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Environmental - December, 2021

187 articles

• The Most-Read Legal Industry Guest Articles Of 2021
• EPA Walks Back Trump OK For Okla. To Regulate Tribal Lands
• Taylor Energy To Pay $43M To Feds For Oil Spill Cleanup
• Judge Decries McGirt 'Havoc' But Finds For Feds On Mining
• Judge Wary Of Ousted EPA Advisory Board Members Bias Suit
• Del. Court Urged To Order Dentons' Release of Seized Stock
• Maytag Aircraft Corp. Pays $1.9M For Fort Hood Fuel Spill
• DuPont Entities Get Claims Trimmed In NJ Pollution Suits
• Wash. Tribes Tell High Court To Revive Fishing Rights Suit
• A Law Firm Leader's Guide To Seeking Effective Feedback
• Hilton Suit Says Insurer Failed To Pay For Hurricane Damage
• Chesapeake Utilities To Promote 6 To Leadership Roles
• Entrust Energy's Ch. 11 Back On Track After ERCOT Deal
• Solenex Fights To Get Decades-Old Montana Lease Reinstated
• NIMBYism Is Endangering America's Clean Energy Future
• VW Loses Bid To Ax Deceit Claims From 'Dieselgate' Suit
• Top Transportation Rulings Of 2021
• Biden Admin. Gives Green Light To Major Calif. Solar Projects
• St. Croix Refinery's Reopened Ch. 11 Sale OK'd In Texas
• Wash. Tribe, Green Groups Want LNG Plant Permits Tossed
• EU Finalizes State Aid Guidelines Focused On Climate Change
• Minn. Agency Stands By Air Permit Issued To Metals Mine
• Republicans Urge Justices Against EPA Power Sector Shift
• Ohio Utility Gets Investor Suit Over $60M Bribery Plot Tossed
• Tetra Tech Fights Tribal Immunity In Fire Cleanup Wage Row
• Union Pacific Gets Texas MDL For Cancer Suits
• Biggest Environmental Policy Actions Of 2021
• Green Group Sues To Stop Large-Scale Project In Idaho Forest
• Red Lobster Customers Push Back Against Dismissal Bid
• Green Groups Again Sue Army Corps Over Shellfish Permit
• Saxton & Stump Adds Shareholder For Enviro, Safety Launch
• Electric Truck Co. Nikola To Pay $125M To End SEC Probe
• ERCOT Objection Delays Energy Co.'s Ch. 11 Confirmation
• Losing Bidder Says Limetree Reopened Sale On False Premise
• Calif. Hits Walmart With Suit Over Hazardous Waste Disposal
• DC Circ. Sides With FERC Over Nonprofit's FOIA Suit
• EPA To Finalize Stricter Auto Emissions Standards
• 10th Circ. Urged To Revive BLM Fracking Permit Challenge
• Enviros Fight Mine Operator's Sanctions Bid In Pollution Row
• Slawson Drilling Suit Should Be Kept Alive, Tribe Says
• Update Deep-Sea Law To Spur US Mining Projects
• 1st Circ. Won't Revive Mass. Gas Facility Approval Row
• Feds Urge Justices To Rebuff Dakota Access Pipeline Petition
• Schumer Vows Vote On BBB Act After Manchin Defection
• EPA Reaches $1.95M Deal For Soil Pollution At Chicago Site
• Embracing ESG: Whirlpool CLO Talks Structural Improvement
• Lewis Longman Adds Former Fla. DEP Atty
• Gov't Rejects Calls For Climate Investment Reporting Minister
• Fed. Claims Court Nixes Apache Tribe's Dump Cleanup Claim
• States Urge DC Circ To Affirm Their CWA Certificate Power
• Fla. High Court Is Wrong To Ban CLE Diversity Requirements
• Tribes Say Pipeline Ruling Doesn't Warrant High Court Review
• Biggest Environmental Law Decisions Of 2021
• States, Groups Ask 9th Circ. To Leave Trump Water Rule Intact
• Environment Has Become a Global Merger Control Issue
• 2 SPACs Raise Combined $300M In IPOs Steered By 4 Firms
• Private La. Insurer Will Assume Policies Of Insolvent Carriers
• IPO Stampede Powered Record Capital Markets Activity In '21
• FERC Floats $40M Pipeline Penalty Against Energy Transfer
• OCC Urges Largest Banks' Top Brass To Address Climate Risk
• New Pipeline Rule Protects Great Lakes, Coastal Waters
• Amplify Hit With Criminal Charges In Wake Of Pipeline Spill
• Mass. Panel Tosses Suit Over Enbridge Pipeline Extension
• DOI Report Is Bad For Both Climate And Oil, Gas Interests
• Developer Lands $44M Award To Boost Calif. Wind Farm
• Lawyers Must Prepare For Contract Tech Co. Consolidation
• Bimbo Bakeries Sued In Wash. Over Toxic Metal Discharge
• Biden Admin. Says Billions On Tap To Remove Lead Pipes
• Fisheries Launch Challenge To Mass. Offshore Wind Approval
• DOJ Enviro Crimes Section Leader Says Enforcement Coming
• New York City Will Ban Natural Gas In New Buildings
• Brazos Gets Ch. 11 Plan Deadline Extended Through March
• FERC Wants 3rd Circ. To Delay Price Rule Impasse Fight
• 6th Circ. Upholds Travelers Win Over Bid For $5M In Losses
• DOE Throws Out Trump-Era Showerhead Efficiency Rule
• Jeff Lowe Of 'Tiger King' Fame Hit With $10K In Sanctions
• BigLaw's Big Guns Of Revenue Keep Growing
• Colorado, Mining Co. Reach $1.6M Settlement In Acid Blowout
• Ameren Will Close Coal Plant After Air Quality Permit Ruling
• Greenpeace Fights Bid To Dismiss Walmart Recycling Suit
• Feds Seek Injunction In Okla. Coal Mining Battle
• How Firms Can Adapt Amid COVID's Shifting Legal Needs
• Tornadoes Damaging But Manageable, Insurer Analysts Say
• Monsanto Successors Agree To $17.9M Superfund Cleanup
• FERC Insists Climate Review Of $45B LNG Project Was Sound
• Residents Fight For Remand Of Coal Ash Pollution Suit
• Despite DOL Proposed Rule, ESG Investing Faces Barriers
• Key Commodities Trends To Watch In 2022
• Prestige Draws Young Attys, But Keeping Them Takes Work
• Teamsters Pension Fund Wants $4.8M From NY Businessman
• Trade Court Smacks Down Duties On S. Korean Wind Towers
• 12 AGs Back DOL's Proposed ESG Retirement Investing Rule
• EPA Can't Direct US Power Sector Shift, Justices Told
• Alaska Fights Dismissal Bid For Land Use Suit
• Embracing ESG: Synchrony Counsel Talk Role Of Legal Teams
• FERC Won't Disturb Approval Of SE Power Market Plan
• Energy Group Joins Suit Over Feds' Oil And Gas Lease Sale
• Pandemic-Era Lessons In Jury Selection, Court Dynamics
• Climate Change Dominated Energy Court Rulings Of 2021
• High Court Wants Feds' Input On $25M Roundup Verdict
• High Court Won't Disturb Immigration Enviro Review Ruling
• Prestige Leaders: A Look At Our New Law Firm Ranking
• The 2021 Law360 Pulse Prestige Leaders
• Prestige Leaders: Sizing Up Firms By Revenue
• Texas High Court To Review Houston Drainage Suit
• Munger Farms Gets $88M In Pistachio Pesticide Arbitration
• Biden Admin. Asks Court To Remand Trump-Era ESA Rules
• LA School District Seeks Sanctions In Metal Projectiles Case
• Feds Say Dumping Of High-Ethanol Fuel Rule Should Stand
• Enviros Sue Montana Ski Resort For Pollution In Gallatin River
• Hess To Pay $1.4M To End RI's Groundwater Pollution Claims
• Republican Senators Bash DOL's ESG Retirement Proposal
• Monsanto To Plead Guilty, Pay $12M For Hawaii Pesticide Use
• DOJ May Face Hurdles In Individual Wire Fraud Prosecutions
• Ex-Workers Get Probation For Polluting Ill. Sewage System
• Monsanto Snags Another Jury Victory In Calif. Roundup Trial
• House Passes Bill Putting Land In Trust For California Tribe
• EPA Underestimates Air Pollutant Emissions, Groups Say
• EPA Backs Trump Pollution Rule Rollback At Utah Coal Plants
• Donziger Sent Home 1½ Months Into Contempt Sentence
• EPA Urges DC Circ. To Let It Handle Biofuel Reg Concerns
• For Junior Lawyers, Authenticity And A Solid Pitch Are Key
• Yakama Nation Says It Can Sue Wash. City Over Landfill Waste
• Tribes Tell 9th Circ. Biz Groups Can't Appeal CWA Ruling
• Biden Aims For Zero-Carbon Federal Government By 2050
• Maryland Joins International Sustainable Insurance Forum
• DuPont Entities Must Face Enviro Pollution Suit In NJ
• Trade Court Vacates Duties On Certain Chinese Solar Cells
• California Urges High Court To Uphold Pig Care Law
• Coal Cos. Hit With $2.6M Fine For Violating Prior CWA Deal
• Key Considerations For Accessing Infrastructure Act Funding
• Red State AGs Ask 8th Circ. To Revive Carbon Cost Challenge
• A Compliance Primer For Attorneys Outsourcing Legal Work
• Judge Won't Freeze Order That Axed Trump-Era Water Rule
• EPA Cuts Biofuel Levels, Denies Refiner Exemption Bids
• Fla. Farm Aid Discrimination Suit On Hold Amid Texas Case
• Trade Court Rules CBP Overstepped On Solar Cell Duties
• Pipeline Co. Hit With $15M Penalty For 5-Month-Long ND Spill
• 4 Firms Guide Weather Security Platform's $1.2B SPAC Merger
• Texas Utility Can't Shake Suit Over Spiked Prices, Judge Told
• Honda Agrees To Pay $6.9M Over Lawn Equipment Emissions
• When And How To Depose Fact Witnesses Remotely In 2022
• Limetree Reopens Ch. 11 Auction With New $30M Refinery Bid
• Justices Won't Review Challenge To Nuke Plant Shuttering
• Sunoco Will Pay $4M For Pa. Lake Pollution
• 9th Circ. Snuffs VW Sales Reps' Bid To Save Lost-Income Suit
• Biden Admin. Seeks To Undo Trump-Era Pipeline Approval
• JP Morgan Ruling May Have Broad Insurance Implications
• US Argues It's Immune From Tribes' Forest Fires Suit
• EU, US Carbon Import Tax Proposals: What Cos. Must Know
• Embracing ESG: PayPal CLO Talks Gauging Impact And Intent
• $6B Gas Pipeline Deadline Extension Proper, DC Circ. Told
• DC Circ. Probes Interference Risks Of SpaceX's Starlink
• Alaska Fails In Its Challenge To Tribal Emergency Hunting
• Sauk-Suiattle Tribe Loses Challenge To Seattle Dam, For Now
• EPA Promises $44B For Water Projects To States, Tribes
• High Court Won't Block Lobster Fishing Restrictions
• Energy M&A Roared Back To Life In 2021
• Uncertainty Makes Insuring 3D-Printed Construction Tricky
• Electric Truck Co. Must Face Claims It Inflated Biz Prospects
• CVS, Target, Walmart Must Face 'Flushable' Wipes Suit
• Why New Phase I Site Standard Matters For Real Estate
• Spire Pipeline Urges High Court To Undo Permit Revocation
• Bloomberg Reporter Suffers Setback In Whistleblowing Suit
• How To Fix Discrimination Issues In SE Power Market Plan
• FERC Can't Claim Authority Over LNG Facility, DC Circ. Told
• Alaska Enviro Groups Seek Early Win In Mining Road Fight
• DC Circ. Skeptical Of Reversing FERC Power Storage Order
• Green Group Petitions GSA To Issue Climate Rulemaking
• Science-Based Definition Of US Waters Won't Pass In Court
• 6th Circ. Affirms No Intervention In Flint Water Deal
• Ga. Residents Fight Site Owner's Bid To Escape Cancer Suits
• WTO Chief Wants Deal On Vaccines, Fisheries Early Next Year
• $750K Penalty, Permanent Emission Limits For LG&E In Deal
• Insurer Can't Try Pollution Coverage Suit In NY, Solar Co. Says
• Canada Raises Competition Issues In Closed GFL $724M Deal
• Reps. Float Bill To Foster Indigenous Economic Development
• Biden Admin. Urges Clear Global Rules In New Space Plan
• What Justices' Groundwater Ruling Means For State Disputes
• Kirby To Pay $15M To Settle Oil Spill Pollution Claims
• NY Inks Deals For Clean Energy Transmission Projects
• 8th Circ. Won't Rehear Ameren Corp. Air Quality Permit Case
• Jordan Cove Developers Pull Plug On $10B Project
• Climate Change Lawsuits Are Not 'The New Tobacco'
• Limetree Bay Names Winning Bidder In Ch. 11 Refinery Sale
• Insurer Liable For $4.8M In Clinic Damage, Health Co. Says
• Bloomberg Reporter Says He Was Fired For Climate Coverage