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Environmental - August, 2021

249 articles

• 3 Legal Takeaways For Oil And Gas Sector Post-Hurricane Ida
• Ida Spotlights Need For Better Industry Oversight, Groups Say
• Biden Dodges Carbon Cost Suit As Judge Finds It Premature
• Transport Cos. Brace For Post-Ida Supply Chain Woes
• Biden Floats Lowering Rent For Renewable Project Leases
• Biden Reverses Pause On New Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• Sherwin-Williams Must Face Bulk Of NJ Enviro Agency's Suit
• Judge Axes Trump-Era Revisions To Clean Water Act Rules
• Cooley-Led Allbirds Files For $100M IPO
• Insurance Commissioner's Agenda: Wis. Tackles Climate Risk
• Louisiana Power Providers Reeling From Hurricane Ida
• STL Pipeline Tells DC Circ. Stakes Too High To Bank On FERC
• Law360 MVP Awards Go To 182 Attys From 77 Firms
• What The Judiciary's Font Recommendations Can Teach Us
• How Firms Can Help Law Schools Leap Into The Future
• Vaccines, Tuition, Race: The Litigation On Law Schools' Radar
• 4 Ideas For Updating Law Schools Post-Pandemic
• SoCal Edison Pays $350K Over Emissions Reporting
• Feds Say Anglers' Puget Sound Salmon Suit Is Sour Grapes
• 5th Circ. Turns To Texas High Court In Hail Coverage Suit
• Nikola Founder, Feds Clash Over Investor Fraud Forum
• EU Climate Plan Should Involve Taxing Pollution, Not Borders
• DC Circ. Sinks Industry Challenge To EPA Wood Heater Rule
• Groups Want Feds To Take Better Look At Water Pumping Plan
• 9th Circ. Says San Joaquin Ozone Plan Must Be Reviewed
• Environmentalists Want Calif. Wetlands Project Halted
• FDA Finds Little PFAS In Most Processed Foods
• Tribe Slams Idaho's Denial of Residence-Based Treaty Rights
• EPA Illegally Destroying Water, Chemical Records, Group Says
• State AGs Insist Minn. Climate Suit Is State Matter
• Wind Farm Can't Revive Defenses To Tribe's Trespass Claim
• EPA, Army Corps Moves Herald New Enviro Permit Challenges
• Texas Panel Revives $3M Fraud Suit, Nixes Arbitration Order
• Chlorpyrifos Lawsuits, EPA Ban Signal Risk For Companies
• BP Unit Owes $4.3M For Its Share Of Aluminum Site Cleanup
• How Social Movements Are Affecting Corporate Governance
• FERC's Departing Chatterjee Regrets Grid Policy Inaction
• Sugar Co.'s $291M Cuban Port Suit Too Grainy, For Now
• Biden Admin. Cracks Down On W.Va. Mine Reclamation
• Mass. Residents Challenge Offshore Wind Farm Approval
• Feds Score Win Against Latest Mo. River Depletion Suit
• Let FERC Handle STL Pipeline From Now On, DC Circ. Told
• 'Ecocide' May Be New Tool For Fighting Environmental Crime
• 9th Circ. Backs BNSF Rail Expansion Despite Local Objections
• Iñupiat Village's Arctic Drilling Suit Is Moot, 9th Circ. Says
• Okla. Asks To Block DOI Coal Regulation On Tribal Lands
• 8th Circ. Backs Barring Utility From Shedding Wind Contracts
• Crypto Biz Blockstream Raises $210M For Bitcoin Mining Tech
• Federal Enviro Criminal Prosecutions Continue To Decline
• Justices Must Restore Trump-Era GHG Rule, Supporters Say
• ND Urges Court To Force Gov't To Restart Oil And Gas Leasing
• Natural Capital: A Paradigm Shift In Valuing The Environment
• Minn. Court Backs Regulators' OK Of $700M Natural Gas Plant
• Donziger Prosecution Didn't Flout DOJ Authority, Judge Says
• Climate Protesters Block Street Over HMRC's Ties To Barclays
• Mont. Mineral Biz Admits Fault In Worker Arsenic Exposure
• EPA Defeats Water Act Claim In Maryland River Pollution Row
• How The 'Rocket Docket' Continues To Roar Through COVID
• Greens, CBP Each Land Partial Win In Border Wall Suit
• Texas City Ends Gas Terminal Design Change Fight
• Evaluating Challenges To SEC's ESG Disclosure Proposal
• Court Challenges, New Regs May Slow Infrastructure Plans
• Keystone Pipeline Had Safety Concerns, GAO Report Says
• 3rd Circ. Won't Yet Tackle Fight Over Virgin Islands Hotel Plan
• Biden Chooses Umatilla Citizen To Head National Park Service
• Alaska Native Village In 'Agony' Waiting For EMS Access
• US Imposes New Nord Stream 2 Sanctions On Russian Cos.
• DC Circ. Says Internet Browsing History Not Subject To FOIA
• 8th Circ. Affirms Mo. Power Plant Upgrade Needed Air Permit
• Samish Tribe Asks Full 9th Circ. To Redo Treaty Rights Ruling
• GM Expands Chevrolet Bolt Recall Over Battery Fire Risks
• Remand Of Minn. Climate Fraud Suit Paused Amid Appeal
• Oil Refiner Sues EPA Over Renewable Fuel Exemption Petition
• Maui Seeks To Reopen Hawaii Water Pollution Suit
• Chevron, Exxon Want 5th Circ. Coastal Drilling Issue Reheard
• USDA's Animal Protection Failures Show Change Is Needed
• High Court Won't Halt Obama Library Construction In Chicago
• 5 Best Practices For Attys Helping To Craft ESG Policies
• Chevron Can Pursue Gov't Indemnity Under WWII Fuel Deals
• EPA Extends Permit Reviews Amid Water Rule Revision
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Calif. Bans Insurance Policy Cancellations Amid Wildfires
• Split 10th Circ. Blocks Kansas From Enforcing 'Ag Gag' Law
• Minn. Tells 8th Circ. Climate Fraud Suit Belongs In State Court
• Minn. Says Enbridge Suits Don't Belong In Tribal Court
• 'Cancer Alley' Plant To Get Enviro Review, Army Says
• ConocoPhillips Alaska Drilling Permits Nixed Over GHG
• How BigLaw Firms Stack Up On Climate Change Work
• Arbitrating Transnational Environmental Disputes
• Why A Missed Email Could Cost You Your Case
• Siemens Wind Tower Co. Looks To Unwind US Duties
• Just Eat, Cruise Biz Referred To FCA Over Enviro Disclosures
• Venoco Tells High Court To Scrap Calif. Takings Suit Challenge
• SEC-Approved Nasdaq Diversity Rule Challenged In 5th Circ.
• EPA Bans Chlorpyrifos Use On Food In Win For Green Groups
• Obama Center Opponents Ask High Court For Injunction
• 2nd Circ. Revives Upstate NY Superfund Cleanup Fight
• Unwinding TCJA Will Help Working Class, Sen. Van Hollen Says
• Contractor Settlements Highlight Small Biz Compliance Risks
• K&L Gates Taps Ex-Calif. Deputy Counsel For Power Practice
• $70M Innogy Wind Farm Suit Trimmed By NY Judge
• Biden EV Order Boosts Opportunities For Automakers
• Kan. Wind Farm Suit Belongs In Circuit Court, DC Judge Says
• Enviro Group Sues Feds Over Calif. Minnow's 'Bleak' Future
• Balch & Bingham Adds Second Partner In Austin
• Tribes Drop Fight Against $468M Pipeline At DC Circ.
• Profs. Tell DC Circ. SpaceX Launches Need Enviro Review
• How The Texas Winter Storm Has Affected Power Contracts
• 7th Circ. Won't Revive Pollution Risk Claim Over Plant Closure
• Green Groups Slam Interior's Plan To Resume Oil, Gas Leases
• Drivers Eye Class Cert. In Dodge Ram Truck Emissions Suit
• These Law Firms Have The Most Diverse Equity Partnerships
• NCAI Says Cop Violence Over DAPL Protests Threatens Tribes
• 7th Circ. Rejects Bid To Block Obama Center Construction
• 9th Circ. Affirms Builders' Water Permit Need In Landmark Suit
• U.S. Wants To Pause Suits Over Endangered Species Changes
• Monsanto Seeks High Court Input On $25M Roundup Verdict
• Union Pacific Tells Texas Panel To Trim Chemical Suit
• Insurer Says Ruptured Pipeline Damages Not Covered
• Energy Groups Sue Interior Over Oil And Gas Leasing Pause
• Lithium Co. Says Tribes Joined Suit Opposing Mine Too Late
• NJ Pitches Rule Changes For Offshore Wind Tax Credits
• Law360's Diversity Snapshot: What You Need To Know
• Key Funding Opportunities In Senate Infrastructure Bill
• SoCal Edison Won't Face Criminal Charges For Woolsey Fire
• Tribe Says FERC Ignoring Dam Project's Cultural Site Impacts
• Drivers Say VW, Porsche Can't Shake Emissions Cheat Suit
• Nasdaq Diversity Rule To Bring Change, Or Shame, To Cos.
• DC Circ. Orders FCC To Revisit Possible 5G Wireless Harms
• Trial Necessary In Colo. Gold Mine Pollution Suit, Judge Told
• 5 Reasons Lawyers Often Fail To Secure Litigation Funding
• Sheppard Mullin Adds Renewable Projects Pro In San Diego
• TVA Can't Escape Contract Suit From Environmental Groups
• 6 Months Later, What To Know About The Texas Storm MDL
• Extreme Weather Bumps Insured Catastrophe Losses To $42B
• Despite Giuliani's Assertion, Lawyers Cannot 'Throw A Fake'
• Dakota Access Protesters Say Excessive Force Suit Must Stay
• How High Court Takings Ruling Compares With Prior Analysis
• Oregon Water Agency Tells 9th Circ. To Revive Irrigation Suit
• Donziger Doesn't Deny Guilt In New Trial Bid, Prosecutor Says
• Deals Rumor Mill: Nubank, Hella, TMZ
• Partial Class Cert. Granted In Suit Against Flint Engineers
• It's Time To Upgrade Our Attorney Licensure Rules
• Wachtell, Latham Lead $1.92B Sale Of PSEG's Fossil Fuel Biz
• Limetree Bay Gets OK For $10M DIP Draw, September Auction
• Calif. Judge Tosses Challenge to Tribal Windfarm
• California Gov.'s Enviro Review Upheld For Oakland Ballpark
• 9th Circ. Finds Keystone Permit Appeal Moot
• Senate Clears Budget Vehicle For Biden's $3.5T Relief Plan
• Beyond Maui: Groundwater Guidance Still Needed
• 9th Circ. Remands Order Limiting Ex-BLM Head's Authority
• EPA Scientists Say Collaboration Ban Hurting Chemical Regs
• EPA Settles With Shell For $29.5M Over WWII Fuel Cleanup
• DOE Proposes Reversing Trump-Era Lightbulb Rollbacks
• Data-Based Predictions On Case Timelines After Pandemic
• Tribe Has No Off-Reservation Fishing Rights, Alaska Says
• Del. Justices Vacate Tonopah Solar Project Books Ruling
• GOP States Accuse Feds Of Flouting Oil, Gas Lease Order
• 8th Circuit Partially Restores Iowa 'Ag Gag' Law
• Senate OKs $1.2T Bill With Enhanced IRS Crypto Oversight
• Foley Hoag, Latham Lead RNA Tech Co.'s $1.2B SPAC Merger
• DOI Defends Reviews For Gulf Of Mexico Oil Lease Sales
• Texas Gas Projects Tell DC Circ. To Toss Design Change Fight
• Embracing ESG
• 5 Potential Speed Bumps For Clean Energy Investment
• EPA Must Update Oil Spill Rule By 2023, Judge Says
• Senate Approves $1.2T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
• Calif. Panel Affirms $87M Roundup Award Against Monsanto
• Judge Rebukes Limetree Bay DIP For Cutting $10M From Offer
• $689M Solar Project's Environmental Plan Ready For Public
• 3 Potential Speed Bumps To Biden's 50% Electric Vehicle Goal
• 4th Circ. Told Baltimore Climate Claims Are Federal At Heart
• 8th Circ. Revives Challenge To Arkansas 'Ag Gag' Law
• Retention Is Key To Meaningful Diversity At Law Firms
• Oil And Gas Groups Want Say In Trump Pipeline Permit Fight
• SPX Says Property Owners' New Suit Includes Old Claims
• Pa. Panel Axes Challenge To Gas Drilling In State Forests
• Energy Cos. Can't Get $22M In Treasury Cash, Fed. Circ. Told
• Seattle Urges Toss Of Sauk-Suiattle Tribe's Challenge To Dam
• STL Pipeline Asks DC Circuit To Reconsider Vacating Permit
• Judge Sanctions Feds Over Evidence In Gold King Spill Suit
• 9th Circ. Says Snoqualmie Tribe Can't Claim Treaty Rights
• EPA Tells Justices GHG Rule Appeals Target Future Policy
• Judge Vacates Past Ruling In Tribal Fishing Rights Row
• Justices' Pipeline Ruling Is A Close Call For Gas Industry
• Calif. Tribe, DOI Beat Anti-Gambling Groups' Casino Challenge
• Worse Can Be Better For Nonjudicial CERCLA Allocation
• AIG Unit Denied Atty Fees Following $7.2M Coverage Win
• Infrastructure Bill Advances Despite Cryptocurrency Impasse
• Texas Utility Wants Out Of Suit Over Spiking Prices
• New Emissions Plan Mends Relations With Automakers, Calif.
• BP Escapes $80M Suit From Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
• $54M Green Energy Ponzi Schemer Gets 18-Year Prison Term
• Human Rights-Focused Lending Models Can Curb Trafficking
• IP Forecast: Apple Faces Texas Jury Again Over 4G Patents
• 5th Circ. Revives Oil Cos.' Bid To Move La. Suit To Fed. Court
• Obama Center Opponents Can't Halt Construction
• 15 States Urge 1st Circ. To Move Climate Suit To Fed. Court
• Navajo Nation Says Navigable Waters Rule Must Go
• Colville Tribes Say Feds' Neglect Worsened Forest Fires
• Texas Judge Tosses Zoning Bias Claim Against Dallas
• EPA's 'Mild Suggestion' Can't Be Challenged, 9th Circ. Says
• Change To Dredging Rules Killed Sea Turtles, Enviros Say
• FERC Told Refinery Project's Axing Should Doom Pipeline
• Utility Cos. Notch Win In Idaho-Oregon Transmission Line Row
• 3 Firms Mold $2B Deal For Climate Insurance Risk Biz
• 10 Steps To Building An ESG Board Committee: Part 2
• Biden Sets Goal Of 50% Electric Vehicles By 2030
• NM Judge Axes Enviros' Suit Over BLM Fracking Permits
• Attys To Get $5.4M For Work In $17.5M Firefighting Foam Deal
• Army Corps Of Engineers Sued Over Texas Oil Terminal Plans
• Prospects Look Strong For UK Class Actions
• VW Rips Bondholder's 9th Circ. Rehearing Bid In Fraud Suit
• Media, Decarbonization SPACs Raise $350M In IPOs
• Avoiding Unauthorized Practice Of Law In Remote Work
• Fed. Circ. Tells US To Stop Dodging WWII Era Cleanup Bill
• Feds, Boston Suburb File $100M Deal In CWA Suit
• Enviro Groups' Tear Gas Suit Against DHS Nixed For Now
• 10 Steps To Building An ESG Board Committee: Part 1
• DOE Plans To Revoke Trump Short-Cycle Appliance Rules
• Reed Smith Snags Chamber Lawyer For State AG Practice
• 3 Key Enviro Priorities In The Infrastructure Bill
• Donziger's New Trial Bid Slams Special Prosecutor's Authority
• Philly Is Wrong Venue For Cancer Emissions Suit, Court Says
• Oil Cos., Unions Urge Congress Toward Carbon Capture
• Judge Drops Moot Claims In ND Tribes' Mineral Rights Suit
• Enviro Group Denied Win Over 'Lethargic' Cleanup Of Pa. Site
• DC Circ. Orders FERC To Probe Enviro Impact Of Gas Projects
• BLM Will Examine Impacts Of Trump's Arctic Drilling Plan
• Wash. Commission Told Energy Tax Credit Should Expire
• Enviros Seek Ban On Live Birds, Mammals Trade
• Houston-Area School District Preserves Halt To Construction
• Ex-Owner Says He Is True Florida Man In Golf Course Scrap
• Judge Slams Atty For 'Shameful' Waste In Deepwater MDL
• OxyChem Targets Flooring Co.'s Successor In Enviro Row
• State Utility Regulators' Climate Mandates A Hopeful Trend
• Bankrupt Limetree Bay Set To Shut Down St. Croix Refinery
• Infrastructure Bill Targets Tribes With Roads, Enviro Spending
• Chubb Unit Fights Defense For Smithfield Foods Stench Suit
• Senate Infrastructure Bill Won't End Dems' Clean Energy Push
• Senate Infrastructure Bill Would End Worker Retention Credits
• $1.2T Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Braces For Hurdles
• Texas PUC Can't Quash Brazos Ch. 11 Document Demands
• Texas Chicken Farms' 'Nuisance' Ruling Is Upheld
• Insurer Says It Isn't Liable For Ga. Water Pollution Claims
• US Chamber Backs Energy Cos. In Climate Suit Fight
• BLM Seeks Agency Remand In Oil And Gas Lease Sales
• 5th Circ. Revives Genesis' $4.5M Pipeline Damage Suit
• Judge Trims Sanitizing Wipes Maker's Suit Over Recall Order