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Project Finance - March, 2017

255 articles

• House Dem Laments Energy Cos.' 'Lust' For Tribal Lands
• Judge Holds Congo In Contempt, Lets Chadbourne Attys Bail
• Acting DOJ Enviro Head Says Enforcement Is Still A Priority
• A Law Firm's Guide To Social Media
• EPA Yanks CPP-Related Proposals After Trump's Exec. Order
• FWS Urges High Court To Uphold Polar Bear Habitat Ruling
• Trump's EO: What's Next For Energy, Enviro And Climate?
• When Renewable Energy Is An 'Aesthetic Nuisance'
• Why Shippers See Value In Cayman Special Purpose Vehicles
• California AG Promises To Battle Trump On Enviro Issues
• Enviros Sue To Nix Permits For Keystone XL Pipeline
• AT&T Nabs $6.5B First Responder Network Contract
• Crystallex Fears Venezuela Oil Co. Dodging $1.4B Award
• Amtrak Chases Priority Track After Regulatory Power Axed
• ConocoPhillips To Cut Debt, Sell Canada Oil Assets For $13B
• LA Metro Beats Contempt Bid In Suit Over Subway Project
• Apollo Pledges Up To $900M For Okla. Oil And Gas Biz
• Judge Pauses Statoil Royalty Violations Suit Against DOI
• NY State Seeks To Quash Bid To Ax Nuke Plant Subsidies
• PG&E To Pay $86.5M Over San Bruno Explosion-Linked Talks
• AT&T Backs FCC To Allocate Broadband Infrastructure Funds
• Lifting Of Federal Coal Moratorium Sparks Legal Fight
• Green Groups Say No Proof Nuke Plants Are Zero-Emission
• Cobalt Threatening Angolan State Oil Co. With Arbitration
• Advocate For An Agency: Ex-FERC GC Cynthia Marlette
• Judge Buries Lawsuit Over $1.6M Army Corps Soil Dispute
• EPA Asks DC Circ. To Put Off Ruling On Clean Power Plan
• Trump Energy Order Creates Tough Choices For Agencies
• Okla. Tribal Landowners Get Pipeline Kicked Off Property
• Sioux Can't Step Into Dakota Pipeline Row, Army Corps Says
• Tribal Group, Enviros Challenge Keystone XL Permit
• NJ Green Group Appeals Agency's Gas Pipeline Approval
• FCC To Provide Funds To Bring 4G LTE To Rural Areas
• Feds Ordered To Release More Water For Vulnerable Fish
• Trump Signs Order Targeting Obama's Climate Legacy
• Powertech Backs Feds' Bid To Nix Uranium Mine Challenge
• Bird Groups Sue to Block Lake Erie Wind Turbine Project
• Maryland Poised To Indefinitely Ban Fracking
• Trump Set To KO Obama's Signature Climate Change Regs
• Faulty Info Let $3.5B Pipeline Proceed, Enviros Tell FERC
• Norway's DNB Bank Selling Stake In Dakota Pipeline Loans
• Orrick Pulls 2 Energy Partners From Norton Rose Fulbright
• Essar Steel Asks Permission To Restart Mine Construction
• Chieftain Sand Ch. 11 Asset Sale Price Balloons To $35M
• Are Your In-House Lawyers Happy?
• Ponca Tribe Looks To Fight Keystone XL's Path Through Neb.
• Southern Co. Investors Sue For Records On $7B Coal Plant
• PE-Backed Rio Snags $270M For Wind Farm Project In Brazil
• Mining Co.'s $1.4B Arbitral Award OK'd Against Venezuela
• Total, Borealis, Nova Ready $1.7B Petrochemicals Venture
• NFL Owners Vote To Let Oakland Raiders Move To Las Vegas
• Feds, DC Push To Toss Va. Motorists' Dulles Tolls Suit
• Tribe Says DC Circ. Can Hear Uranium Mine Challenge
• 1.4 Million Illinois Job Seekers' Info Potentially Hacked
• Coal Cos. Are Forging A Return To The IPO Pipeline
• Army Corps Says Dakota Access OKs On Solid Ground
• Keystone Challengers Unlikely To Trump Presidential Permit
• Colo. Appeals Court Revives Fracking Rule Proposal
• Enviros Want DC Circ. To Stop Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
• NYC Group Gets Quick Win In Hudson River Island Park Suit
• Trump's Skinny EPA Budget Could Have Far-Reaching Impacts
• Calif. Advances Methane, Vehicle Emissions Standards
• Shell Sells Africa Oil And Gas Assets In $587M Deal
• Pa. Landowners' Suit To Get Fracking Project OK'd Tossed
• Google, NASA, Planes And A Stronger Legal Team
• Trump Grants Cross-Border Permit For Keystone XL Pipeline
• High Court Shouldn't Delay Water Rule Suit, 7 States Say
• Texas High Court Told To Nix New Trial In $42M Atty Fee Row
• Dominion Violated CWA With Coal Ash Arsenic, Judge Says
• Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Bill
• Texas Court Nixes BNSF Bid To Strike Oil Beneath Tracks
• Ga. Updating Coal Plant Permits To End Enviros' Suit
• DC Court Rejects Feds' Bid To Save Amtrak Regulatory Power
• Acquiring Midstream Assets And Gas Agreements: Part 2
• 10 Tips For Better Legal Negotiations
• Pa. Court Again Says Tax Sale's 'Mineral' Rights Include Gas
• ING Bank Inks Deal To Sell Its Share Of Dakota Pipeline Loan
• Enviros Ask For Pa. Pipeline Project Stay During Appeal
• 5th Circ. Sides With EPA In Battle Over Texas Haze Rule
• Senate Dems Slam Trump's Skinny DOI Budget
• US, Investors Ask 9th Circ. To Toss Malaysian Hotel Appeal
• New York Launches $70M Electric Car Rebate Initiative
• Suit Accusing FERC Of Pro-Energy Industry Bias Thrown Out
• Wyo. Gov. Gets Pipeline Agency To End FERC Authority Fight
• Gray Matters: Decision Error
• 4 Must-Knows For Developers As Trump Cabinet Ramps Up
• Acquiring Midstream Assets And Gas Agreements: Part 1
• House Dems Say Pruitt, Perry 'Flouted' Law With Rule Delays
• Enviros Ask Court To Stop Fla. Big Cypress Oil Project
• Mobil Cerro Negro Suit Can't Be Unfrozen Yet, Court Told
• Dakota Access Says Pipeline Hit With 'Coordinated Attacks'
• NJ Sens. Express Enviro Concerns Over PennEast Pipeline
• 1st Circ. Bolsters State Powers In Gas Pipeline Reviews
• Ariz. Highway Approval Done The Right Way, 9th Circ. Told
• African Oil Field Suit May Finally Head To Arbitration
• Law Schools And Law Firms: Seeking Common Ground
• $7B And Unclear Future For New Markets Tax Credits
• The Quadrennial Energy Review And Generation Development
• 3 Takeaways From The Mobil Cerro Negro Award Annulment
• Troutman Sanders Adds Dentons Energy Markets Team
• FCC Lays Out Criteria For $2B Connect America Auction
• EU Lawmakers Call For Fines On Gazprom In Antitrust Deal
• Okla. Tribal Landowners Seek Sanctions On Pipeline Co.
• DOE Has No Excuse For Shirking LNG Study, Enviros Say
• DC Circ. Denies Tribe's Bid To Stem Dakota Pipeline Oil
• High Court Won't Hear Challenge To Well-Plug Order
• Aussie Co. Denied Appeal In $1.4B Chevron LNG Jetty Row
• Not From Around Here? Trying A Case As An Out-Of-Towner
• In Congress: Gorsuch, ACA, Homeland Security
• Miami Mayor Asks Legislators To Oppose FPL-Backed Bills
• Feds, Sioux Tribe Tangle Over Bid To Halt Dakota Pipeline
• Kansas' Top Court Affirms Green Light For $2.8B Coal Plant
• Trump Backs Up Paris Exit Talk With Climate Funding Cuts
• US Mining Co. Appeals Order In Nova Scotia Quarry Row
• NRC Says Oglala Sioux Uranium Mine Challenge Is Premature
• Texas Seeks Review Of Rule On Underground Gas Storage
• Mich. Gov. Rips 'Misguided' Suit Over New US-Canada Bridge
• Former EPA Administrators Slam Trump Budget Proposal
• Landowners, Anadarko Drilling Disputes Head To Trial
• Trump's Shrunken EPA Budget Would Also Hinder States
• 1st Circ. Tosses Enviros' Appeal Over Natural Gas Pipeline
• Fla. High Court Reverses Cost Recovery For Utility
• DOT Budget Undermines Trump's $1T Infrastructure Promise
• Pipeline Co. Can't Sue NY Over Permit Delay, Judge Says
• Sioux Tribe Asks DC Circ. To Halt Dakota Access Oil Flow
• Vietnamese Wind Tower Co. Escapes Anti-Dumping Duties
• DOE Gets SC's Plutonium Waste Suit Trimmed
• Clean Energy Takes It On The Chin In Trump Budget Plan
• KBR Denied Stay On $1.4B LNG Project Case
• High Court Urged To Hear Water Rule Suit Despite Exec. Order
• Renewable Energy And Tax Reform
• Trump Proposes Slashing EPA's Budget By $2.6B
• Argentina's Arbitrator Bias Claim Is Played Out, DC Circ. Told
• Ch. 15 Debtor Still On Hook For Highway Project, Court Told
• There's More On USTR's Plate Than New Tariffs And NAFTA
• Amtrak Ducks Suit For $1.6M Derailment Victim's Hospital Bill
• FERC Staff Backs Oil Pipeline's Authority To Negotiate Rates
• Tribe Can't Halt Dakota Access Oil Flow During Appeal
• Port Authority Ducks Ex-Worker's NJ Whistleblower Suit
• Gas Co. Wants Enviros Kept Out Of Pa. Fracking Waste Case
• Outdated Rules Are Holding Back Energy Storage
• Ill. Comptroller Halts Funding For Gov.'s Pet Tech Project
• FCC's Dem Pushes 5G, Expanded Broadband Access
• States, Corporate America Will Fill Clean Energy Policy Gap
• McGuireWoods Brings Experienced Hand On To Energy Team
• Pa. Court Denies Enviros' Bid To Halt Sunoco Pipeline Work
• Congress Urged To Include Grid Work In Infrastructure Push
• Truckers Take NY Thruway Tolls Fight To 2nd Circ.
• Pruitt Blocks Start Of EPA Rule On Chemical Risk Plans
• NM, Navajo Tribe Blast EPA Bid To Duck Gold King Spill Suits
• 6 Dems Want EPA OIG To Probe Potential Pruitt Conflicts
• Exxon Mobil Wants To Enforce $188M Venezuela Award
• NGP Leads $254M Investment In New Mineral Royalty Co.
• Enron Unit Wants $18.7M For Final Nigeria Arbitral Win
• How The Most Profitable Law Firms Structure Their C-Suites
• Dakota Access Says Tribe Is Too Late To Halt 'Black Snake'
• Groups Tell Court EPA Failed To Fulfill Civil Rights Obligations
• Clean Energy Financier Hit By 'Deceptive Loan' Class Action
• McCain Asks EPA OIG For Info On Gold King Criminal Probe
• 9th Circ. Should Say If Kids' Climate Suit Is OK: Industry
• Wood Group To Buy Energy Services Rival Amec In £2.2B Deal
• Feds Get Tribes' Claims Trimmed In Calif. Highway Project Suit
• Kinder Morgan Unit Says Nashville Playing Games With Permit
• Settlement Strategy: What Does The Client Really Want?
• Feds Ask DC Circ. To Nix Suit Over New US-Canada Bridge
• 9th Circ. Stays Ruling In $2M High-Speed Rail Contractor Spat
• New Report Gives US Near-Failing Grade On Infrastructure
• ICSID Nixes $1.4B Exxon Award For Venezuelan Oil Assets
• State Dept. Says Tillerson Recused Himself From Keystone XL
• Exxon Slams Bid To Rethink Order Trimming La. Plant Suit
• Greece Receives €300M For Renewable Energy Investment
• In The Associate Lateral Market, All Law Firms Are Not Equal
• Dakota Access Cites Attack Risk If Pipeline Docs Released
• 10th Circ. Checks On Gov't Stance In Fracking Rule Case
• Shell Tweaks Canadian Presence With Deals Worth $9.75B
• Reflections From A Mock Trial
• Wyo. Pipeline Agency Says FERC Can't Expand Staff Authority
• Feds Ask High Court To Halt Proceedings On Clean Water Rule
• Feds Say Railroads Aim To Lop Off Amtrak's Regulatory Power
• Pa. Pipeline Project Can't Be Halted, FERC Told
• Exxon To Pay $2.8B For Mozambique Gas Block Stake
• Public Utility, Private Investor As Solar Power Partners
• Ex-NJ AG Spared Prison Based On Reputation, Attys Say
• Sen. Dems Ask Admin. For FERC Nominees Of Both Parties
• Investors Say AVIC Dragging Out $70M Award Confirmation
• Energy Team Joins Sheppard Mullin From Winston & Strawn
• Feds Want 9th Circ. To Handle Kids' Climate Suit
• Tribe's Enviro Review Fight Falls Short, Dakota Access Says
• EnCap Sinks $400M Into Texas Drilling Co.
• Enviros Fight Army Corps OK Of Pa. Pipeline At 3rd Circ.
• Aussie Co. Fights For Appeal In $1.4B Chevron LNG Jetty Row
• FERC Defends Changes To Grid Connection Cost Rules
• 4th Circ. Uranium Mining Ruling Narrows Federal Preemption
• The QER On Demand Response And Efficiency
• Bharara Snags 1st Muni Bond Securities Fraud Conviction
• DC Circ. Asked To Halt Santa Monica Runway Reduction
• NJ Utility, Blackstone Energy Unit Had No Contract: Judge
• Sioux Tribe Rebuffed On Religious Bid To Block Pipeline
• FERC Urged To Rethink Williams $1.9B Pipeline Project OK
• No Fees For SolarCity After Securities Suit KO
• Italian Co. Gets $10M Judgment After Win Against Morocco
• EPA Can't Ignore Mercury Rule Mistakes, DC Circ. Told
• Judge Keeps Most Claims In $42M Pipeline Damages Suit
• Gibson Dunn Snags Obama EPA GC
• Railroads Urge DC Circ. To Vet DOT Rail Safety Order
• BIA Beats Enviros' Suit Over Approval Of Wind Farm Lease
• Exxon Reveals $20B Gulf Coast Growth Plan At CERAWeek
• Enron Unit Urges DC Circ. To Finalize Nigeria Arbitral Win
• London Mayor OKs Chelsea's Plans For New Stadium
• Ex-NJ AG Avoids Prison In Airline Bribery Plot
• Kinder Morgan Unit Wants Enviros Out Of Pipeline Review
• Justices Won't Tackle FERC's Ban On First-Refusal Rights
• Data Analytics Now Cost-Effective For Smaller Firms
• DC Circ. Lets ND Begin Water Treatment Plant Design
• Sierra Club, NAACP Team Up To Block Wis. Interstate Project
• Cost, Time Hurdles May Sour GOP Appetite For Border Wall
• Sen. Wyden Blasts GOP, Trump Tax Plans As Gifts To Wealthy
• Sanctions On Hold After 6th Circ. Revives Mining Row
• EPA Withdraws Info Request Key To Methane Rules
• Sens. Introduce Measure To Improve New Nuke Plant Process
• Riverstone Unveils $400M Blank-Check Energy IPO
• AVIC Says Suit Over $70M Award Should Proceed Unseparated
• Fla. Justices Validate Nonprofit's Payment In Lieu Of Taxes
• Keystone XL Escapes Trump's US Steel Only Pipeline Order
• Peru, Bear Creek Fight Over Silver Mining Project Claim
• Enviros Blast TxDOT Defense Of $500M Austin Road Projects
• Nashville Blames Kinder Morgan Unit For Project Permit Delay
• Don't Underestimate The Value Of An Internal Audit
• Financing High-Speed Rail In The United States: Part 3
• Sioux Slam Terror 'Ruse' Behind Bid To Shield Pipeline Docs
• Feds Seek Prison For Ex-NJ AG In Airline Bribery Case
• Greens, Health Orgs Oppose CPP Consolidation Request
• 4 Top Tribal Concerns As Zinke Takes Charge Of DOI
• 2nd Circ. Struggles With Scope Of FCPA In Alstom Exec Case
• Financing High-Speed Rail In The United States: Part 2
• Signal Peak Looks For Early Win In Suit Over Mine Expansion
• Re-Evaluating The Clean Water Rule: A Long Road Ahead
• A Revolution In Renewable Energy Finance
• New Business Opportunities In Shared Workspaces
• Scalia's Hand Guides Trump's Rollback Of Obama Water Rule
• Trump's Tax Plan Falls Short On Cuts For Middle Class
• Chevron Fights Appeal In $1.39B LNG Jetty Case
• City Merits Gas Co. Nuisance Damages, Texas Justices Told
• Survey Predicts Human-Induced Earthquakes In 2017
• EIG Buys $385M Stake In Kinder Morgan's $2B LNG Project
• Sen. Appropriation Leaders Raise Worries Over Air Traffic Split
• Southern Co. Hit With Derivative Suit Over Coal Plant Delay
• Ex-NJ Atty General Seeks Probation In Airline Bribery Plot
• Fisher, Fish Industry Subclass Win Cert. In Calif. Spill Suit
• Actis Forms $525M Latin American Renewable Power Platform
• Okla. High Court Halts Release Of More Pruitt Emails
• Judge Says Truckers' NY Thruway Toll Suit A 'Waste Of Time'
• Liberty Defeats Bad Faith Claims In Exxon Refinery Repair Suit
• Financing High-Speed Rail In The United States: Part 1
• Environmental Outlook Under EPA Administrator Pruitt