them
• Idaho Judge Axes Trump-Era Sage Grouse Habitat Changes
• Sierra Club Drops $2.2B Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline Suit
• Pa. Water Utility Says DuPont Illegally Transferred PFAS Biz
• $6B Pipeline Work Must Be Stopped, DC Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Judge Grills FERC Over Mass. Gas Project Approval
• Key Deliverables For SPAC Parties Amid Growth Trend
• Convicted LA Businessman Can't Redo $512M Tax Fraud Trial
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Shell Must Face UK Suit Over Nigerian Oil Pollution
• New FERC Chair Will Push For Deeper Gas Project Reviews
• Shell Oil Pays $191K EPA Fine After Puget Sound Incident
• Keystone XL Could Tarnish US' Perfect Arbitration Record
• Copper Mine Would Crater Sacred Site, Native Groups Say
• Groups Ask DC Circ. To Undo 2nd Part Of Coal Ash Rule
• FirstEnergy Must Face Discovery Over Ohio Bribery Scheme
• Deducting Environmental Fines Requires Nexus, IRS Atty Says
• Multiple AGs Urge Biden To Undo Keystone XL Permit Scrap
• Cos. Face Uncertainty In Commerce Foreign Adversary Rules
• 9th Circ. Affirms Vacatur Of Wash. Aquaculture Permit
• 9th Circ. Ends Challenge To EPA's Diesel Emissions Rule
• Building A Law Firm Knowledge Bank For Thought Leadership
• Groups Say EPA Must Push States To Cut Methane Emissions
• The Power Of A National Climate Emergency Declaration
• FirstEnergy Must Face Suit Over $60M Bribery Scheme
• Biden's Clean Energy Push Has Wind Industry Thinking Big
• Advocates Say EPA Missing Ozone Deadlines In Major Cities
• EPA Agrees To Halt Water Rule Suit Pending Biden Review
• Residents Say Landfill's Dismissal Bid Should Stay Buried
• 5th Circ. Revives 3 Late BP Oil Spill Injury Claims
• Conservation Groups Sue Feds To Block $500M Power Line
• DC Circ. Urged To Scrap Texas Nuclear Waste Site License
• Methanol Export Developer Challenges Wash. Rejection
• French Authority To Probe Veolia Takeover Of Suez Subsidiary
• Fleur De Lis To Pay $1.9M To Settle Oil Spill Claims
• Alaska Business Org. Asks To Fight Arctic Refuge Drilling Suit
• What Airports Need To Know About PFAS Risks
• FERC Defends Plant Payments In New England At DC Circ.
• Let's Emerge From The Pandemic As Legal Innovators
• The Clean Power Plan Is Only Mostly Dead
• High Court Likely Next For Climate Suit As 9th Circ. Passes
• Winston & Strawn Launches Energy & Infrastructure Group
• NY Regulator Encourages Banks To Fund Climate Resilience
• Pa. Zinc Co. To Pay $3.3M To Settle EPA Pollution Suit
• Green Groups Fight EPA's Retention Of Soot Standards
• Holtec, NJ Town Strike Deal Over Nuclear Plant Plans
• Biden Admin. Won't Override Oregon LNG Project Rejection
• After 2020's Turbulence, Clearer Skies Are Ahead For Airlines
• $1B Clean Power Project Benefits 'Illusory,' 1st Circ. Told
• Anticipating Predictive Analytics' Potential Uses In Litigation
• Energy And Climate Policies That May Pass Via Reconciliation
• Nuke Group Says NRC Illegally Upended Waste Policy
• Biden's EPA Pick Cruises To Full Senate Vote
• Hyzon Motors Valued At $2.7B In SPAC Deal Driven By 3 Firms
• Conservationists Say New Data Should Halt $600M NC Bridge
• Judge Blocks 'Improper' Communications In Flint Lead Case
• Baker Botts Snags Ex-EPA Chemical Safety Head
• Texas Judge OKs Insurer's Hurricane Harvey Coverage Suit
• Tesla Buys $1.5B Of Bitcoin As Musk Touts Meme Crypto
• Utility Cleared To Press Gov't For $56M In Nuke Waste Funds
• Judge Won't Block $2.9B Enbridge Pipeline Project In Minn.
• Army Corps Permits From Trump Admin. Illegal, Enviros Say
• DC Circ. Pauses Vehicle Emissions Fight For Biden Review
• VW, Audi Parent Cos. Can't Slip Texas Claims, Court Told
• EPA Petitioned To Review Phosphate Mine Waste Regs
• This Black History Month, Law Firms Should Challenge Norms
• How GHG Working Group's Return Will Change Climate Policy
• EPA Offers Few Answers In PFAS Disposal Guidance
• Fox Rothschild Aims To Sink Ex-Clients' Enviro Costs Suit
• Seeger Weiss Launches Enviro Litigation Team In Mass.
• FERC Tells DC Circ. $6B Pipeline Fight Is Dead End
• What Energy Sector Should Expect From Biden's Tax Policies
• Asarco Says Superfund Site Needs Rival's Help Now, Not Later
• Debt Markets Off To Strong Start In 2021 As Cos. Seek Cash
• 5 Insurers Off Hook For City's $5M Flood Damage Costs
• Interior Brings On More Experts In Native American Law
• DOJ Drops Criminal Probe Of Ford's Emissions Process
• Biden Seeks To Put Teeth In Environmental Justice Policies
• Prep For Enviro Scrutiny As Trump Policies Are Rolled Back
• DOJ Yanks Trump-Era Environmental Enforcement Memos
• VW Can't Use 'Unclean Hands' Defense In SEC Emissions Suit
• Insurer Owes Olin $25M In Cleanup Fight's 'Last Chapter'
• US Cos. Must Get Ready For EU Human Rights, Climate Policy
• Judges On Race
• Berger Singerman Adds Environmental Atty As Partner
• Gibson Dunn Forms US-UK Enviro Social Governance Group
• Attys For Southern Co. 'Clean Coal' Investors Get $24M
• Law Firm Penalties On Departing Partners Just Got Riskier
• New EPA Picks Show Commitment To Environmental Justice
• Asarco Says Rival Must Help With $25M Cleanup Plan
• Bayer's $2B Deal May Not Spell The End For Roundup
• Biden Admin Won't Appeal Sierra Club-DTE Energy Settlement
• Vale Strikes $7B Deal To Settle Deadly Dam Collapse Claims
• Vitol Entitled To $8.8M Fuel Tax Credit, 5th Circ. Told
• Pa. GOP Claims Carbon Pact Rule Imposes Illegal Taxes
• Flint Plaintiffs Say Atty Interfering With $641M Deal
• Biden's IRS Will Still Target Easement Abuse, Official Says
• EPA Asked To Revisit Permits For St. Croix Refinery
• Keller Lenkner Hires Former Aide To Texas AG, White House
• Dem Bill Pushes Biden To Declare Climate Change Emergency
• NJ Case Has Lessons On Arbitration Clauses In Atty Retainers
• Donziger To Judge: Don't Call Private Prosecutor 'Gov't'
• Utah Asks Insurer To Pay $1.8M Atty Fee In Trade Secrets Suit
• 5th Circ. Hears 3 Challenges To Texas LNG Project Approvals
• Alsup Slams PG&E Legacy Of 'Terror,' Mulls Probation Tweaks
• Senators Grill Biden EPA Chief Pick On Climate, Independence
• Calif. And Metal Shredder Strike $4.1M Pollution Settlement
• Minn. Appeals Court Allows Work On $2.9B Enbridge Project
• Pa. Gov. Proposes Budget With Combined Reporting, Pot Tax
• DC Circ. Told Calif. Vehicle Waiver Case Should Continue
• Sierra Club Asks 1st Circ. To Stop $1B Maine Power Project
• Project Finance Will Be Key To Developing Hydrogen Market
• Buyers Can't Save RICO Claim In BMW, Bosch Emissions Suit
• Hagens Berman, Pomerantz Vie To Lead Pebble Mine Suit
• Texas Justices Mull Scope Of Arbitration In $15M Apache Row
• Coughlin Duffy Group Jumps To Schenck Price
• Tips For Protecting Privilege When Working With Outside PR
• French Court Holds Gov't To Account On Climate Change
• 3 Procurement Priorities For Law Firms In Uncertain Times
• Bayer Inks $2B Deal To Cover Future Roundup Cancer Claims
• High Court Cancels Border Wall, Remain In Mexico Hearings
• Senate Panel Advances Biden's Pick For Energy Secretary
• High Court Takes Up $1B Pipeline Land Grab Case
• Ariz. Utility Hinders Solar Competition, DOJ Tells 9th Circ.
• Landry's Says Atty Immunity Doesn't Cover Media Statements
• SPACs Surged In January Following Record-Breaking 2020
• Solar Co. Commits $1M To End Mass. Sediment Pollution Suit
• 4 Nonclimate Issues The EPA Will Face In The Biden Years
• Minn. Pipeline Row Distinct From Dakota Access, Corps Says
• Calif. Joins Suit Over Wildfire-Prone Area Development
• Kids Say Biden Orders Support Climate Case Against Gov't
• Sharks NHL Team Rips Transit Expansion's Parking Impacts
• Green Groups Fail To Stop ConocoPhillips Alaska Oil Project
• More Automakers Exit Fight Over Trump Emissions Rules
• Senate Confirms Pete Buttigieg As Transportation Secretary
• UK Is Proof Nonlawyer Ownership Threatens Legal Profession
• Pa. Right-To-Know Ruling Offers Open Records Playbook
• 9th Circ. Told FAA Rushed Review Of Amazon Facility
• Dow, Shell Want Banana Plantation Pesticide Claims Tossed
• SEC Names ESG Adviser Amid More Progressive Agenda
• US Trade And Domestic Economic Policy Should Align
• New Orleans Port Co. Denied Win In $10M Oil Spill Suit
• 10th Circ. Won't Step On Colo.'s Toes In Forced Pooling Suit
• 5 Biden-Era Corporate Compliance Considerations
• Ex-Mich. Gov. Should Not Be Criminally Liable For Flint Crisis
• Biden Asks Justices To Cancel Asylum, Border Wall Args
• Remote Bar Exams Pose New Learning Disability Challenges
• EPA Flubbed 2020 Biofuel Requirements, DC Circ. Told
• Trump 'Secret Science' Rule Killed By Montana Court