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Environmental - September, 2021

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• Chevron, ARG To Pay $900K Over Fuel Standard Violations
• Path To Migratory Bird Permit Program Won't Be Smooth
• Infrastructure Bill In Limbo As House Continues To Mull Vote
• 9th Circ. Told EU Fines Aid German Car Cos. Antitrust MDL
• Coke Wants To Throw Away '100% Recyclable' Dasani Suits
• State Farm Fights Sanctions In 15-Year-Old Katrina Fraud Suit
• Enviro Groups Allowed To Continue Colo. Mine Pollution Suit
• Court Orders Feds To Better Justify Colo. Lease Sale
• Commerce Wants Solar Tariff Seekers To Name Names
• Mass. Man Convicted In $50M Federal Energy Grant Scheme
• Nigerians Fight To Stay In Upcoming Shell Oil Spill Trial
• Split 9th Circ. Revives Calif. Chemical Water Case
• Split Conn. Top Court Affirms State's Power Plant Approval
• $54M Ponzi Schemer's Virus Release Bid Fails At 3rd Circ.
• US, EU Vow To Avoid New Trade Barriers For Critical Sectors
• Chemical Storage Co. Blames Bearings Maker For Texas Fire
• EPA Says Decision Paving Way For Pebble Mine Must Go
• UK Antitrust Arm Wants Input On Sustainability Advice
• FERC Divide Cinches Rollback Of Clean Energy Subsidy Order
• Greenberg Traurig Adds 2 Shareholders In SoCal
• Vacatur Of Trump Water Rule Means More Uncertainty Ahead
• What 9th Circ. Privilege Test Means For Dual-Purpose Advice
• Missourians Say Northrop Downplayed Toxic Water Pollution
• Feds Reinstate Criminal Prosecution For Migratory Bird Kills
• Truck Co. Navistar Must Face Suit Over EPA Standards Claims
• Nigerians Lose Bid To Sue Shell Over Oil Spill As A Group
• DOI Asks 8th Circ. To Kill Mount Rushmore Fireworks Crusade
• EPA's Auto Emissions Plan Draws Praise, Push To Go Further
• Solar Co. Sues Insurer For Coverage Of Gas Explosion Suits
• Republican FERC Members Blast Clean Power Legislation
• Counties' VW Tampering Claims Not Barred, Feds Tell Justices
• Biden Deals Final Blow To Trump-Era Royalty Valuation Rule
• Blue AGs Tell 9th Circ. Climate Deceit Suits Are States' Turf
• Lifting The Veil On The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket
• EU Carbon Border Fee Plan Could Spark Trade Wrangling
• Centerra Asks Arbitrator To Block Kyrgyz Acts At Gold Mine
• Insurer Avoids Hurricane Irma Coverage Under Notice Defense
• Pork Producers Ask High Court To Review Calif. Pig Care Law
• World Bank Should Add Sanctions To Curb Human Trafficking
• EU Pushes VW To Pay Consumers Over Dieselgate Scandal
• Crow Tribe Takes Aim At 10th Circ. Hunting Rights Ruling
• Sempra, SoCalGas Cut $1.8B Aliso Canyon Gas Leak Deal
• SEC Loses Bid To Share Secret VW Emissions Suit Docs
• Maine Lobster Fishers Fight US Rule Protecting Right Whales
• Gensler Warns Panel About Costs Of Going Public Via SPACs
• NYC Strikes $51M Deal To Reduce School Boiler Emissions
• SEC Says Trader Scored $14M Profit As Unregistered Dealer
• VW To Pay $1.5M To Settle NH, Mont. Tampering Claims
• WTO Dispute Roundup: Panels Set In Agriculture, Steel Fights
• Report Says Colo. Air Permitting Flaws Not Due To Foul Play
• Ojibwe Tribe Wants Study Of Enbridge Environmental Damage
• 5th Circ. Revives La. Contractor's $2.7M Flood Coverage Suit
• Sunoco Can't Hide Pipeline Rupture Assessment, Feds Say
• Embracing ESG: United Natural Foods GC Talks Bottom Line
• PennEast Developers Abandon $1B Pipeline
• EU Enforcers Trying To Make Competition 'Green'
• Climate Youths Urge No Judgment On Nonprofit Leaving Suit
• 4th Circ. Won't Reconsider NC Pollution Fine Against Marines
• PG&E Facing Manslaughter Charges Over 2020 Calif. Fire
• GAO Urges Congress To Break Nuclear Fuel Storage Impasse
• Feds, Pa. Pulled Road Project 'Bait and Switch,' NAACP Says
• John Stossel Says Facebook Defamed Him With Fact-Checks
• 3 Attorney Ethics Considerations For Litigation Funding
• Biden Launches Security Probe Of Crucial Magnet Imports
• Tahoe Regional Agency Appointee Sees More Wildfire Hurdles
• Perkins Coie Snags Obama Vet For Offshore Wind Push
• Cypriot Shipping Co. Hit With $2M Fine For Illegal Dumping
• Calif. Tells 9th Circ. Federal Dam Not Allowed To Hurt Trout
• FERC Puts New Grid Regs On Table After Texas Blackouts
• SEC Letter Raises Climate Reporting Bar Before Rules Drop
• Monsanto PCBs Contaminated Del. Waterways, AG Suit Says
• IP Forecast: Taylor Swift Seeks To Shake Off Copyright Case
• Ch. 11 Toss Of $619M Malpractice Suit Gets 2nd Circ. Review
• High Court Asked To Revisit Landmark Water Permit Ruling
• The Difficult Art Of Advertising Carbon Reductions
• Big Oil Aims To Pause Remand In Hoboken's Climate Suit
• No 9th Circ. Rehearing In VW Bondholders' Emissions Suit
• Ute Tribe Plans To Appeal DC Judge's Water Suit Dismissal
• V&E Steers Climate-Focused Blank-Check Firm's $200M IPO
• Biogas Producer Pays $1.1M To Settle Excess Flaring Suit
• White House, EPA Tout Ambitious Plans To Reduce HFCs
• Ojibwe Tribes Say Wis. Wolf Hunt Steps On Treaty Rights
• Superfund Tax Would Boost Cleanups At Polluted Sites
• Treasury GC Nominee Takes Heat From Warren Over Recusals
• Solar Industry Group Blasts Bid For New China-Based Tariffs
• How ABA Opinion Shifts Alternative Biz Structure Landscape
• Tribes Ask Army Corps To Ax DAPL Environment Consultant
• Donziger Argues For Time Served, Citing Lengthy Prosecution
• 6th Circ. Says GE Not Liable For $44M Rail Yard Clean-Up Bill
• Atlanta-Area County Gets More Time For Sewage Repairs
• Senate Committee Approves Biden's EPA GC Pick
• Latham Hires Vinson Veteran For Energy M&A Practice
• NY Judge Won't Pause Renewable Project Siting Regs
• Ga. Judge Allows Most Pollution Claims In Carpet Case
• Wash. Judge Rules Against Lummi Nation In Fishing Dispute
• Mining Co. Says Wastewater Case 'Defies Physics'
• EPA Asked To Sanction N.M. Over Oil & Gas Permitting
• Feds Didn't Tell Oil Cos. To Deceive Hawaiians, 9th Circ. Hears
• 13 State AGs Urge Higher Fines For Fuel Economy Violations
• Justices Urged To Revive Dakota Access Pipeline Permit
• Trade Court Upholds Duties On Argentine Biodiesel
• Walmart Beats Greenpeace's Recycling Label Suit, For Now
• CMA Says Cos. Have Until Year's End To Stop Greenwashing
• Green Groups Say $2B LaGuardia AirTrain Needs More Review
• Biden, Airlines' Jet Fuel Emissions Goals In For Bumpy Ride
• Public Defender Wins Senate Nod For 10th Circ. Seat
• 9th Circ. Vacates $3.7M Water Pollution Ruling For Fresh Look
• Tribe Accuses Seattle Of 'Greenwashing' Hydro Dams' Impact
• Embracing ESG: HPE Counsel Talk Effective Board Oversight
• Vicente Sederberg Launches Enviro Compliance Practice
• Oil Cos. Ask 1st Circ. To Put Climate Fight In Federal Court
• Md. Judge Axes Pabst, Others From $4.8M Superfund Suit
• Bankruptcy Courts' Equitable Discretion May Be In Danger
• Minn. Orders Enbridge To Pay $3.3M For Groundwater Release
• Travelers Doesn't Owe Northrop Coverage In Pollution Suits
• How Biden Plans To Cut Methane Emissions
• LG Counsel Sues ITC For Safeguard Review Access
• Family of Pilot Killed Fighting Wildfire Sues Helicopter Maker
• Calif. Judge Punts Trump's Narrowed Water Rule To Gov't
• Akin Gump Lands Ex-Nixon Peabody Energy Tax Pro In DC
• Ingevity Vows To Appeal $85M Antitrust Loss To BASF
• EPA Says Trump Maui Ruling Guidance Made Things Worse
• Justice Gap Demands Look At New Legal Service Models
• YPF Ordered To Turn Docs Over To Maxus Liquidating Trust
• ING Vows To Cut Funding For Upstream Oil And Gas
• Puyallup Tribe Says Wash. Dam Operator Polluted River
• 9th Circ. Blocks EPA Water Permit For Large Idaho Farms
• Fla. Property Owner Sues Insurers For Hurricane Damage
• DOI Shakes Most Claims In Tribe's Water Mismanagement Suit
• ETP Tells FERC $20M Fine Fight Isn't A Globetrotters Game
• MVP: Cohen Milstein's Theodore J. Leopold
• House Dems Target Oil Execs, Alleging Climate Disinformation
• Minn. DNR Makes 4th Attempt to Duck Tribal Groundwater Suit
• House Dems Seek To Make Fed Curb Fossil Fuel Funding
• EPA Enforcement, Emergency Nominees Highlight Justice
• Nikola Founder Seeks To Shift NY Fraud Case To Arizona
• Mass. Offshore Wind Farm Secures $2.3B In Funding
• Illinois Gov. Signs Clean Energy Law Phasing Out Coal
• Texas Justices Asked To Revive River Authority Dam Row
• Green Group Says Pa. Power Plant Can't Use 'Zombie' Permit
• MVP: Nossaman's Paul Weiland
• FERC Shirked Climate Review Of LNG Project, DC Circ. Told
• Simpson Thacher Nabs Energy Pro From Latham
• Court Won't Rush Feds' Decision On Protecting Ancient Fish
• BASF Wins $85M In Antitrust Damages From Delaware Trial
• Biden Climate Push Means Fossil Fuel Cos. Must Innovate
• $48M BASF-Ingevity Antitrust Trial Goes To Jurors In Delaware
• Clean Energy Strikes It Rich With House Dems' Tax Proposal
• Hunton Gears Up For 'Decades' Of Energy Transition
• Local Orgs Tell 4th Circ. Climate Claims Belong In State Court
• Marines Ask 4th Circ. To Rehear NC Air Pollution Penalty
• Groups Oppose Bid To Reopen Hawaii Water Pollution Suit
• Vermont Latest To Sue Big Oil Over Climate Change
• FERC Keeps STL Spire Pipeline Open, For Now
• EPA, Army Corps Guidance Walks Back Regulatory Certainty
• Formosa Plastics To Pay $2.8M For Texas Fires, Explosions
• These Firms Have The Most Women In Equity Partnerships
• Pa. Coal Plant's Pending Closure Doesn't Moot Enviro Suit
• MVP: Pillsbury's Matthew Morrison
• Alsup Grills PG&E Worker Over Record-Breaking Dixie Fire
• 28 Deepwater Claimants Hid Workers' Compensation, BP Says
• 8th Circ. Revives ND Tribal Members' Pipeline Challenge
• Exxon Likens Calif. Climate Suit To Improper 'Lawfare'
• Embracing ESG: Leidos GC Talks Social Responsibility
• Fishing Groups Challenge Biden Offshore Wind Approvals
• Int'l Law Governs €101M Spain Award Fight, Court Hears
• How Environmental Litigation Can Block Renewable Projects
• Firefighter Union Loses Bid To Stop Gear Test Involving PFAS
• MVP: Kirkland's Jonathan Kidwell
• XL Unit Must Cover Spirits Maker In Chemical Release Suits
• Idaho Says Tribe Isn't Covered By 150-Year-Old Hunting Treaty
• Key Takeaways From The NAIC Summer National Meeting
• Law360's Glass Ceiling Report: What You Need To Know
• Insurers Call For Post-Brexit Solvency II Overhaul
• EU Finance Ministers Say Sector Must Adapt To Climate Risks
• 2 Water Laws Targeting Pot Blocked For Harming Calif. Hmong
• Groups Say EPA Must Act Fast On Mich. Town's Lead Pollution
• Swinomish Tribe Plans To Sue Corps Over Salmon Habitat
• Upper Skagit Says Sauk-Suiattle Is Violating Fishing Order
• Colombia On The Hook In Eco Oro's $700M Mining Claim
• Fla. Court Tosses Solar Group's Net Metering Challenge
• Sanctions Sought Against State Farm In 15-Year Katrina Suit
• Green Groups Say Utility's Trade Group Spending Should Stop
• Judge Stands By Letting Pipeline Suit Play Out In Tribal Court
• DC Circ. Won't Rethink Dumping Of High-Ethanol Fuel Rule
• Vehicle Service Contracts Present Opportunities For EV Cos.
• Water Permit For New Ohio Hospital Complex Vacated
• MVP: Hunton's Deidre Duncan
• EPA Moves To Block Pebble Mine Again
• Ill. House OKs $700M Nuclear Bailout In Clean Energy Bill
• House Dems' Clean Power Proposal Freezes Out Natural Gas
• Biden, Airlines Back 2030 Sustainable Fuel, Emissions Targets
• Jury Awards Calif. City $48M After Tainted-Water Trial
• Enviro Groups Say Maine Dams Block Salmon Route
• EPA Prepping New Wastewater Pollution Regulations
• Gunster Adds Environmental Attorney In North Florida
• Mich. Gas Power Plant Pays $750K To Settle Emissions Suit
• Ojibwe Tribe Fights for Jurisdiction Over Pipeline Case
• Sierra Club, Others Say EPA Must Close Emissions Loopholes
• Squire Patton Adds 2 Partners To Shipping Practice Group
• Biden Taps DC Utility Chief For Vacant FERC Slot
• Lessons In Crisis Lawyering 20 Years After 9/11
• High Court To Mull Taking Up Suit Over Obama Center
• Tribal Leaders Say Okla. Needlessly Stirring Fears Over McGirt
• Hurricane Ida Reveals Climate Challenges Facing Northeast
• Ga. Sterilizer Says Alleged Cancer-Causing Emissions Legal
• NY Bans Sale Of Gasoline-Powered Cars Starting In 2035
• White Farmer Slams US Gov't Bid To Pause Debt Relief Case
• Baltimore Tells 4th Circ. Climate Claims Belong In State Court
• Fox Rothschild Amps Up Energy Practice With New Partner
• Coal Plant Fight Belongs In Montana, Co-Owner Says
• Key Anti-Corruption Tips For Green Energy And Tech Cos.
• Oil Cos. Must Fight Hoboken's Climate Suit In State Court
• DC Circ. Stands By Vacating STL Pipeline Permit
• Industry Urges Light Federal Touch In New Water Rule
• BASF Seeks Up To $48M As Ingevity Trial Opens In Delaware
• EPA Considering Updates To Waste-To-Energy Regs
• Minn. Loses Bid to Halt Suit In Tribal Court Over Pipeline
• Judge Turns Down Sanctions Bid In Toxic Release Row
• SEC Lands Judgment Against CEO In Wind Turbine Fraud Suit
• Insurers Drop Pollution Coverage Suit Against Steel Co.
• Superfund Costs Were Wrongly Divvied Up, 7th Circ. Says
• How PFAS Action Act Could Complicate Superfund Cleanups
• What Patent Applications Signal About Green Energy Trends
• Feds Say Approvals Of $500M Power Line Were Sound
• 11th Circ. Tosses Insurer's Escape Bid For HVAC Death Suit
• Alaska Agency Must Examine Hilcorp Gas Leak, Court Finds
• Feds Must Turn Over Contested Docs In Cherokee Trust Suit
• House Committee Takes Step To Electrify US Vehicle Fleet
• Lawyers Gear Up For Packed IPO Pipeline As Autumn Nears
• Fintech, Energy-Centric SPACs Together Raise $400M In IPOs
• CIT Orders Another Recalculation Of Chinese Solar Cell Duties
• BP Says Some Deepwater Suits Not Supported By Diagnoses
• Court Won't Undo Contractor's Plea In River Pollution Case
• Gulf Coast Offshore Wind: Opportunities And Challenges
• Calif. Legislature Approves Controlled Burn Bill
• Biden Taps Carbon Capture Pro For Energy Dept. Post
• WTO Official Sees Movement In Plastics Pollution Dialogue
• IP Forecast: Herman Miller Readies For Chair TM Fight
• Feds Dodge Suit Over $3.8B Myrtle Beach Highway
• EPA Finds Climate Change Risks Higher For Racial Minorities
• ECJ Upends Ruling That Energy Subsidy To UK Was Illegal
• Mich. Residents' Attys Get $3.9M For 3M Water Deal
• Judge Slams Army Corps For Lax Fish Protection In Oregon
• Calif.'s Complicated Transition On Solar Panel Disposal
• Why Structured Data Is Increasingly Important To Your Case
• Union Pacific Can't Use Anti-SLAPP Law To End Cancer Suit
• Biden Launches Enviro Review Of NY Offshore Wind Project
• WTO Backs US Solar Tariffs, Rebuffing Chinese Challenge
• Pa. Takes Step To Join Growing Bloc Of Cap-And-Trade States
• New EU Insurance Watchdog Chair Prioritizes Climate Change
• Montana Utility Agrees To Changes To End EPA's Water Suit
• 16 State AGs Back S.D. In Mount Rushmore Fireworks Dispute
• Ex-FERC Chair Chatterjee Joins Hogan Lovells
• Walmart Is Latest Co. Hit With Baby Food Heavy Metal Suit
• Cos. 'Begging' For ESG Guidance From SEC, Report Says
• Superfund: The Wrong Tool For PFAS Cleanup Efforts
• Embracing ESG: AIG Counsel Talks SEC Risk Alert
• VW Asks Justices To Undo Ohio Emissions Tampering Ruling
• UNC Dodges Enviro Groups' Coal Emissions Suit
• Groups Seek To Block Biden Admin. Oil And Gas Lease Sale
• Dow Chemical Ropes Northrop Grumman Into Pollution Suit
• Morgan Lewis Adds Charity's Former In-House Counsel In SF
• Firms Say ESG Failure Is Risky For Business, Survey Finds