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May 22, 2013

Legal Analysis and Law Articles on EPA, CEQA, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Renewable Energy, CERCLA and Clean Air Act

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The National Law Review is a free resource of articles addressing environmental, climate change, and clean technology legal issues. Environmental law topics include : environmental permitting issues, compliance, impact requirements, hazardous waste disposal requirements under federal and state law and liabilities under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, National Pollution Discharge Elimination System "NPDES" ; National Environmental Policy Act "NEPA"; California Environmental Quality Act “CEQA"; Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 “CERCLA"; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act “RCRA” and state Superfund legislation. Energy and natural resource legal issues include: renewable energy generation, such as wind, solar, hydroelectric and geothermal power, biomass, ethanol, and biodiesel as well as coal, oil and natural gas and nuclear power.

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The Stockton Saga Continues: Untouchable Pensions on the Chopping Block? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/22/2013
Commercial and Residential Developers, Builders and Landlords Face New Storm Water Regulations Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 5/22/2013
Super Storm Sandy Environmental Law Update Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 5/20/2013
Another Active Hurricane Season Expected in 2013 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/20/2013
Patent Exhaustion Rejected: Patented Seed Purchaser Has No Right to Make Copies McDermott Will & Emery 5/19/2013
Florida Adopts Legislation on Public Private Partnerships Expanding Opportunities for Infrastructure Projects Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/18/2013
Changes in ISO New England Inc.'s (ISO-NE) Day-Ahead Energy Market Schedule To Take Effect Next Week Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/18/2013
Graphene Technology Increases Anode Capacity for Lithium-Ion Batteries Varnum LLP 5/18/2013
Government Reorganization and Efficiency Act Back from the Dead Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 5/18/2013
New Jersey Court Clips Highlands Council’s Wings, Upholds Exemption Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 5/18/2013
The Department of Energy Establishes Uniform Protocols for Determining Energy Efficiency Savings Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/18/2013
Prevailing Wages: Beware of Fee Waivers Even When They are Not Waived Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 5/18/2013
Gaines Gentry v. Mandujano: "Grooming" Horse Farm Employers for Increased Liability? McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC 5/17/2013
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Proposes to Establish New Air-to-Ground Mobile Broadband Service for Airline Travelers Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/17/2013
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Issues Guidance Document for May, 2014 Remediation Deadline Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 5/17/2013
Shippers Rolling the Dice to Gain Oil Pipeline Capacity Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/17/2013
Base-Erosion and Profit-Shifting – Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Report McDermott Will & Emery 5/16/2013
Georgia Federal Court Seeks Guidance from the Georgia Supreme Court on the Application of the "Filed Rate Doctrine" to Rate Filings Made Pursuant to a "File and Use" Regulatory Scheme Dickinson Wright PLLC 5/16/2013
Auto Insurer Trade Groups Applaud the Introduction of the "Parts Act" as a Step Towards Greater Competition in the Collision Parts Replacement Industry and Reduced Insurer Costs Dickinson Wright PLLC 5/16/2013
Supreme Court Sides with Monsanto on Issue of Patent Protection for Genetically Modified Seeds; Ruling Is a Major Victory for the Biotechnology Industry Vedder Price 5/16/2013
One Step Forward, One Step Back – NY Moves Forward on Its Environmental Self-Audit Policy as Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Looks to Retreat Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/15/2013
Energy & Environmental Law Update May 13, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/15/2013
Is Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Setting Its Sights on Hydraulic Fracturing Compounds? Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/15/2013
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Establishes June 30 Deadline for Oil and Natural Gas Companies’ Submittal of Requests for Alternative Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Methods Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/14/2013
Courts to Rule on Wind Issues Varnum LLP 5/13/2013
Federal Agencies Expand Urban Waterway Revitalization Efforts in Communities Across the Nation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/12/2013
D.C. Circuit Affirms Federal Energy Regulatory Committee Returns on Equity Policy But Reverses For Failure to Apply Administrative Procedure Act Official Notice Rule Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/12/2013
Ecuador Legal Highlights (Volume I 2013) Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/11/2013
Michigan Public Roads and Lake Access Varnum LLP 5/11/2013
Peru Legal Highlights (Volume I 2013) Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/11/2013
Brazil Legal Highlights (Volume I 2013) Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/11/2013
The War On Property Owners Refusal To Execute Easements For Sand Dunes Are Heating Up Down The Shore Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 5/10/2013
Department of Energy (DOE) Renews Michigan State University Biofuels Funding Varnum LLP 5/10/2013
A First for Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND): Federal Court in Microsoft v. Motorola Sets FRAND Royalty Rates for Standard Essential Patents McDermott Will & Emery 5/10/2013
The Legal Challenge to the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Regulations Dickinson Wright PLLC 5/10/2013
Costa Rica Legal Highlights (Volume I 2013) Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/10/2013
Mexico Legal Highlights (Volume I 2013) Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/10/2013
China Update Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/9/2013
Bureau of Land Management Finalizes Segregation Rule for Wind and Solar Energy Projects McDermott Will & Emery 5/9/2013
Replication without Human Intervention: Lessons from Monsanto v. Bowman Vedder Price 5/9/2013
Chile Highlights (Volume I 2013) Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/8/2013
Energy & Environmental Law Update May 6, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/8/2013
Massachusetts Net Metering Projects Face Suboptimal Interconnection Designs McDermott Will & Emery 5/8/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff Issues Report on Bonneville Power Administration's Reliability Standards Audit Schiff Hardin LLP 5/8/2013
Environmental Groups Petition for Sweeping New Pipeline Rules for Diluted Bitumen Barnes & Thornburg LLP 5/8/2013
Death and Taxes – Certainties and Uncertainties of the Commercial Rent Tax von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 5/8/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Staff Issues Report on Bonneville Power Administration’s Reliability Standards Audit Schiff Hardin LLP 5/7/2013
Energy Innovation with Nanoparticles Varnum LLP 5/7/2013
Food Defense Strategy Exchange Varnum LLP 5/6/2013
The Impacts of New Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Vapor Intrusion Guidance Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/6/2013
Emergency Coastal Regulations Issued by NJDEP (New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection) Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 5/6/2013
Community Solar Success in Michigan Varnum LLP 5/5/2013
Fifth Circuit Flushes Away Pro Se Plaintiff’s Claims Against Oil Giants for Intellectual Property Theft and Infringement of a “Giant Plunger” McDermott Will & Emery 5/5/2013
China Law Update - Week of May 1, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/5/2013
Vapor Intrusion Regulation and Environmental Remediation Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/4/2013
Hydraulic Fracturing Bans: New York Appellate Court Affirms Zoning Bans at the Local Level Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/4/2013
Texas Federal Court Dismisses Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Contribution Claimed Based on Alleged “Re-Contamination” of Former Superfund Site Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/4/2013
New York Appellate Court Affirms Broad Right of Local Governments To Use Zoning to Ban Gas Drilling Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/4/2013
Annual Meeting of Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council Varnum LLP 5/3/2013
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and Environmental Protection Agency Reach Agreement re Greenhouse Gas Emissions Permitting Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/3/2013
The Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUCHA), Chenery & The Run For The Roses Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 5/3/2013
Texas is Among States Filing Petition for Cert with U.S. Supreme Court on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rules Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/3/2013
California Commercial Building Owners Must Comply With New Energy Use Disclosure Rules Commencing July 1, 2013 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/2/2013
Texas Emissions Reduction Plan (TERP) Program Rebate Grants Available Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/2/2013
Hookah Lounge Has Serious Cable Problems, and Dish Network Will Pay for It Varnum LLP 5/2/2013
Can California Cap and Trade if Brussels Stumbles? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/2/2013
Environmental Groups Request Probe Into Startup, Shutdown, Malfunction and Maintenance Events Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/1/2013
Texas State Implementation Plan Update Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/1/2013
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Petition to Hear Regulatory Takings Case Against State of Texas Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/1/2013
Supreme Court Invites Solicitor General to File Brief Expressing United States Views on Texas-New Mexico Water Dispute Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/1/2013
Federal Appeals Court Reinstates EPA “Veto” Over Corps’ Mining-Related Permit Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/1/2013
New Hydraulic Fracturing Water Recycling Rules Published in Texas Register Beveridge & Diamond PC 5/1/2013
Conflicting Developments on Timing of New Food Safety Rules Barnes & Thornburg LLP 4/30/2013
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Misses Deadline on Setting Greenhouse Gas Limits Varnum LLP 4/30/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update April 29, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/30/2013
Michigan Energy Forums Concluded Varnum LLP 4/29/2013
California Commercial Building Owners Must Disclose Energy Usage of the Building During Sale, Lease or Financing after July 1, 2013 Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 4/29/2013
Green Construction Risks and Rewards Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 4/29/2013
Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") Announces New Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source (ELGs) for Power Plants Barnes & Thornburg LLP 4/29/2013
Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") Updates Notice Determining When Construction Begins for Purposes of the Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit McDermott Will & Emery 4/28/2013
Wind Buoy Goes Back into Lake Michigan Varnum LLP 4/28/2013
Natural Gas Companies Settle Antitrust Suit Stemming from Joint Bidding McDermott Will & Emery 4/28/2013
Energy Use Disclosure Requirements Go Into Effect for Owners of Nonresidential California Buildings Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 4/27/2013
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Maintains Presumption that Oil and Gas are Not “Minerals” Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/27/2013
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News Varnum LLP 4/27/2013
Certain Residential Developments Exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Review: Greenhouse Gas Emission Issues Do Not Constitute New Information Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP 4/27/2013
Bipartisan Group of Legislators Reintroduces Master Limited Partnerships Parity Act McDermott Will & Emery 4/26/2013
Expanding Market for Technologies to Clean Wastewater from Hydraulic Fracturing Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/26/2013
Investment in Clean Energy Dips in First Quarter of 2013 Lewis and Roca LLP 4/26/2013
D.C. Court Upholds EPA Authority to Retroactively Veto Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 Permits Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/26/2013
Exporting Pure Michigan: Time for Michigan’s Energy Supply Chain to Look Abroad Varnum LLP 4/25/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Proposes to Approve Overhaul of North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Cybersecurity Standards Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/25/2013
Pennsylvania Court Allows “Every Exposure” Testimony When Combined With Other Evidence Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/25/2013
Update - Comment Deadline Extended for EPA Proposal to Eliminate Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Air Emission Exemptions in 36 States Barnes & Thornburg LLP 4/25/2013
Pennsylvania Court Holds Application of Biosolids To Be Protected Farming Activity Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/25/2013
The Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Reaffirms Lack Of Coverage For An Insured's Defective Work Or Products von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 4/25/2013
New Hampshire Jury Awards State $236M in methyl tert-butyl (MTBE) Case Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/25/2013
California Court Denies Award for Damages Down to Background Levels and Soil/Groundwater Contamination Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/24/2013
IRS Issues “Begin Construction” Guidance for Renewable Energy Tax Credits Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/24/2013
D.C. Court Denies Class Certification in Drinking Water Case Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/24/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Proposes to Adopt Version 5 of NERC’s Cyber Security Standards and Takes Other Reliability-Related Actions Schiff Hardin LLP 4/24/2013
Federal Court Certifies Class on Liability Claims Despite Differences Among Class Members on Exposure, Damages Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/24/2013
IRS Issues Notice to Determine When Construction Begins for Purposes of Production Tax Credit, Investment Tax Credit McDermott Will & Emery 4/24/2013
Important D.C. Circuit Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Ruling Affirms Agencies’ Obligation To Provide Substantive, Appealable Determinations Promptly in Response to FOIA Requests Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/24/2013
Supreme Court Shoots Down Stipulated Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) Caps Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/24/2013
Utah Federal Court Rejects “Every Exposure” Theory Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/24/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update April 22, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/24/2013
A Reminder About Pollution Legal Liability Coverage Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/24/2013
Simon Sinek Addresses RIMS 2013 with Lessons on Neuroscience and Leadership Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 4/24/2013
No Relief Under Code of Civil Procedure (CCP) Section 473 For Missed Filing Deadline In California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Challenge Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/23/2013
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Announces the Expansion of its Centers of Excellence and Expertise Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 4/23/2013
Marks & Clerk Releases Life Sciences 2013 Report Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/23/2013
Know Your Rights When the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Comes Knocking Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/23/2013
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Commemorates Earth Day, Continues Conversation on Climate Change U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/22/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Imposes a $975,000 Civil Penalty against Entergy for 27 Violations of Reliability Standard Schiff Hardin LLP 4/22/2013
Upcoming Webinar: Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/22/2013
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Determines When "Construction Begins" for Purposes of Production Tax Credit and Investment Tax Credit McDermott Will & Emery 4/22/2013
Three Boston-area Businesses Recognized by EPA for Green Power Purchases U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/21/2013
Energy & Environmental Law Update - Week of April 16, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/21/2013
IRS Releases “Start Construction” Guidance for Renewable Energy Facilities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/19/2013
Technical Conference on Changes to the Company Registration Process Schiff Hardin LLP 4/18/2013
Illinois to Act on Fracing - Or Not McDermott Will & Emery 4/18/2013
Nomination Hearings and the President’s FY2014 Environment and Energy Budget Proposal Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/18/2013
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Waiver Rule Court Decision Appealed Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 4/18/2013
Energy & Environmental Law Update - Week of April 16, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/18/2013
State and Commerce Publish Final Rules Defining “Specially Designed” Military End-Items and Creating a New Category XIX Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 4/18/2013
IRS Provides Guidelines as to Beginning of Construction for Purposes of the Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit and Energy Investment Tax Credit Andrews Kurth LLP 4/18/2013
“Safe Chemicals Act,” First Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Reform Bill of 113th Congress, Reintroduced Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/17/2013
Utility Pole Not A Point Source Under The Clean Water Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/17/2013
Missouri Court Applies “All Sums” Allocation to Long-Tail Environmental Coverage Dispute Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 4/17/2013
Safe Cosmetics and Personal Care Products Act of 2013 Mirrors Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Proposals, Would Greatly Expand FDA Authority Over Cosmetics Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/17/2013
Carbon Claustrophobia - Significant Changes Coming to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative's Cap and Trade Program Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/17/2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Grants No-Action Relief for End Users from Swap Reporting Requirements Schiff Hardin LLP 4/16/2013
Fourth Circuit Decides Key Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ("CERCLA") Allocation and Liability Case Schiff Hardin LLP 4/16/2013
Renewable Energy Alert - IRS Releases 2013 Annual Inflation Factor and Reference Prices For Section 45 Production Tax Credits Barnes & Thornburg LLP 4/16/2013
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Invites Applications for Renewable Energy System and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects Godfrey & Kahn S.C. 4/15/2013
IRS Increases Value of Production Tax Credit for Wind, Geothermal, Closed-Loop Biomass Godfrey & Kahn S.C. 4/15/2013
Munich Re: Scientifically Proving Climate Change Affects Thunderstorm Losses Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 4/15/2013
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Grants No-Action Relief for End Users from Swap Reporting Requirements Schiff Hardin LLP 4/15/2013
Wisconsin's New Wetlands Law Creates Significant Demand for New Wetland Mitigation Banks Godfrey & Kahn S.C. 4/15/2013
President's 2014 Budget Prioritizes Clean Energy Funding Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/14/2013
New Jersey Supreme Court Bars Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) From Warrantless Residential Inspections Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 4/13/2013
EPA Proposes Changes to Storage Tank Provisions of 2012 NSPS for Oil & Natural Gas Sector Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/12/2013
Proposed Revisions to Department of Natural Resources Wisconsin Environmental Policy Act (WEPA) Rules Are Out for Public Hearing and Comment Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/12/2013
President’s 2014 Budget Prioritizes Clean Energy Funding Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/12/2013
National Renewable Energy Laboratory Launches Solar Clearinghouse Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/11/2013
Annual Battery Show Set for September Re: Advanced Energy Storage Varnum LLP 4/11/2013
In Time of Austerity, President’s 2014 Budget Prioritizes Clean Energy Funding Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/10/2013
Energy & Environmental Law Update April 8, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/9/2013
Ninth Circuit Holds that In-Use Utility Poles Not Subject to the Clean Water Act or the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Schiff Hardin LLP 4/9/2013
Renewing Our Commitment to Promote Safe Mines U.S. Department of Labor 4/9/2013
Electric Vehicles Plans in China for GM Varnum LLP 4/8/2013
Upcoming Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Meetings and Events Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/8/2013
EPA Announces Chemicals for Risk Assessment in 2013, Focus on Widely Used Flame Retardants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/8/2013
Michigan Computer Company Owner Sentenced for International Environmental, Counterfeiting Crimes U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/8/2013
U.S Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Issues Two Final Orders on Dodd-Frank Exemptions Schiff Hardin LLP 4/8/2013
RIN Prosecutions: Where Fraud Meets Environmental Protection . . . Once Again Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/7/2013
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Voids Certificates Approving Import of Over 70,000 Small Recreational Vehicles U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/7/2013
Is EPA Playing Chicken With Clean Air Act Greenhouse Gas Standards? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/7/2013
Cobasys LLC of Orion of Michigan Absorbed into New Subsidiary Varnum LLP 4/6/2013
Don’t Photograph the Machines! Re: Trade Secrets Misappropriation Litigation McDermott Will & Emery 4/6/2013
Maryland High Court Slashes Billion-Dollar Jury Award and Clarifies Toxic Tort Standards Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/6/2013
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Proposes Partially Delisting Texas City from Air Pollutant Watch List Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/6/2013
Predictions of Single-Issue Energy Legislation, Hydraulic Fracturing, and American Energy Independence Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/6/2013
Increased Federal Criminal Enforcement Against Oil and Gas Fracking Companies Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/6/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Imposes a $975,000 Civil Penalty against Entergy for 27 Violations of Reliability Standard Schiff Hardin LLP 4/6/2013
Energy Master Plan – New Legislation Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 4/5/2013
EPA Proposes to Require 36 States to Revise Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Air Emission Provisions in State Implementation Plans Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/5/2013
FTC Voids Confidentiality and Non-Compete Provisions in Non-Reportable Transaction and Requires Notification of All Future Transactions Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/5/2013
IRS Increases Amount Wind and Renewables Receive Via Production Tax Credit Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/5/2013
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MassDEP”) Proposes Site Cleanup Program Regulatory Changes under Regulatory Reform Initiative Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/5/2013
EPA Argues Lack of Authority to Promulgate Texas Federal Implementation Plan (FIP) for Ozone and Fine Particulate Matter Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/5/2013
NV Energy Proposes Legislation to Close Coal Plants, Invest in Renewables and Natural Gas Lewis and Roca LLP 4/4/2013
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Draft Water Quality Trading “How-To” Manual and Guidance Are Open for Public Comment Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/4/2013
Eagle Ford Shale Task Force Report Released by Texas Railroad Commission Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/4/2013
Ford Increases Electric Vehicle Dealers and Pushes Sales Varnum LLP 4/4/2013
EPA Announces Plans to Develop New Regulations to Address Healthcare Facilities' Generation and Disposal of Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Godfrey & Kahn S.C. 4/4/2013
Texas Landowners Seek U.S. Supreme Court Review of Texas Supreme Court Takings Claim Decision Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/4/2013
Energy & Environment Law Update for the Week of April 1, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/4/2013
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Clean Water Act (CWA) Logging Roads Exemption, Endorses Citizen Suit Enforcement of Ambiguous Agency Rules Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/4/2013
Ruling in Endangered Species Act Whooping Crane Lawsuit Stayed by Fifth Circuit Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/3/2013
Department of Energy (DOE) Issues Guide For Developing Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects on Federal Land McDermott Will & Emery 4/3/2013
Federal Government Releases Guidance to Streamline National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Reviews Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/3/2013
EPA Likely to Delay Issuance of Final Greenhouse Gas Rules for Power Plants Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/3/2013
Pipelines for New Energy Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/3/2013
Owner of Electronics Export Company Receives a 30-Month Prison Sentence Beveridge & Diamond PC 4/3/2013
Comcast v. Behrend’s Impact Already Being Felt: Supreme Court Vacates and Remands Whirlpool v. Glazer for Reconsideration Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/3/2013
Fiscal Cliff Legislation Can Help Your Tribe Obtain Energy Independence Godfrey & Kahn S.C. 4/2/2013
New EPA Guidance on Tenants' CERCLA Liability for Leasing Contaminated Properties Godfrey & Kahn S.C. 4/2/2013
Energy & Environmental Law Update - April 1, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/1/2013
Sports Car with Detroit Name (again) Re: Electric Vehicles in Michigan Varnum LLP 4/1/2013
Upcoming Deadlines – Dodd-Frank Reporting and Recordkeeping Schiff Hardin LLP 3/30/2013
Major Decision on 2006 Michigan Cable Law Varnum LLP 3/29/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Punts on Closely Watched Request to Order a Shale Oil Pipeline Interconnection Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/29/2013
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules that U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) May Proceed with an Enforcement Action against DTE Energy Schiff Hardin LLP 3/29/2013
Sixth Circuit Opens the Door to Greater EPA Involvement in Modifications to Existing Emissions Sources Varnum LLP 3/29/2013
Massachusetts Public-Private Partnerships: Time to Prime the Pump McDermott Will & Emery 3/29/2013
Mintz Levin’s London-based IP Practice Group Identifies the UK’s ‘Patent Box’ as a Boon for Clean Technology Clients Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/28/2013
First-of-its-Kind Legislation Known As the Maritime Amendment Act (No. 1), 2013 Passes Vedder Price 3/28/2013
Congressional Representative Signals Willingness to Facilitate Telehealth Services Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/28/2013
U.S. Supreme Court: No Permits Required for Channeled Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/26/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update - March 25, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/26/2013
New Grant in Michigan for Efforts to Remove Barriers to Renewable Energy Varnum LLP 3/26/2013
Massachusetts High Court Limits the Scope of Article 97 Re: Redevelopment of Public Land Taken for Urban Renewal Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/26/2013
FERC Approves New Vegetation Management Reliability Standard, Issues a NOPR to Clarify ATC Calculation, and Remands Two Interpretations of NERC’s Cyber Security Reliability Standards Schiff Hardin LLP 3/26/2013
Stormwater’s Day in the Sun Re: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision on Clean Water Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/26/2013
NERC Submits Compliance Filing and Report on the Compliance Enforcement Initiative and Proposed Enhancements to the Find, Fix, Track and Report Program Schiff Hardin LLP 3/26/2013
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Uses New Recall Power for First Time Varnum LLP 3/25/2013
Fee Relief: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) Agrees to No Longer Assess Annual Charges to Projects Subject to Power Site Reservations Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/25/2013
Wildfire Lessons from Waldo Canyon Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/25/2013
Solar Storms — A Real Risk for Insurers Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/25/2013
Iowa Considers Feed-In Tariff for Wind McDermott Will & Emery 3/24/2013
Federal Court Rejects "Core Operations" Theory of Scienter in Battery Manufacturer Fraud Case Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 3/24/2013
New EPA Report: Initial Data Shows Significant Gains in Fuel Economy for 2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/23/2013
Federal Court Rules Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Does Not Have Authority to Fine Trader for Manipulation of Futures Contracts Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 3/23/2013
Supreme Court Reaffirms EPA’s Right to Define Scope of its Own Regulations in Clean Water Act Decision Schiff Hardin LLP 3/23/2013
Interior, Energy, & Environmental Protection Agency Nominee Status Update Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/22/2013
New Jersey Appellate Court Upholds Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Waiver Rule Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/22/2013
Coal Plants Sued for Pollution Exceedances Varnum LLP 3/21/2013
Recent Minnesota Supreme Court Case May Limit Additional Insured’s Rights and Indemnity Obligations in Construction Contracts Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/20/2013
Suntech Closing Goodyear Solar Plant; Blames U.S. Solar Tariff Lewis and Roca LLP 3/19/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Lacks Authority Over Commodity Futures Contracts Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/19/2013
Congress Considers Increasing Incentives for Commercial and Multifamily Building Energy Efficiency Retrofits Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/19/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update - March 18, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/19/2013
Western Electricity Coordinating Council (“WECC”) Files Petition to Reorganize and Maintain 215 Funding for Reliability Coordination Schiff Hardin LLP 3/19/2013
EPA & Florida Reach Agreement on Disputed Nutrient Standards for Florida’s Waterways Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/19/2013
International Travel from United Kingdom Subject to Air Passenger Duty Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/19/2013
Legislation Benefiting Property Excluded From Wastewater Service Areas Set To Expire January 2014 Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/18/2013
DC Circuit: FERC Lacked Jurisdiction to Fine Amaranth Trader Hunter $30 Million CFTC Has Exclusive Jurisdiction over Natural Gas Futures Contracts Schiff Hardin LLP 3/18/2013
New Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Draft Guidance Issued on PM2.5 Modeling Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/18/2013
Good Neighbor Fund Payments Made in Michigan Varnum LLP 3/16/2013
Highlights of Michigan Public Service Commission Annual Report Varnum LLP 3/16/2013
State Department Announces $6 Billion for Geothermal in Southeast Asia Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/16/2013
New Law Delays the Effective Date of the New Wisconsin Electrical License Statute von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 3/15/2013
Michigan Lithium Ion Battery to Power Electric Boat Varnum LLP 3/15/2013
Two Polar Bear Decisions in Two Weeks: Their significance for Climate Change, Endangered Species and Project Development Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/14/2013
Michigan Senator Reid Re-Introduces Previous Senate Farm Bill Varnum LLP 3/14/2013
Michigan Tax Incentives Extended for Battery Maker Varnum LLP 3/13/2013
What Is a "Vessel"? Re: U.S. Supreme Court Issues Decision Vedder Price 3/13/2013
Farm Leaders Make Case for Crop Insurance Varnum LLP 3/13/2013
California Energy Commission Sets Schedule for Non-Residential Building Energy Use Disclosures Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/13/2013
French Court Ruling Calls into Question One-sided Jurisdiction Clauses Vedder Price 3/13/2013
Buyer Beware: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Stymies Wayzata Investment Fund’s Power Plant Acquisition Plans Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/12/2013
Bill to Fix National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permitting Duplication Introduced in Senate Varnum LLP 3/12/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Extends Deadline for Order No. 1000 Interregional Compliance Filings Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/11/2013
Preparing for Seasonal Agricultural Labor Varnum LLP 3/11/2013
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Weighs in on 2014 Remediation Deadlines Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/11/2013
Exclusive License Not Required for Standing to Claim Misappropriation of a Trade Secret Involving Subway Car Brakes McDermott Will & Emery 3/11/2013
Michigan Tax Changes Will Benefit Farmers in 2013 Varnum LLP 3/11/2013
Can Your Employee Sue You? New Decision from 5th Court of Appeals Continues the Confusion as to Who Is a Jones Act Seaman Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 3/11/2013
D.C. Circuit Affirms Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Application of the Mobile-Sierra Doctrine 3/11/2013
Auto Repair Trade Association Requests That Department of Justice (DOJ) Investigate the Use of Most Favored Nation Clauses By Auto Insurers Dickinson Wright PLLC 3/11/2013
Judicial Scrutiny, Proposed Settlements and Avoiding Settlement Rejections Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/10/2013
What’s a Cell Tower Lease Worth? Varnum LLP 3/10/2013
Tentative Port Labor Deal Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 3/10/2013
In-FUR-mation Update: New Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Enforcement Policy for Retailers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/10/2013
President Obama to Nominate Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator and Energy Secretary Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/10/2013
Container Barges in Charleston Harbor to Relieve Truck Traffic on I-526? Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 3/10/2013
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) Draft Guidance on Pollutant (TMDL/WPDES) Permit; Implementation Is Open for Public Comment Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/10/2013
Gina McCarthy Nominated To Be U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/10/2013
Michigan's State Agricultural Leaders Praise Gov. Snyder’s 2014 Budget Varnum LLP 3/10/2013
Enforcement and Reporting Updates for Pipeline Operators Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/10/2013
Preliminary Answers from Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the Viability of the PM 2.5 (Air Quality Analysis) Significant Impact Level Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/9/2013
International Trade Actions Complicate Global Market For Renewable Energy Businesses, Particularly Solar Sector McDermott Will & Emery 3/9/2013
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Proposes to Eliminate Startup, Shutdown, and Malfunction Air Emission Exemptions in 36 States Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/9/2013
New Supreme Court Maritime Law Case on Vessel Status Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 3/9/2013
Titanic Intellectual Property Lawsuit Launched to Sink Competing Enterprise Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 3/9/2013
GH&C’s Paul Schneider Prevails Before New Jersey Supreme Court Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/8/2013
Will the United States take Action on Climate Change? Varnum LLP 3/8/2013
Revised United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) Guidance on Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Protection for Tenants Schiff Hardin LLP 3/8/2013
Chinese Auto Parts Maker Buys A123 Systems Varnum LLP 3/7/2013
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Weighs in on 2014 Remediation Deadlines Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/7/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update - March 4, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/6/2013
Georgia Rivers are "Navigable" Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 3/6/2013
Inspector General Requests Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Collect More Data on Air Emissions from Natural Gas and Oil Production Sector Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/6/2013
Understanding the Impacts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Varnum LLP 3/5/2013
Midland Michigan Plant Lays off Battery Workers Varnum LLP 3/5/2013
The Bottom Is Out: Insurance and Your First Floor Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/5/2013
Tell Me More: New Landlord Disclosure Requirements in 2013 Lewis and Roca LLP 3/5/2013
How Does the Sequester Affect Energy Programs? Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/5/2013
Disappearing Florida: The Risks of Sinkholes in the Sunshine State Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/5/2013
World Trade Organization Rules Against Ontario’s “Buy Local” Program Varnum LLP 3/5/2013
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection "NJDEP" Weighs in on 2014 Remediation Deadlines Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/4/2013
Acts of Direct Infringement Not Required to Establish Case and Controversy of Indirect Infringement McDermott Will & Emery 3/4/2013
Modifying No Further Action Letters Under the New Jersey Privatized Site Remediation Program Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/3/2013
GE Takes Over Top Spot in Ranking of World's Largest Wind Turbine Manufacturers Lewis and Roca LLP 3/3/2013
Ten Thousand Wind Turbine Component Repairs Varnum LLP 3/2/2013
European Commission Announcement Concerning European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Regulatory Technical Standards Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 3/2/2013
FTC Guidelines for Mobile Applications: New Standards for Transparency and Notification Dictate Responsibilities for All Parties Involved Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/1/2013
U.S. Court of Appeals Rejects Petitions for Review of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Decision on Mobile-Sierra Applicability to Forward Capacity Auction Rates Schiff Hardin LLP 3/1/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update - February 24, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/28/2013
China Law Update - February 26, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/28/2013
In Oral Arguments during Bowman v. Monsanto the Supreme Court Struggles with Exhaustion Doctrine for Patented Seeds Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 2/27/2013
Comverge Asserts Infringement of Patents Disclosing Power Management/Energy Load Devices and Methods against Entek Systems, a Company Operated by Inventors of Some of the Patents Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 2/27/2013
Fourth Circuit Refuses to Pierce the Corporate Veil in Oil Spill Case Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 2/27/2013
Final Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) Regulations Impact Foreign Oil and Gas Traders Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/27/2013
Rodney Hailey Sentenced to More Than 12 Years in Prison for Selling $9 Million in Fraudulent Renewable Fuel Credits / Owner of “Clean Green Fuel” falsely claimed his company produced 23 million gallons of renewable fuel U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2/25/2013
Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships Launches Regional Energy Efficiency Database Schiff Hardin LLP 2/24/2013
The Cybersecurity Executive Order’s Effect on the Electric Industry Schiff Hardin LLP 2/23/2013
CAISO and PacifiCorp Move Towards Western Imbalance Market Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/23/2013
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources Commissioner Mark Sylvia Speaks Regarding Commonwealth’s Energy Efficiency Initiatives Schiff Hardin LLP 2/23/2013
Carnival Cruise Lines: What They Should Have Done Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/23/2013
The State House Commission’s 60th Anniversary May Be Dampened By New Proposed New Jersey Legislation Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 2/22/2013
Supreme Court Hears “Replicant Soy Bean” Appeal Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 2/22/2013
Electricity Resource Adequacy — Texas Initiatives and North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Concerns Schiff Hardin LLP 2/22/2013
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the Federal Insurance Office (FIO): Points of Focus for House Financial Services Committee Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/22/2013
D.C. Circuit Upholds Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Ruling to Apply Mobile-Sierra Doctrine to Forward Capacity Auction (FCA) Rates Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/22/2013
Energy Plant for Longwood Medical Center Gets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star Award U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2/21/2013
Recent Developments in PM2.5, SO2 and CSAPR Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Rule Challenges Schiff Hardin LLP 2/21/2013
International Clean Energy Finance Opportunities Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/21/2013
$200 Million in Energy Efficiency Funding, Obama Proposes Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/21/2013
Cyber-attacks on the Electric Power Grid and other Major Energy Trends to Keep an Eye on in 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/20/2013
Appellate Division Narrowly Construes Highlands Act Exemption Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 2/20/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update - February 17, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/20/2013
Local Political Considerations and the Impact on Land Use Decisions: The Matter of Rye Playland Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 2/20/2013
Five Risks Threatening Airline Safety Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/20/2013
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Has Issued Proposed Amendments To The Flood Hazard Area Control Act Rules Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 2/20/2013
Presque Isle Bay Removed from Great Lakes “Area of Concern” List; Second Area in U.S. to be Delisted U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2/19/2013
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Invites Communities to Apply for Smart Growth Assistance U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2/19/2013
Transocean Pleads Guilty, Is Sentenced to Pay $400 Million in Criminal Penalties for Criminal Conduct Leading to Deepwater Horizon Disaster / Second Corporate Guilty Plea Obtained by Deepwater Horizon Task Force, Second-largest Criminal Clean Water Act U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2/18/2013
Is There Bipartisan Support for an Energy Security Trust? McDermott Will & Emery 2/18/2013
Fourth Circuit Refuses to Pierce the Corporate Veil in Oil Spill Case Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 2/17/2013
If Ontario Can Do It, Should Michigan Follow? (Coal Fired Energy Generation ) Varnum LLP 2/17/2013
Biotech’s Public Relations Problems Continue Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 2/17/2013
Law Suit Against U.P. Michigan Cellulosic Bio Refinery Dismissed Varnum LLP 2/17/2013
Southwest Power Pool to Finalize New Integrated Marketplace McDermott Will & Emery 2/16/2013
President Obama Issues Executive Order — Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Schiff Hardin LLP 2/16/2013
New Law Expands Scope of Iran Sanctions In New Ways Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/16/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") Notice of Intent (“NOI”) to Enhance Transparency in Natural Gas Market Schiff Hardin LLP 2/15/2013
Ten Thousand Wind Turbine Component Repairs Varnum LLP 2/15/2013
Fish and Wildlife Maps Out the Next 5 Years of Endangered Species Activity Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/14/2013
Pure Michigan Solar Panel Varnum LLP 2/14/2013
Mine Safety Health Administration (MHSA) Inspection Failures May Spur Increases to Inspection Activities Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/14/2013
Electric Choice Spreads to Two New Utilities in Michigan Varnum LLP 2/13/2013
EPA Makes Public Comprehensive Information on Use of Chemicals in the U.S. / The Chemical Data Reporting Information will Help EPA and Others Assess Chemicals More Quickly and Encourage the Use of Safer Chemicals U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2/13/2013
European Parliament Endorses European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) Technical Standards McDermott Will & Emery 2/13/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Announces Changes to its eTariff Company Registration Process and Extends the Deadline for e-Tag Reporting in Electric Quarterly Reports (EQRs) Schiff Hardin LLP 2/13/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update - February 10, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/12/2013
Michigan Community Wind Energy Project Up and Running Varnum LLP 2/11/2013
New Leader for Clean Energy Business Group (Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council) Varnum LLP 2/11/2013
Michigan Community Wind Project Up and Running Varnum LLP 2/11/2013
Readying Michigan to Make Good Energy Decisions Varnum LLP 2/11/2013
Torrification Facility in Michigan to Supply Carbon for Environmental Control Varnum LLP 2/9/2013
New Jersey Coastal Property Owners’ Rights Upheld Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 2/9/2013
Kerry Confirmed, Murkowski Energy Plan, and an Offshore Wind Bill – Energy and Environmental Law Update Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/9/2013
Petitioners File Opening Brief Challenging Securities and Exchange Commission's "SEC" Conflict Minerals Rule Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 2/9/2013
Solar Array for Grand Rapids, Michigan Superfund Site?! Varnum LLP 2/9/2013
Law Suit Against U.P. Cellulosic Bio Refinery Dismissed Varnum LLP 2/7/2013
Energy and Environmental Law Update - February 3, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/6/2013
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Requests Public Comment on National Enforcement Initiatives Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/6/2013
Pennsylvania General Assembly to Consider Requirements for Releases of Record by Oil and Natural Gas Lessees Greenberg Traurig, LLP 2/5/2013
Department of Justice Highlights the Downside of Transparency to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/4/2013
Plastic Solar Cells on the Horizon? Varnum LLP 2/4/2013
Highlands Plan Conformance Guidelines Withstand Challenge Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 2/2/2013
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' New Phosphorus Rules: Implementation Begins Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/1/2013
Hints of Bipartisan Cooperation on Health Issues in the Energy & Commerce Committee Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/1/2013
FCC Provides Guidance on Tower Site Collocation Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/1/2013
First Compliance Period Underway for California’s AB32 Cap-and-Trade Program Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 2/1/2013
Governmental Cost Recovery Under the Pennsylvania Solid Waste Management Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/31/2013
Favorable Tax Decision on Solar Array Varnum LLP 1/31/2013
Another Baseload Natural Gas Plant for Consumers Energy Varnum LLP 1/31/2013
Energy & Environment Law Update - January 30, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/30/2013
Competition Advocacy Group Files Comments in FERC Proceeding Involving Transmission Merger Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/30/2013
Farm Bill a Top Priority for Senate Leader Harry Reid Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/30/2013
FERC fines Westar $420,000, plus $1.15 million in Disgorgement of Unjust Profits, For Improper Use of Network Service Under the SPP OATT Schiff Hardin LLP 1/30/2013
New Jersey Governor Adopts FEMA Advisory Base Flood Elevation Maps as a DEP Standard (Department of Environmental Protection Standard) Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/29/2013
New Utility Filing Obligations in New York: Is Your Company Implicated? Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/29/2013
Hurricane Sandy Revives Debate Over National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/29/2013
Quackenbush / Bakkal to Prepare Energy Report for the State of Michigan Varnum LLP 1/28/2013
Coakley Announces Plans to Hold Energy Summit Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/28/2013
EPA Announces Settlements with Company for Multiple Violations of Chemical Reporting and Pesticide Laws U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/28/2013
Los Angeles Kicks Off Its Feed-in Tariff Program McDermott Will & Emery 1/28/2013
EPA Releases New Report on Children's Health and the Environment in America U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/27/2013
Say Aloha To LNG: No FERC Approval Required For Hawaiian Company’s LNG Operations Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/27/2013
Energy Innovation: Monopoly vs. Competition Varnum LLP 1/27/2013
Getting the Most From Your Good Idea: The Importance of Intellectual Property Law for Innovators Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/27/2013
Orange County Set to Further Revise Transportation Impact Fee Rates Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 1/26/2013
FDA Issues Two Proposed Rules That Will Significantly Change Regulatory Requirements For Food Safety Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/26/2013
Fine Particle Emissions Rules Remanded- Stricter Clean Air Regulations for Nonattainment Areas Will Follow Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/25/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission "FERC" Demands Due Diligence and Continues Focus on ISO Communications Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/25/2013
Third Circuit Opinion in Eaton Case Could Allow Supreme Court to Discuss Monopolization Standards Schiff Hardin LLP 1/25/2013
How Intellectual Property Can Help Solve the Nation's Electrical Grid Security Problems Parks IP Law LLC 1/25/2013
New Jersey Supreme Court Reinforces Right to Jury Trial in Civil Cases Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/25/2013
GreatPoint Energy Tops the List of Largest VC Deals in 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/25/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Approves NERC’s Proposed Changes to its Sanction Guidelines Schiff Hardin LLP 1/24/2013
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley Announces Plans to Hold Energy Summit Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/24/2013
EPA Finalizes Emission Standards After Stakeholder Input Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/24/2013
FERC News: FERC Approves $1.5 million Deutsche Bank Market Manipulation Settlement Schiff Hardin LLP 1/24/2013
1603 Grants, Fracking Rules, and the Keystone XL Pipeline – ML Strategies’ Weekly Energy and Environmental Update Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/24/2013
Energy and Environment Update - January 20, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/24/2013
FERC Proposes Changes for Small Generator Interconnection Requests Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/24/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Refines Priority Rights to Participant-Funded Transmission Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/22/2013
EPA’s 2011 Toxics Release Inventory Shows Air Pollutants Continue to Decline / Total Toxic Chemicals Increase as Result of Mining U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/22/2013
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News - January 2013 Varnum LLP 1/21/2013
Upper Peninsula Power Plant to be Kept Open Varnum LLP 1/21/2013
Creative Finance Mechanisms Enable Advanced Biofuel/Bioenergy Project Development Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/21/2013
Energy & Clean Tech Connections – January 2013 Edition Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/21/2013
EPA Finalizes Revisions to Clean Air Standards for Stationary Engines / Updated rule provides extensive public health protections, slashes costs of compliance U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/21/2013
Climate Change: Emerging Law of Adaptation Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/21/2013
Liquefied Natural Gas Exports, Carbon Fees, and More – ML Strategies’ Weekly Energy and Environmental Law Update Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/20/2013
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission "FERC" Enforcement’s Expanding Reach: Focus on Hydro Licensee Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/20/2013
New Effort to Develop Better Solar and Wind-Powered Batteries Varnum LLP 1/19/2013
New Jersey Monmouth County Sewer Service Area Map Open to Public Comment Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/19/2013
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Holds the Omnibus Statute, Wis. Stat. § 632.32, Requires an Auto Insurer to Provide Coverage to a Permissive User Tortfeasor in a Suit Filed by the Named Insured von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 1/17/2013
Release of Confidential Cartel Information by European Commission to English High Court Suspended McDermott Will & Emery 1/17/2013
Lozman v. Riviera Beach: When is a floating structure a “vessel”? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/17/2013
EPA Proposes Approval of Wisconsin’s Greenhouse Gas Tailoring and Biomass Deferral Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/16/2013
Energy & Environment Update - January 13, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/16/2013
New Developments in The UK Shale Gas Sector McDermott Will & Emery 1/16/2013
Supreme Court Offers Comfort to Owners of Dams and Water Control Facilities Varnum LLP 1/16/2013
States Remain Divided on Issue of Driver's Licenses for DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) Beneficiaries Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/15/2013
Court Rejects EPA Attempt to Regulate Stormwater Itself Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/14/2013
DOE Grant for Superconducting Wires Varnum LLP 1/14/2013
California Cap-and-Trade Program Marches Forward McDermott Will & Emery 1/13/2013
Russia Transfer Pricing: Another BRIC in the Wall McDermott Will & Emery 1/13/2013
E-Z-GO Saved by Bad Case Law: Southern District of Georgia Court Denies Motion for Attorney Fees Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 1/13/2013
New Jersey DEP Denies Initial Waiver Requests Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/12/2013
FDA Issues Proposed Rule on Produce Safety to Implement Parts of Food Safety Modernization Act Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/12/2013
New Jersey Court Reaffirms “Reasonable Use Rule” Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/11/2013
Courts in Two Recent Decisions Refuse to Expand the Regulatory Authority of the EPA Under the Clean Water Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/11/2013
The Wisconsin Court Of Appeals Finds A Duty To Defend Misappropriation Of Internet Advertising System von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 1/11/2013
EPA Backpedals on Stormwater Rule Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/10/2013
FERC Lacks Jurisdiction to Set Station Power Charges Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/9/2013
Settlement with New Cingular Wireless to Resolve Violations at Hundreds of Legacy ATandT Wireless Sites U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/9/2013
Conto Energia IV Deadline Extended for Photovoltaic Plants on Public Administration Property McDermott Will & Emery 1/9/2013
Environmental Due Diligence Issues Clarified by EPA for 2013 and Beyond – Tenants and Other Operators Beware Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/9/2013
New Report Warns That State-Sponsored Power Generation Harms Consumers Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/9/2013
Energy & Environment Law Update – January 8, 2013 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/8/2013
EPA Releases First Set of Draft Risk Assessments Under Existing Chemicals Work Plan Effort U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/8/2013
Transocean Agrees to Plead Guilty to Environmental Crime and Enter Civil Settlement to Resolve U.S. Clean Water Act Penalty Claims from Deepwater Horizon Incident U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/7/2013
EPA Proposes Partial Disapproval of Wisconsin's Plan for Implementing the PM2.5 NAAQS and Sierra Club Files a Lawsuit to Force EPA Action Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/7/2013
Regulatory Environment for Shale Gas Production Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/7/2013
Fiscal Cliff Bill Includes Commuter Tax Benefits Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/6/2013
Is Your Combustion Unit a Boiler or an Incinerator? - EPA Finalizes "NHSM" Non-Hazardous Secondary Materials Rule Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/6/2013
Trade Policy and International Commerce: Issues to be Hotly Debated in Washington in 2013 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/6/2013
U.S. EPA Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Wisconsin Utility - Agreement will reduce emissions by 15,000 tons annually U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/5/2013
EPA Issues Hydraulic Fracturing Study Progress Report Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/5/2013
First Lawsuit Filed Over Gloucester County Train Derailment of November 30, 2012 Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/5/2013
Key Energy Tax Provisions Included in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Legislation McDermott Will & Emery 1/5/2013
American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 - Aviation Law Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/5/2013
Fiscal Cliffhanger: Congress Passes Federal Tax & Health Care Legislation for 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/4/2013
Key Energy Tax Provisions Included in ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Legislation McDermott Will & Emery 1/4/2013
Solar Shingles Come (Back) to Michigan Varnum LLP 1/4/2013
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Upholds Asbestos Exclusion von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 1/4/2013
Fiscal Cliff Legislation Extends Production and Investment Tax Credits Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/3/2013
EPA Issues Revised PM2.5 Ambient Air Quality Standards Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/3/2013
The Fiscal Cliff Deal’s Impact on Clean Energy Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/3/2013
Responding to Hurricane Sandy U.S. Department of Labor 1/2/2013
Pleading Unjust Enrichment Does Not Support a Claim for the Underlying Trade Secret Misappropriation McDermott Will & Emery 1/1/2013
Canadian Government Approves CNOOC’s Acquisition of Nexen Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/31/2012
EPA Finalizes Clean Air Standards for Industrial Boilers, Incinerators and Cement Kilns/Updated Rules Provide Extensive Public Health Protections, Cut Costs of Compliance U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/30/2012
EPA Tightens Air Quality Standards for Fine Particles Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/30/2012
EPA Updates Rule for Pathogens in Drinking Water, Sets Limit for E. Coli U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/29/2012
New Jersey Spill Act: Innocent Purchaser Defense Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 12/28/2012
Kicking the Can Down the Road on Renewable Energy Varnum LLP 12/28/2012
A Proxy Season Update: Preparing for 2013 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/28/2012
DIY Disaster Survival [INFOGRAPHIC] Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/26/2012
Energy & Environmental Law Update – December 23, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 12/26/2012
China Clarifies VAT Polices in Transportation and Modern Services Industries Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/26/2012
The EPA Releases Update on Ongoing Hydraulic Fracturing Study U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/26/2012
Michigan Governor's Message on Energy and the Environment Varnum LLP 12/25/2012
Starting Energy Companies in Michigan Varnum LLP 12/24/2012
MISS Dig Bills Pass in Michigan Senate, Stall in House Varnum LLP 12/23/2012
FTC Releases 2012 Green Guides Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 12/23/2012
Infrastructure Financing Does Fall Within The Scope of European Union State Aid Rules McDermott Will & Emery 12/23/2012
Storage Tank Program Undergoes Changes Varnum LLP 12/22/2012
Agriculture Groups Urge Action on Estate Taxes Varnum LLP 12/22/2012
EPA Issues New Boiler and Solid Waste Incinerator Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/21/2012
LEED v4 Nearing Completion McDermott Will & Emery 12/21/2012
Michigan Farmers Concerned About Wetland Use Permit Changes Varnum LLP 12/21/2012
New Jersey Court Rejects Effort to Shift Blame to Environmental Consultants Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 12/20/2012
Farm Bill Still Stalled Varnum LLP 12/20/2012
New DOE Study Fuels Debate Over LNG Exports McDermott Will & Emery 12/20/2012
EPA Enforcement in 2012 Protects Communities From Harmful Pollution U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/20/2012
Expert Who Admittedly Failed to Follow 921 Employed Reliable Methodology Armstrong Teasdale 12/19/2012
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Now Available in Michigan Varnum LLP 12/19/2012
Energy Sector A Target - China's Antitrust Enforcement Agencies to Take Action Against International Cartels McDermott Will & Emery 12/19/2012
Energy & Environmental Law Update – December 16, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 12/18/2012
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News - December 2012 Varnum LLP 12/18/2012
EPA Provides Comfort to Prospective Tenants at Contaminated Properties Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/18/2012
FERC Hastens Modifications in Oil Pipeline Regulatory Approach Schiff Hardin LLP 12/18/2012
A New Fate for Holiday Leftovers? Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 12/18/2012
Small Scale Food Businesses Consider Whether Nutritional Labeling is Worth the Investment Varnum LLP 12/17/2012
Pentagon to Open Up Space Launch Vehicle Bidding, Expected Competitors Contribute over $4M MapLight 12/17/2012
EPA Announces Next Round of Clean Air Standards to Reduce Harmful Soot Pollution U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/16/2012
DOE and EPA Release Annual Fuel Economy Guide with 2013 Models U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/16/2012
Exelon Urges Employees to Lobby Congress to End Wind Tax Credit MapLight 12/16/2012
Fair Warning: Disaster Communication Before the 2009 L’Aquila Earthquake vs. 2012 Hurricane Sandy Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/16/2012
Renewable Energy Approvals for Detroit Edison Varnum LLP 12/15/2012
Michigan Lame Duck Legislative Changes to Environmental Cleanup of Contaminated Sites and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/15/2012
Michigan Passes Groundwater Well Dispute Statute – Again Varnum LLP 12/14/2012
Reducing Total Lifetime System Costs for Solar Panels Varnum LLP 12/13/2012
Possible Investigation of Gas Price Hikes on the Horizon Andrews Kurth LLP 12/13/2012
Best Mode Defense’s Last Stand McDermott Will & Emery 12/11/2012
Energy & Environmental Law Update – December 11, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 12/11/2012
European Commission Dawn Raids: EU General Court Reins in “Fishing Expeditions” McDermott Will & Emery 12/11/2012
China: New Measures Proposed for the Protection of the Environment 全国人大常委会公布《环境保护法修正案（草案）》(08/31/2012) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/10/2012
EPA Pushes Back on Stormwater Discharges from Logging Roads Varnum LLP 12/10/2012
UPS Sued By EEOC for Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/10/2012
Sierra Club Ready to Sue on Alleged Air Quality Violations Varnum LLP 12/9/2012
Major Stimulus for Investment into New UK Gas-Fired Power Stations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/9/2012
FEMA To Release New Advisory Base Flow Elevations Maps Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 12/8/2012
NERC Study on Gas-Electric Coordination to Be Completed By Year End Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/8/2012
Expert Excluded Again For Failing To Test Theory Armstrong Teasdale 12/8/2012
Revised Green Guides Take On Renewable Energy and Carbon Offset Claims McDermott Will & Emery 12/7/2012
The Third Circuit Does It Again: A Monopolist Violates the Antitrust Laws By Offering Conditional Above -Cost Market Share Discounts That Constitute "De Facto Partial Exclusive Dealing" Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/7/2012
DOE Study Shows Net Economic Benefits from LNG Exports and Kicks Off Key Period for Industry Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/7/2012
What's Coming Down the Pipe: Important Dates and Developments for Pipeline Owners and Operators to Monitor Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/7/2012
International Trade Actions Complicate Global Market for Renewable Energy Businesses, Particularly in the Solar Sector McDermott Will & Emery 12/7/2012
PHMSA Inspections to Focus on Integrity Management Program Evaluations Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/7/2012
The Sixth Circuit Steps Back in Time on Certification of Consumer Classes Dickinson Wright PLLC 12/6/2012
In An Action With National Implications, U.S. EPA Establishes Numeric Nutrient Criteria For Florida‘s Waterways And Estuaries On Friday After A Protracted Court Battle Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/5/2012
The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme: A Brief Pause at the Edge of the Enforcement Cliff? Vedder Price 12/5/2012
New Research Finds Shale Natural Gas Production Emits Less Fugitive Methane Than Previously Reported McDermott Will & Emery 12/4/2012
Retirement and Maintaining Reliability: The Midwest ISO’s System Support Resource Agreement Schiff Hardin LLP 12/4/2012
Energy & Environment Law Update – December 2, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 12/4/2012
FERC Tees Up Enforcement for 2013 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/4/2012
Supreme Court Grants Myriad’s Petition for Cert. Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 12/3/2012
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Issues Revised Hydrofracking Regulations Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/3/2012
SEC Posts Small Entity Compliance Guide Regarding Conflict Minerals Disclosure Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 12/3/2012
Competition Drives Innovation and Trumps Regulation Varnum LLP 12/1/2012
Industry Groups File Suit to Block Conflict Minerals Rules and Resource Extraction Rules Schiff Hardin LLP 12/1/2012
Wells Fargo v. US Airways— Redelivery Certificates Protect Lessees from Unspecified Discrepancies Vedder Price 12/1/2012
Wage and Hour Issues Post-Sandy Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 12/1/2012
FTC Commissioners Disagree on Limits of Section 5 Applicability to Conduct Not Otherwise Covered by Antitrust Laws Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 12/1/2012
BP Temporarily Suspended from New Contracts with the Federal Government U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/1/2012
Limits to Financiers’ Claims for Losses and Damage to Insured Property Resulting from Theft by Insured Vedder Price 11/30/2012
FERC Issues $2.5M Sanction in Electric Market Manipulation Investigation: Company Pursued Wheeling Transactions to Benefit Other Electric Transactions at Same Point Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 11/29/2012
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy Law News - November 2012 Varnum LLP 11/29/2012
After Expensive Campaign, Proposal 3 Rejected by Voters Varnum LLP 11/28/2012
West Virginia Surface Owners May Not Appeal Gas Well Permits Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/28/2012
EPA Recommends New Recreational Water Quality Criteria to Better Protect Public Health U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/28/2012
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Orders On-Bill Repayment For Energy Efficiency and Other Demand-Side Projects McDermott Will & Emery 11/27/2012
Declaratory Judgment Action Filed Over Trailer Hitch Products Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 11/26/2012
EPA Appoints New Heads of Two Independent Science Advisory Committees U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/25/2012
CFTC Issues FAQ on Energy Agreements Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 11/25/2012
Depreciation Methodology for Wind Turbines Challenged Varnum LLP 11/25/2012
Very Strict Liability for False or Materially Incomplete Representations: Forfeiture of FERC Market Pricing Authority McDermott Will & Emery 11/23/2012
FERC Reframes Nexus Test for Transmission Incentives Applications Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 11/23/2012
FTC Revises “Green Guides” Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 11/23/2012
Post-2012 Election Outlook for Shale Gas Industry Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/23/2012
EU Considers Extending Disclosure Obligations for Government Payments McDermott Will & Emery 11/23/2012
SEC Rejects Motion to Stay Resource Extraction Disclosure Rules Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 11/22/2012
Down But Not Completely Out: Transmission Rate Incentives 11/21/2012
New York’s Governor Cuomo Convenes Moreland Commission to Investigate Emergency Preparedness of Utilities Following Hurricane Sandy Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/21/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update - November 18, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 11/21/2012
Start-up for Biodigester in Fremont Varnum LLP 11/19/2012
U.S. EPA Denies Request to Waive RFS Standards to Aid Livestock Producers Varnum LLP 11/19/2012
A Perfect Storm of Insurance Coverage Problems Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/18/2012
Vapor Intrusion and What to Do About It Much Shelist, P.C. 11/18/2012
Power Purchase Agreement Granted to Tuscola Bay II Wind Farm Varnum LLP 11/17/2012
Outsmarting Future Storms Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/16/2012
FERC To Schedule Additional Technical Conferences To Address Gas–Electric Coordination Schiff Hardin LLP 11/16/2012
FTC Defers to State Resolution of Competitive Concerns Arising Out of Acquisition of Natural Gas Assets Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/16/2012
Employers' Responsibilities for Snow Days and Working Vacations McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC 11/16/2012
Energy & Environment Law Update – 11/11/2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 11/16/2012
Detroit Edison is Looking for Large Solar PV Installation(s) Varnum LLP 11/15/2012
Taking Care of Business When Hurricanes, Storms and Natural Disasters Hit Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/15/2012
Regulations on Emissions Auctions in Phase Three to Come into Force McDermott Will & Emery 11/15/2012
Superstorm Sandy and the Remediation of Water Damage, Mold Growth and Bacterial Threats Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/15/2012
Expediting and Maximizing Claims After a Catastrophe — First Things First Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/14/2012
What’s in Store for Offshore Energy After the 2012 Election Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/14/2012
Inclement Weather and Time Off Issues: To Pay or Not to Pay McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC 11/14/2012
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Exports Continue to Await DOE Approval McDermott Will & Emery 11/14/2012
California Sets Schedule for Non-Residential Building Energy Disclosures Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP 11/14/2012
Top Energy and Environment Issues in the Wake of the 2012 Election Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/13/2012
Bracewell Analyzes Post-Election Prospects for Shale Gas Industry - Video Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/13/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update November 12, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 11/12/2012
EPA Approves Michigan’s PM 2.5 State Implementation Plan Varnum LLP 11/12/2012
Employers Can Provide Tax-Free Disaster Assistance to Employees McDermott Will & Emery 11/11/2012
Scott Segal Analyzes Post-Election Energy and Environmental Issues - Video Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/10/2012
Despite Democratic Wins, Capitol Hill Status Quo Remains Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 11/10/2012
Battery Currents Advanced Energy Storage – Michigan Update - October 31, 2012 Varnum LLP 11/10/2012
The Fine Print of Natural Gas Property Rights: Cautionary Lessons from Western Ohio and New York McDermott Will & Emery 11/9/2012
Advisory for Immediate Evaluation of Contaminated Sites Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 11/9/2012
Insurance Coverage For Superstorm Sandy Claims Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 11/9/2012
Potential Property Tax Relief for Properties Effected By Hurricane Sandy Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 11/9/2012
Will Decker Hobble Future Attempts at Clean Water Act Permit Streamlining? Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/8/2012
Employers Can Provide Tax-Free Disaster Assistance to Employees McDermott Will & Emery 11/8/2012
IRS Guidance Encourages Leave Donation Programs for Hurricane Sandy Victims Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 11/8/2012
DEP Waives Some Permitting Requirements To Promote Rebuilding After Sandy Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 11/8/2012
Sandy Insurance Claims Likely To Spread Beyond Direct Property Damages Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/7/2012
Compliance With Wage & Hour Laws In The Wake Of Hurricane Sandy Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 11/7/2012
Wage and Hour Considerations and Inclement Weather: In the Wake of Hurricane Sandy Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 11/7/2012
Energy and Environment Update - November 4, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 11/7/2012
Behlen Manufacturing Company to Pay $59,996 Civil Penalty for Hazardous Waste Violations in Columbus, Neb. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/6/2012
Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Dodd-Frank Rulemaking: Still a Work in Progress McDermott Will & Emery 11/6/2012
Proposal 3 Generates Sparks Varnum LLP 11/5/2012
Monsanto v. Bowman to Be Heard at the Supreme Court McDermott Will & Emery 11/5/2012
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Designation of Critical Habitat for Franciscan Manzanita Andrews Kurth LLP 11/5/2012
Polychlorinated Biphenyls Manifesting Regulations Andrews Kurth LLP 11/4/2012
Notices of Arrival on the Outer Continental Shelf Andrews Kurth LLP 11/4/2012
Eaton Works on Battery Management Challenges Varnum LLP 11/4/2012
EPA Approves Additional Fuel Waivers for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/3/2012
National Priorities List Additions Andrews Kurth LLP 11/3/2012
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Status for Jemez Mountains Salamander and Proposed Designation of Critical Habitat Andrews Kurth LLP 11/3/2012
Extreme Weather, Natural Disasters and Personnel Issues Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 11/3/2012
Hyundai/Kia to Correct Overstated MPG Claims as Result of EPA Investigation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/2/2012
The Office of Gas and Electricity Markets of Great Britain Consults Further on its Electricity and Gas Retail Market Review McDermott Will & Emery 11/2/2012
EPA Approves Emergency Fuel Waiver for New Jersey U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/1/2012
Chuck Yeager’s Right of Publicity Suit Will No Longer Fly in the Ninth Circuit McDermott Will & Emery 11/1/2012
What Should Waterfront Property Owners Know About Plats? Varnum LLP 11/1/2012
EPA Approves Temporary Fuel Waivers to Assist States Impacted by Hurricane Sandy U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/31/2012
Nanophosphate Lithium Ion Battery Used in GM’s New All Electronic Vehicle Varnum LLP 10/31/2012
FERC Addresses Geomagnetic Disturbances; Proposes to Direct NERC to Develop a Reliability Standard Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/31/2012
W.Va. Supreme Court Affirms Award of Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses Against WVDEP In Surface Mine Board Appeals Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/31/2012
New York Court Upholds Retroactive Income Tax Provision for 338(h)(10) Elections Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/31/2012
Hurricane Sandy: Board of Education Discretion in Issuing Alternative Work Schedules on Snow Days Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/30/2012
Salt Batteries on the Horizon for Vehicles? Varnum LLP 10/30/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update 10/29/12 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 10/29/2012
Overheating in Electronic Vehicle Testing Varnum LLP 10/29/2012
Aiming to Lessen Use of Rare Earth Metals Varnum LLP 10/29/2012
Generator and Transmission Owners Beware: Potentially Costly Changes in the Offing Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/28/2012
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy Newsletter - October 2012 Varnum LLP 10/28/2012
Chevron Gives $2.5 Million to Conservative Super PAC: Oil Company's Donation One of Only a Handful from Fortune 500 Companies to Super PACs. Center for Public Integrity 10/28/2012
FERC Issues Order No. 1000-B: Acting on Rehearing and Clarification Requests of Order No. 1000-A Schiff Hardin LLP 10/28/2012
Building on Michigan Sand Dunes Following 2012 PA 297 Varnum LLP 10/27/2012
Work Begins to Remove Contamination at Newtown, Conn. Site U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/27/2012
The Leaders of Italy’s Disaster-warning Agency Resign Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/26/2012
Iceland Could Teach Michigan an Energy Lesson Varnum LLP 10/26/2012
FERC Continues Efforts to Address Vegetation Management Schiff Hardin LLP 10/26/2012
Water-Cooled Solar Panel Design Wins Award for Detroit-Based Power Panel Varnum LLP 10/25/2012
Institutional Controls and Pre-enforcment Review in Cleanup Cases Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/24/2012
Water-Cooled Solar Panels Varnum LLP 10/24/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update: October 21, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 10/23/2012
A123 Files Bankruptcy; JCI to Buy Auto Assets Varnum LLP 10/23/2012
Aviation Law Alert - Michigan Court of Appeals Resolves Issues with Statutory Interpretation Critical to Business Aircraft Sales/Use Tax Planning Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/23/2012
CFTC Provides a Bit of Last-Minute Breathing Room on Swaps Regulation Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/22/2012
Electric Rates Increase Following New 2008 Law Varnum LLP 10/22/2012
Ten Ways to Save Money, Energy and Protect Your Health This Winter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/21/2012
Commerce Department Announces New Duties on Chinese Solar Panel Imports McDermott Will & Emery 10/20/2012
FERC Declares That Proposed Wind Curtailment Violates PURPA McDermott Will & Emery 10/20/2012
University-Based Bioenergy Research Varnum LLP 10/20/2012
New App Lets Users Check Health of Waterways Anywhere in the U.S. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/20/2012
Potential Policy Changes To Reduce Inequities Faced by Micro Brewers Varnum LLP 10/19/2012
New York Publishes MTA Payroll Tax Protective Refund Claim Procedures Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/19/2012
Big Brother Gets Better Glasses: FERC Enhances Its Market Surveillance Tools Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/19/2012
It’s Not Easy Being Green: FTC’s Revised Green Guidelines May Adversely Affect the Little Guy Ifrah Law 10/19/2012
EPA Announces Opportunity to Apply for 2013 Environmental Justice Small Grants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/18/2012
Rooftop Solar Cost Reductions Varnum LLP 10/17/2012
25x25 is Now Ballot Proposal 3 Varnum LLP 10/17/2012
Come on Baby Light My Fire Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/16/2012
U.S. EPA Awards Over $5 Million to California for Clean Diesel Projects U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/16/2012
Can You Really Go to Jail for Violating a Stormwater Permit? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/15/2012
Energy And Environment - October 14, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 10/15/2012
FTC Releases Revised Green Guides Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/15/2012
Temporary Relief from Registration for Swaps Intermediaries Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/15/2012
Changing Qualification Requirements for PTC Could Have Big Impact for Wind McDermott Will & Emery 10/15/2012
FERC General Counsel Argues Applying Dodd-Frank Regulations to RTO/ISO Products is Potentially Harmful McDermott Will & Emery 10/13/2012
The LEED v4 (formerly LEED 2012) Controversy Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 10/13/2012
EPA Awards $1.2 Million to Improve Indoor Air Quality U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/13/2012
Denied Boarding: European Court Reinforces the Rights of Air Passengers McDermott Will & Emery 10/13/2012
Caitria and Morgan O’Neill Explain How to Help a Community Recover from Disaster Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/12/2012
Federal Trade Commission Announces Final Green Guides Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/12/2012
Experts Excluded Despite Spending Over $1 Million to Test Their Theories Armstrong Teasdale 10/12/2012
PHMSA Issues Revised Reporting Requirements - Second Notice & Request for Comments Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/12/2012
The Gain Act: Providing Additional Market Exclusivity for Antibiotics to Treat Drug-Resistant Infections Schiff Hardin LLP 10/12/2012
DTE Energy Obtains Approval of Echo Wind Park Varnum LLP 10/11/2012
EPA Petitions for En Banc Rehearing of Decision that Overturned CSAPR Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/11/2012
Expert Excluded for Failure to Utilize Any Discernible Methodology Armstrong Teasdale 10/10/2012
EPA Wants More From Enbridge on Kalamazoo River Cleanup Varnum LLP 10/10/2012
Prepping for CFIUS: Understanding and Managing Foreign Investments in the U.S. Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/10/2012
EPA Maintains Its Focus on Climate Change Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/10/2012
Two Bay Area Companies Receive U.S. EPA Energy Awards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/10/2012
Expert Excluded for Failure to Test and Failure to Rule Out Alternative Causes Armstrong Teasdale 10/10/2012
Are Your Imports Covered by Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Orders? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/9/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update: October 7, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 10/9/2012
US Supreme Court Accepts Certiorari in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District — Confiscatory Takings Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/9/2012
Supreme Court to Review Monsanto v. Bowman Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 10/8/2012
FTC Releases Revised Green Guides Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/8/2012
FERC Clarifies that a Utility May Not Curtail Unilaterally for Purchases from QFs Under a Long-Term Obligation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/7/2012
Will Scope of Current Countervailing and Antidumping Duty Investigations for Chinese Solar Panels be Expanded in Department of Commerce’s Final Determination? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/6/2012
Reigning In Urban Farming – No More RTFA Protection? Varnum LLP 10/6/2012
Change in FDA Registration Requirement Postponed Varnum LLP 10/5/2012
FTC Releases Final “Green Guides” for Environmental Marketing Claims Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/5/2012
FERC Proposes to Approve Regional Underfrequency Load Shedding Reliability Standard Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/5/2012
New Jersey Glass Manufacturer to Install State-of-the-Art Emissions Controls to Resolve Violations of the Clean Air Act U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/5/2012
California Supreme Court Reaffirms “All Sums with Stacking” Rule on Long-Tail Injury Claims Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 10/5/2012
Reining In Urban Farming – No More RTFA Protection? Varnum LLP 10/5/2012
Second Circuit Applies the Filed Rate Doctrine to Electricity Rates Set by Market-Based Auctions Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 10/5/2012
President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Releases Report Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP 10/4/2012
ACER Publishes Second Edition of Guidance on REMIT McDermott Will & Emery 10/4/2012
Potential Refund Claims: New York MTA Payroll Tax Held Unconstitutional Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/3/2012
Plants Found in the Wild Are Not Patentable McDermott Will & Emery 10/3/2012
FERC Forms New Office to Focus on Cybersecurity Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/3/2012
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Targets Dye Used in Textiles and Synthetic Materials For Listing Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/3/2012
California's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Targets Industrial Rubber Byproduct For Listing Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/2/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update - September 30, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 10/2/2012
Federal CAFO Regulations Remove “Propose to Discharge” Permitting Requirement Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/2/2012
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Endangered Status for Four Central Texas Salamanders and Designation of Critical Habitat Andrews Kurth LLP 10/2/2012
Infrastructure for PEVs and EVs Varnum LLP 10/2/2012
Victim Toxicology Analysis Held Reliable Armstrong Teasdale 10/1/2012
Congress Fails to Advance Federal Farm Bill or Disaster Assistance Bill Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/1/2012
Approvals and Promulgations of Implementation Plans: Texas; Reasonably Available Control Technology for 1997 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standard Andrews Kurth LLP 10/1/2012
New WDNR Regulations A Concern for Wisconsin Agriculture Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/1/2012
The Food and Drug Administration Gets Sued for Delaying FSMA Implementation Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/30/2012
Second Circuit Blocks Class Action Against KeySpan-Morgan Stanley for Market Manipulation Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/30/2012
Be Careful to Avoid Tax Penalties for Converting Ag Land into Other Use Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/30/2012
Court Sets Forth Requirements for Admissibility of Origin and Cause Opinions Armstrong Teasdale 9/30/2012
Climate Change Outline: Emissions Trading Linkages Andrews Kurth LLP 9/30/2012
USEPA Withdraws Proposed CAFO Reporting Rule Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/30/2012
“The Next Asbestos” – False Advertising and Mislabeling Class Action Lawsuits Against the Agriculture, Food and Beverage Industry Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/29/2012
Court Excludes Expert Because He Had No Specific Qualifications as to the Specific Opinion He Intended to Offer Armstrong Teasdale 9/29/2012
BP Products North America to Improve Spill Response Preparedness at Oil Terminals Nationwide U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/29/2012
OSHA's Aggressive Focus on Grain Handling Operators Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/29/2012
Oil & Gas Manual: Glossary of Terms Andrews Kurth LLP 9/29/2012
Failure to Test Ignition Theory Results in Exclusion Armstrong Teasdale 9/28/2012
GM to Improve Electric Vehicle Range Varnum LLP 9/28/2012
National Emission Standards for Storage Vessels, Equipment Leaks, and Closed Vent Systems Andrews Kurth LLP 9/28/2012
Coming Soon: California's First Cap-and-Trade Auction McDermott Will & Emery 9/27/2012
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Endangered Status for Six West Texas Aquatic Invertebrate Species and Designation of Critical Habitat Andrews Kurth LLP 9/27/2012
Investment or Buyout of A123? Varnum LLP 9/27/2012
Another Hurdle for GHG Suits as Ninth Circuit Affirms District Court Ruling in Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Schiff Hardin LLP 9/27/2012
Arkansas Regulatory Program and Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Plan Andrews Kurth LLP 9/27/2012
Information Collection for the Escape and Evacuation Plans for Surface Coal Mines, Surface Facilities and Surface Work Areas of Underground Coal Mines Andrews Kurth LLP 9/27/2012
Aviation Law Alert - U.S. Aircraft Operators Possibly One Step Closer to Avoiding EU-ETS Requirements: Senate Passes SB 1956 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/26/2012
Holland Batteries to Power Fleet Vehicles Varnum LLP 9/26/2012
Holland Batteries to Power Fleet Vehicles Varnum LLP 9/25/2012
EPA Unveils Calif. Mapping Tool for Developing Renewable Energy Sources U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/24/2012
Asking FERC to open an investigation, Congressman questions investment decisions Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/23/2012
EPA Adds 12 Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List / Eight Other Sites Proposed To Be Added U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/22/2012
FERC Forms New Office to Focus on Cybersecurity Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/22/2012
The SEC's New Rules Requiring Annual Disclosure of the Use of Conflict Minerals Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/21/2012
DOJ Files Employment Discrimination Lawsuit Against Agricultural Employer Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/21/2012
Diacetyl Litigation Update: Consumer Pops Case, Prevails in Lawsuit Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/21/2012
Growing Michigan - Michigan Agricultural News - September 2012 Varnum LLP 9/21/2012
SEC Adopts Payment Disclosure Rules for Resource Extraction Issuers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/20/2012
More Electric Ford Automobiles Varnum LLP 9/20/2012
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News - September 2012 Varnum LLP 9/20/2012
SEC Regulated Manufacturers Must Report Use of "Conflict Minerals" Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/20/2012
A123 Announces Technology Advance Varnum LLP 9/20/2012
Utility Owned Solar Projects Moving Forward Varnum LLP 9/19/2012
New Illinois Environmental Legislation September 2012 Schiff Hardin LLP 9/18/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update - September 16, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 9/17/2012
Efficient Lighting to Boost Jobs Varnum LLP 9/17/2012
2012 Hurricane Season Provides Another Opportunity to Extend Eligible Permits Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 9/17/2012
Horse Tracks as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/17/2012
Johnson Controls Inc. to Dance with New Partners Varnum LLP 9/16/2012
Environmental Law Alert - Ohio Supreme Court Decision Finds Local Zoning Law is Applicable to Private Landfill Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/16/2012
EPA Awards $15 Million to Assist U.S. Small Drinking Water and Wastewater Systems U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/16/2012
District Court Power to Enjoin Improper Use Code Is Limited McDermott Will & Emery 9/15/2012
EPA Sets Bio-based Diesel Volumes for 2013 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/15/2012
Buy a Block of Sun Energy? Varnum LLP 9/14/2012
Florida First District Court of Appeal Renders Important Decision Holding that Purchasers who Acquire Property with Knowledge of Contamination are Liable Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/14/2012
Aviation Law Alert - Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) for Second Half of Calendar Year 2012 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/14/2012
United States and Canada Sign Amended Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/13/2012
Legislative Update: Congress Returns for Final Session Before Elections Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 9/13/2012
SEC Adopts Disclosure Requirements for Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers Pursuant to Dodd-Frank Andrews Kurth LLP 9/13/2012
Port of Muskegon Offloads Wind Turbine Blades Varnum LLP 9/12/2012
EPA, Green Sports Alliance Partner to Protect People’s Health and the Environment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/12/2012
Fifth Circuit Limits Wetland Permit Citizen Suits Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/12/2012
SEC Adopts Dodd-Frank Conflict Minerals Rule Andrews Kurth LLP 9/11/2012
Energy and Environment Update - September 9, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 9/11/2012
Scotts Miracle-Gro Will Pay $12.5 Million in Criminal Fines and Civil Penalties for Violations of Federal Pesticide Laws U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/10/2012
Justice Department Alleges Environmental and Worker Safety Violations Continue to Plague Citgo's Texas Refinery Center for Public Integrity 9/9/2012
SEC Shines Light on Resource Extractor Payments McDermott Will & Emery 9/8/2012
Existing Cell Tower Leases are Gold Mines: How to Keep the Mine and Get the Gold Varnum LLP 9/8/2012
SEC Issues Risk Alert on Campaign Contributions and Pay-to-Play Prohibitions Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/7/2012
United States and Canada to Announce Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement on Friday U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/7/2012
Divided Appeals Court Vacates Air Transport Rule Targeted at Coal-Fired Power Plants McDermott Will & Emery 9/7/2012
The SEC's New Resource Extraction Issuer Rules - Broad, Vague, Costly, Anti-competitive, and Requiring Immediate Action Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/6/2012
In Support of Affected States, EPA Approves Temporary Fuel Waiver for 8 States Impacted by Hurricane Isaac U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/5/2012
SEC Adopts Rules Implementing the Dodd-Frank Requirement for Conflict Minerals Reporting Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/5/2012
SEC Adopts Rules Concerning Conflict Minerals Disclosures Schiff Hardin LLP 9/4/2012
Park Dedicated in a Plat Cuts-off Riparian Rights Varnum LLP 9/3/2012
Proposed Wetlands Amendments Will Make Farming More Difficult Varnum LLP 9/3/2012
Yosemite Visitors Risk Disease Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 9/2/2012
Farmers Pleased with Changes to Trucking Rules Varnum LLP 9/2/2012
Stormwater in New England: When It Rains, It Pours Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/2/2012
President Obama Issues Executive Order Promoting Increased Use of Combined Heat and Power Technology at Industrial Facilities Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/1/2012
Using Solar Energy to Generate Hydrogen Fuel More Efficiently Varnum LLP 9/1/2012
Natural Gas and Zoning Preemption in Pennsylvania Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/1/2012
Why Section 6409(a) of the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 Will Likely Be Held Unconstitutional By the Courts Varnum LLP 8/31/2012
Obama Calls on Congress to Pass Farm Bill Varnum LLP 8/31/2012
Campaign Season Starts—How Will Energy Policy Fare? Varnum LLP 8/31/2012
EPA Approves Emergency Fuel Waiver for Louisiana U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/31/2012
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News - August 2012 Varnum LLP 8/30/2012
Court Strikes Down EPA Overreaching – Again Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/30/2012
Coast Guard Proposes New Rule on Discharges in the Great Lakes Varnum LLP 8/30/2012
Chemical Safety Board Says More Public Reporting and Leading Indicators Still Needed in Response to 2005 B.P. Texas City Refinery Explosion Armstrong Teasdale 8/30/2012
US Coast Guard Academy in Conn. Awarded for Green Electronics U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/29/2012
Gulf Coast Readies for Hurricane Isaac Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/29/2012
Energy and Environment Update - August 26, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 8/29/2012
SEC Issues Final Rules Requiring Issuers to Account for Use of Conflict Minerals McDermott Will & Emery 8/29/2012
Obama Administration Finalizes Historic 54.5 mpg Fuel Efficiency Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/29/2012
EPA Stops the Importation of Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins as Part of Settlement with INEOS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/27/2012
Crop Insurance Will Pay On Drought-damaged Crops Varnum LLP 8/27/2012
Court Injects Clarity into Air Permitting Source Determinations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/27/2012
Turning Pollutants into Electricity Varnum LLP 8/26/2012
EPA to Extend Public Comment Period On Air Permit for Arecibo Waste to Energy Facility U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/26/2012
Is "CSAPR" a Ghost? U.S. Circuit Court Vacates U.S. EPA's Sweeping Cross-State Air Emission Rule Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/25/2012
Disaster Loans Available To Help Recover From Drought In Michigan Varnum LLP 8/25/2012
D.C. Circuit Vacates EPA’s Cross State Air Pollution Rule Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/25/2012
Clean Water Act Settlement Ensures That Boston Racetrack Addresses Wastewater and Stormwater Discharges U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/25/2012
Dairy Farm Adds Solar Array Varnum LLP 8/24/2012
Time Line: A Dry, Hot Summer Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/24/2012
D.C. Circuit Vacates CSAPR, Instructs USEPA to Continue Administering CAIR Schiff Hardin LLP 8/24/2012
D.C. Circuit Appeals Court Vacates EPA’s Cross-State Rule as Legally Flawed Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/23/2012
Biofuel Production Breakthrough at MSU Varnum LLP 8/23/2012
Nuclear Regulator Announces Temporary Suspension of Licensing Decisions McDermott Will & Emery 8/23/2012
Sinclair Oil to Pay $3.8 Million Penalty and Install Pollution Controls at Wyoming Refineries to Resolve Violations of 2008 Consent Decree U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/23/2012
D.C. Circuit Court Vacates EPA’s Cross-State Emissions Rule Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/22/2012
United States' First Offshore Wind Farm Obtains Critical Federal Approval McDermott Will & Emery 8/22/2012
Sandbar Abuses – Don’t let the Cool Water Become Hot Water Varnum LLP 8/22/2012
Sixth Circuit to EPA: Decades of NSR Aggregation/Single Source Applicability Determinations Have Been Wrong Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/21/2012
U.S. EPA’s Regional Administrator honors new “green” AS-EPA office building / Top environmental official in islands for coral reef meeting U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/20/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update August 20, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 8/20/2012
First Mid Lake Weather Report from GVSU Varnum LLP 8/20/2012
EPA Comments on We Energies Plan to Convert to Natural Gas at Valley Power Plant U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/19/2012
Power Steering for the Sun Varnum LLP 8/19/2012
Fifth Circuit Rejects EPA’s Disapproval of Texas’s Flexible Permit Program 8/17/2012
New Global Initiatives to Accelerate Examination of Cleantech Patent Applications Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 8/16/2012
Lake Michigan Road End Beach Closed by Court Varnum LLP 8/16/2012
U.S. Attorney and EPA Announce Settlement with City of Fitchburg U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/16/2012
Two Connecticut-based Companies Recognized by EPA as Top Green Power Partners U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/14/2012
Too Little Wind for Holland Varnum LLP 8/14/2012
Corps Gets Second Chance to Obtain Endangered Species Protection for Nationwide Permits Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/14/2012
Energy and Environment Update - August 12, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 8/14/2012
EPA Announces Funding for Research to Improve Air Quality, Protect Health U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/12/2012
Eradicating Fundamental Threats to Underground Coal Miners U.S. Department of Labor 8/12/2012
Biscayne Corridor Basin — Proposed Miami-Dade Sewer Construction Connection Charge Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/11/2012
EPA Awards $2 Million to Small Businesses to Support Environmental Innovation, Protect Health U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/11/2012
Latest Chapter in New York Market Manipulation Case: Court OKs Morgan Stanley’s $4.8 Million Settlement Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/10/2012
Clean Water Case Targets Wetlands Protection in North Carolina Center for Public Integrity 8/9/2012
Michigan Energy: 25 x 25 Ballot Petitions Filed for November Vote Varnum LLP 8/9/2012
$7B in Contracting Opportunities for Renewable Energy Projects Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 8/9/2012
US, Mexico Sign Agreement Addressing High Priority Border Environmental Issues U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/9/2012
Caldwell Freight Lines to Pay $120,000 to Settle EEOC Race Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 8/8/2012
Record Electricity Demands in Michigan Varnum LLP 8/8/2012
Court Upholds Key Use of Wetland Permit for Utility Lines, Denies Initial Challenges to Keystone Pipeline Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/8/2012
Provide the Electric Service and Keep the Money: The Latest Development in Bankruptcy Law Involving Payments Made to an Electric Supplier Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/7/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update - August 7, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 8/7/2012
Curiosity Safe on Mars, Forward Contracts Safe Under Section 546(e) of the Bankruptcy Code Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/6/2012
New Massachusetts Law Boosts Wind and Solar Energy Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 8/6/2012
Wind Energy Industry Will Be Affected by Recent Trade Decisions, Tax Policy McDermott Will & Emery 8/4/2012
ICE Announces Conversion of Cleared OTC Energy Products to Futures McDermott Will & Emery 8/3/2012
Judge Sides With Coal Industry Against EPA Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/3/2012
Onshore, Offshore, or Overseas, Coverage Provided U.S. Department of Labor 8/3/2012
Business Travelers Unprepared for the Unexpected Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/3/2012
EPA and USDA Announce First-Ever Microbial Risk Assessment Guidance / Guideline will help better determine health risks from food and waterborne pathogens U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/1/2012
EPA, HUD, and DOT Partner with States to Meet Growth, Development Goals U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/1/2012
Why Michigan Utilities May Be Hostile to PPAs Varnum LLP 7/31/2012
FWS Proposes Endangered Status for Marcellus-Area Fish, Citing Shale Gas Development Impacts Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/31/2012
Energy and Environment Update- July 29, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 7/31/2012
Major Provisions of Pennsylvania’s Oil and Gas Act Deemed Unconstitutional Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/31/2012
U.S. Food Safety Regulations & Foreign Operations: International Processors Discuss Varnum LLP 7/30/2012
EPA Identifies Substitutes for Toxic Flame Retardant Chemical U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/30/2012
MSU Releases Impact Study of Michigan’s Food & Ag Sector Varnum LLP 7/30/2012
DTE Energy on Track to Reduce Mercury Emissions Varnum LLP 7/29/2012
Climate for Formaldehyde Exposure Product Liability Litigation Intensifies Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/29/2012
Illinois Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Clean Air Act Violations Involving Asbestos U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/29/2012
Reconsideration Motion Fails in Middlefield McDermott Will & Emery 7/28/2012
EPA Stormwater Regulations Continue to Drift Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/27/2012
EPA Kicks Off Third Annual Energy Star National Building Competition U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/27/2012
Changes to the Feed-In Tariff Scheme for Non-Solar Photovoltaic Technologies in the UK McDermott Will & Emery 7/27/2012
300+ New England Buildings Compete in Energy Star National Building Competition U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/27/2012
Fruit Growers: Don’t Wait to Make Calls about Crop Insurance Varnum LLP 7/27/2012
Wind Turbine Tax Assessment Confusion Varnum LLP 7/26/2012
Department of Interior Secretary Endorses Federal Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing McDermott Will & Emery 7/26/2012
Detroit Considers Streetlight Savings Varnum LLP 7/26/2012
New York Governor Floats Idea to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing in Majority of New York Counties McDermott Will & Emery 7/25/2012
Pollution Pact in Wisconsin: U.S. EPA Issues Fines, Orders Upgrades at Coal-Fired Power Plants Center for Public Integrity 7/25/2012
EPA Fines Violators for Failure to Report Chemical Data U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/25/2012
Energy and Environment Update - July 22, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 7/24/2012
Indiana Adopts "Emergency" Hydraulic Fracturing Fluid Disclosure Rule McDermott Will & Emery 7/24/2012
U.S. Geological Survey Study Finds Toxins from Mountaintop Coal Mining Sites Center for Public Integrity 7/24/2012
EPA to Review Technical Information on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards for New Power Plants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/23/2012
Thinking About New Equipment? This Could be the Year to Purchase Varnum LLP 7/23/2012
U.S. Electrical Grid is Not Well Protected: Watchdog calls for better coordination in protecting the electricity supply against cyber threats. Center for Public Integrity 7/23/2012
View from Washington D.C.: Farming Varnum LLP 7/23/2012
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Receives $150,000 Grant for Environmental Education U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/22/2012
Court Upholds Settlement in Saugatuck Dunes Lawsuit, Substantive Settlement Terms Not Adopted Varnum LLP 7/22/2012
EPA Provides $950,000 to Improve Water Quality Using Green Infrastructure in 17 Communities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/21/2012
2011 Farm Income Tax Planning Varnum LLP 7/21/2012
Federal Appeals Court Says “No” to EPA Varnum LLP 7/20/2012
Approvals Process Slows Development of Hydrokinetic Power in Michigan Varnum LLP 7/20/2012
EPA Fines Yuba City Power Plant $13,500 Following Illegal Arsenic Release U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/19/2012
Despite Sackett Ruling, Industry Still Faces Challenges with EPA in Permitting and Enforcement Matters Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/19/2012
Insurance Claims from Colorado Wildfires at $450 Million and Growing Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/19/2012
West Texas Oil Field Service Company Settles EEOC National Origin Harassment Suit Mid-Trial U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/19/2012
Pennsylvania Enacts Mandatory E-Verify for Public Contractors Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/18/2012
US and Tennessee Announce Clean Water Act Agreement With the City Of Chattanooga U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/18/2012
New Landscape for Electric Transactional Regulatory Reporting Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/18/2012
Mine Safety and Health Administration's Final Rule on Work Area Examinations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/18/2012
EPA and the Georgia Force Encourage Metro Atlanta Take the "Change the World with ENERGY STAR®" Pledge U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/18/2012
Energy and Environment Update- July 15, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 7/16/2012
EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Changes to List of Impaired Waters for Missouri U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/15/2012
Feds Act on Black Lung Center for Public Integrity 7/15/2012
EPA Awards Over $175,000 to the New Mexico Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources Department to Operate its Underground Injection Control Program U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/14/2012
EPA Seeks IDNR Action to Correct Deficiencies in Iowa's CAFO Permitting and Compliance Program U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/13/2012
Ohio Issues Emergency Rules on Underground Injection Control Activities, Effective Immediately Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/13/2012
NJ Appellate Court Invalidates NJDEP Regulations for Exemption From The Industrial Site Recovery Act Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 7/13/2012
WI Supreme Court Upholds Siting Board’s Decision to Correct Town That Overstepped Its Authority Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/12/2012
Reaffirming the Legal Rights of Miners U.S. Department of Labor 7/12/2012
New Biodiesel Plant to Start Up This Summer Varnum LLP 7/12/2012
Fifth Italian Conto Energia for Photovoltaic Plants Signed McDermott Will & Emery 7/11/2012
EU’s Highest Court Rejects Schenker’s Application For Intervention in Air-Cargo Cartel Appeals McDermott Will & Emery 7/11/2012
Patent Trends (or Lack thereof) in Green Energy Technology Andrews Kurth LLP 7/11/2012
FERC Issues Series of Orders Addressing Allocation of Capacity and Rates Charged by Oil Pipelines Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/10/2012
Impact of Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2012 on Dairy Farmers Varnum LLP 7/10/2012
Energy and Environment Update - July 8, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 7/9/2012
Black Lung Surges Back In Coal Country Center for Public Integrity 7/9/2012
States Unprepared for Future Water Issues Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/9/2012
Congress Requires Faster Corps Action on Asian Carp Varnum LLP 7/9/2012
ACER and ESMA Publish Respective Consultations on REMIT and EMIR McDermott Will & Emery 7/9/2012
Federal Authorities Obtain First-Ever Criminal Conviction Regarding Fraudulent Generation of Renewable Fuel Credits McDermott Will & Emery 7/8/2012
Michigan Tech Increases the Efficiency of Solar Cells Varnum LLP 7/8/2012
Moratorium on Development of South Newark Basin Gas in PA Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/8/2012
Is your Neighbor’s Dock on your Bottomlands? Equitably Apportioning Riparian Rights. Varnum LLP 7/8/2012
EPA Finalizes “Step 3” of Its Tailoring Rule, Acknowledging the Challenge of GHG Permitting Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/8/2012
Conviction for Largest Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Fraud Keeps Small Business Programs Under the Microscope Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/7/2012
Alleged Agreement to Suppress Prices for Mineral Rights Highlights the Antitrust Risk Facing Energy Companies McDermott Will & Emery 7/7/2012
U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulations: Is a NAAQS in the Offing? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/7/2012
Appeals Court Forcefully Validates EPA's Emerging Program for Controlling Emissions of Greenhouse Gases McDermott Will & Emery 7/6/2012
Another Michigan Underwater Turbine Set for Testing Varnum LLP 7/5/2012
En Banc Seventh Circuit Further Opens U.S. Courts to Foreign Cartel Activities That Affect Domestic Commerce Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 7/5/2012
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations by EPA Upheld in D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/4/2012
DC Appeals Court Upholds EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Rules Varnum LLP 7/4/2012
Wind Farm Approved for Mason County, Michigan Varnum LLP 7/4/2012
Dual Air Permitting Scheme in Texas Lives On, For Now 7/4/2012
EPA Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements Maintain Focus on Largest Emitters/Steps to streamline process will ease burden on state and local permitting authorities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/4/2012
New Battery Technology from A123 Varnum LLP 7/3/2012
Compensation for Energy Workers, $8 Billion and Counting U.S. Department of Labor 7/3/2012
EEOC Race Discrimination Case Against YRC/Yellow Transportation Ends with $11 Million Decree U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/3/2012
Greenhouse Gas Regulations Upheld Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/3/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update - July 2, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 7/2/2012
US Announces Clean Air Act Settlement with Wisconsin Utility U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/2/2012
Sixth Circuit Uses Some Old Supreme Court Cases To Give Robinson-Patman Act New Life Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 7/2/2012
EPA Proposes Updates and Deadline Extension for 2010 Cement Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/2/2012
TCEQ “Compliance History” Rule Change to Affect Regulated Facilities in Texas 7/1/2012
Northwest Indiana and Northeast Illinois Counties Designated as Nonattainment for Ozone Despite Conflicting Data Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/1/2012
EEOC and BP Resolve Claims Related to Contractor Hiring During Gulf Response U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 7/1/2012
New Jersey Senate Passes Bill Prohibiting Treatment of Fracking Wastewater Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/30/2012
Dusting Off Concerns About Silica Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/29/2012
Fracking Law Angers Locals: Pennsylvania's Legislature Passed a Law that Strips Local Zoning Authority Location of Fracking Wells. Center for Public Integrity 6/29/2012
EPA’s Section 316(b) Water Intake Regulations - New Comment Opportunity Varnum LLP 6/28/2012
DC Circuit Upholds EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations Schiff Hardin LLP 6/27/2012
Michigan Governor Undecided on Renewable Energy Ballot Proposal Varnum LLP 6/27/2012
Energy and Environmental Law Updates - June 24, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 6/25/2012
FERC Issues Long-Awaited Proposal To Replace Current Electric Quarterly Reporting Filing Process Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/24/2012
Ohio Governor Signs Legislation to Address Horizontal Drilling Issues Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/23/2012
New US Brazil Joint Initiative Tool Informs Global Urban Infrastructure Investments U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/23/2012
House Hearings on Litigation Costs Paid by the Government in Endangered Species Act Cases Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/22/2012
EPA Welcomes Philadelphia as its Newest Green Power Community Partner U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/22/2012
More Wind Generation for DTE Energy Varnum LLP 6/22/2012
EPA Announces $3 Million In Environmental Job Training Grants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/21/2012
Watt’s New? Michigan Energy News June 2012 Varnum LLP 6/21/2012
Air Quality Alert: EPA Proposes Stricter Particulate Matter Standard Barnes & Thornburg LLP 6/21/2012
Lobbying Against Clean Air: Environmental Group Condemns Eight Utility Companies for Spending Millions to Lobby Against Pollution Controls Center for Public Integrity 6/21/2012
Homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. to Pay $741,000 Clean Water Act Penalty and Implement Company-Wide Stormwater Controls U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/20/2012
Opinion Discusses Appropriateness of Sealing Complaints Varnum LLP 6/20/2012
ITC Will Decide on Duties for Solar Imports McDermott Will & Emery 6/19/2012
GVSU Continues Exploration of Offshore Wind Varnum LLP 6/19/2012
USEPA Proposes New PM2.5 Air Pollution Standards Schiff Hardin LLP 6/19/2012
Proposed Legislation Would Expand Use of Master Limited Partnerships to Renewable Energy Projects McDermott Will & Emery 6/19/2012
Energy and Environment Update - June 17, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 6/19/2012
June 21 is Deadline for Public Comments About Michigan Permits for Road End Docks Varnum LLP 6/18/2012
Tony Clark Begins Term as FERC Commissioner Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/18/2012
Congress Proposes Expanding Master Limited Partnerships to Renewable Energy & Biofuel Projects Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 6/18/2012
EPA Proposes to Approve Texas State Implementation Plan McDermott Will & Emery 6/18/2012
EPA Proposes Clean Air Standards for Harmful Soot Pollution U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/17/2012
UPDATE: PJM Interconnection "PJM" Provides Its View Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/16/2012
United Solar Ovonics Assets to be Sold Piecemeal Varnum LLP 6/15/2012
ALJ Order Upholds Florida's Nutrient Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/15/2012
Environmentally Responsible WMU Adds Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Varnum LLP 6/14/2012
Chinese Investors Looking to Invest $100M in Wisconsin Companies — June 15, 2012 Deadline for Early Consideration Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/13/2012
6th Circuit Says “No” to Using CAA Citizen Suit to Force State Agency to Act Varnum LLP 6/13/2012
Diesel Fumes Linked to Cancer: Diesel Engine Exhaust Earns 'carcinogenic' Label Center for Public Integrity 6/13/2012
Energy and Environment Update - June 10, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 6/12/2012
The Rise of Nanotechnology in the Energy Sector McDermott Will & Emery 6/12/2012
EPA Settles Case in 2 States: Clean Air Act Case Brings $1 Million Penalty Center for Public Integrity 6/11/2012
Stevens Transport to Pay $50,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 6/9/2012
Risks Increasing for Properties with Chlorinated Solvent Contamination Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 6/9/2012
Mexico Adopts a General Law of Climate Change Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/9/2012
Section 263A Regulation Falters Under the Chevron Two-Step and Administrative Procedure Act McDermott Will & Emery 6/8/2012
U.S. EPA Forming a Great Lakes Advisory Board Varnum LLP 6/8/2012
Internal Bilateral Transactions: Regulatory Risk & Confusion Reign Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/8/2012
Repositioning Your Florida Development by Substantially Reducing Transportation Mitigation Costs Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/8/2012
Direct Payments to Farmers, Conservation, and Food Stamps Lose While Soy, Cotton, and Bio-Fuels Win in Senate Farm Bill MapLight 6/7/2012
Airports — An Overlooked Opportunity Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/6/2012
Federal Court Approves Plan to Drill Off Alaska's North Shore Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/5/2012
CFTC/FERC Turf Battle Back in Federal Court Schiff Hardin LLP 6/5/2012
OSHA whistleblower wins court victory Center for Public Integrity 6/4/2012
Energy and Environment Update - June 3, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 6/4/2012
WVDEP Secretary Addresses Shale Gas Permitting Delays Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/3/2012
EPA Draft Ammonia Assessment Available for Public Comment U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/3/2012
Federal Judge in New York Denies Motion to Dismiss CFTC’s Manipulation Suit Against Parnon Energy Schiff Hardin LLP 6/3/2012
EPA Updates Clean Air Act Standards for Flares and Process Heaters at Petroleum Refineries U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/2/2012
Coal Talk: Second ALJ Dismisses Late-Filed Penalty Petition Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/2/2012
Plastics Producer SABIC Agrees to Reduce Harmful Air Pollution from Leaking Equipment to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations in Indiana and Alabama U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/2/2012
BLM Releases Proposed Regulations Applicable to Well Stimulation of Oil and Natural Gas Wells on Federal Lands Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/1/2012
Center for Biological Diversity Intends To Sue FWS and DOI Over Failure to Make Endangered Species Act Findings Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/31/2012
Recent CEQA Legislation Streamlines Review for Green Building and Renewable Energy Projects Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/31/2012
Energy and Environmental Law Update - May 29, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/30/2012
EPA and Department of Veterans Affairs to Connect Veterans with Jobs in Water Sectors U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/30/2012
Mid-America Pipeline Company LLC, Enterprise Products Operating LLC to Pay $1M for Spills in Iowa, Kan., Neb. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/29/2012
Solar Powered Microgrid for Military in Warren Varnum LLP 5/29/2012
Revised Draft Regulations Postpone Compliance with California’s Nonresidential Building Energy Use Disclosure Program Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/28/2012
EU Commission Ready to Declare Maritime Transport a Sector Like Any Other Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/28/2012
FERC Denies Rehearing of Order No. 1000 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/27/2012
EPA Announces $69.3 Million to Clean Up Contaminated Sites and Revitalize Communities / Investment will protect people’s health and the environment, create jobs and promote economic redevelopment nationwide U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/25/2012
Renewable Energy Certificates: New Trading Platform McDermott Will & Emery 5/25/2012
Michigan Mining Developments: Copperwood Permit Issued Varnum LLP 5/24/2012
FERC Reiterates That It Lacks Authority to Compel Interconnection Between Oil Pipelines Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/24/2012
Hydraulic Fracturing Regulatory Updates in California and Pennsylvania McDermott Will & Emery 5/24/2012
Priority Access on Interconnection Lines: FERC’s Policy Under Review Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/24/2012
EPA Releases Final Permitting Guidance for Fracing with Diesel Fuel McDermott Will & Emery 5/23/2012
Is a Michigan municipality strictly liable for illegal discharges into public waters by private parties? Varnum LLP 5/23/2012
New Fracking Disclosure Rules for Federal and Indian Lands Varnum LLP 5/22/2012
Lobbyists Deliver for Romney: Scandalized federal loan program was lobbied by Romney fundraiser. Center for Public Integrity 5/22/2012
Emerging Energy and Intellectual Property – The Often Unappreciated Risks and Hurdles of Government Regulations and Standard Setting Organizations Husch Blackwell 5/22/2012
Dept of Energy Liable for $150 Million Because It Has Not Built a Nuclear Waste Facility Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/22/2012
Abuses in the Logistics Industry Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/21/2012
Energy and Environmental Law Update - May 20, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/21/2012
Electric Cars: The Silent Killer Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/21/2012
Coca-Cola Hit with a $21 Million Distracted Driving Judgment Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/20/2012
JOBS Act Update for Biofuels Companies Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/19/2012
Wind Compact Looks at the Great Lakes Varnum LLP 5/18/2012
Energy and Environmental Law and Regulatory Update - May 14, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/15/2012
EU Emissions Trading System Single Registry: Timetable Announced McDermott Will & Emery 5/15/2012
EPA and Department of Commerce Announce New Effort to Boost U.S. Jobs, Environmental Tech Exports U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/14/2012
Executive Travel on Corporate Aircraft—Strategies for Regulatory Compliance and Tax Efficiency McDermott Will & Emery 5/14/2012
ExxonMobil and Big Oil’s Fight Against Dodd-Frank Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/13/2012
FERC Denies Market-Based Rate Application Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/13/2012
Federal District Court Holds Customer of a Municipal Utility Entitled to Formal Opportunity to be Heard Prior to Disconnection Barnes & Thornburg LLP 5/13/2012
Governmental Lake Boards – Can they be used to pursue a “new” project? Varnum LLP 5/12/2012
FERC Asserts Jurisdiction Over Bundled Renewable Energy Credits McDermott Will & Emery 5/11/2012
Federal Agencies Move to Regulate Aspects of Hydraulic Fracturing Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/8/2012
Significant Changes to Michigan's Underground Storage Tank Program Barnes & Thornburg LLP 5/8/2012
Electricity Industry May Escape Regulation Under New Swaps Rule McDermott Will & Emery 5/8/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update - May 7, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 5/8/2012
Illinois Senate Passes Fracking Bill Schiff Hardin LLP 5/7/2012
Texas Ruling Could Expand the Scope of the Manufacturing Exemption from Sales or Use Tax to Equipment Used in Oil and Gas Extraction Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/6/2012
McDonald’s Joins EPA List of Top 50 Green-Powered Organizations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/5/2012
How to Prepare Your Cottage For Summer Varnum LLP 5/5/2012
Lockout or Be Locked Up - Industrial Accidents in Agribusiness Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/5/2012
Judge Reverses Own Decision to Extend the Texas Sales Tax Manufacturing Exemption to Include Oil and Gas Extraction Equipment Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/4/2012
Landfill Gas Projects Abound Varnum LLP 5/4/2012
Recent Developments in Federal and State Efforts to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing McDermott Will & Emery 5/3/2012
EPA Issues Final Rule Targeting Air Emissions from Oil and Gas Operations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/3/2012
Preemption and Natural Gas Development: Who is the Decider? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/3/2012
MSHA Phases Out SR-100 Breathing Apparatus to Protect Miners U.S. Department of Labor 5/3/2012
And the Money Stopped Rolling In…Argentina Nationalizes Majority Stake in Oil Producer YPF Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/2/2012
Pink Slime: The Demise of Beef Products, Inc. Varnum LLP 5/2/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update- April 29, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/30/2012
UK DECC Commissioned Report Recommends Hydraulic Fracturing in Britain McDermott Will & Emery 4/28/2012
FERC Rules on Several Core Reliability Compliance Issues: New Orders Address Cybersecurity, Registration, and Contingency Planning Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/26/2012
Hess Corporation to Install $45 Million In Pollution Controls and Pay $850,000 Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations at New Jersey Refinery U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/26/2012
IRS Releases 2012 Annual Inflation Factor and Reference Prices for Section 45 Production Tax Credits: Renewable Energy Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 4/25/2012
Energy and Environment Law and Regulatory Update - April 24, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/25/2012
New Air Emissions Standards for the Oil and Gas Industry Andrews Kurth LLP 4/25/2012
North Carolina Chicken Farm Fights NPDES Permit for Air Emissions Varnum LLP 4/25/2012
EPA Releases Innovative Mapping Tool to Improve Environmental Reviews and Planning / NEPAssist part of CEQ initiative to increase efficiency and effectiveness of environmental reviews U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/25/2012
FERC Proposes to Adopt NAESB Standards for Demand Response and Energy Efficiency McDermott Will & Emery 4/24/2012
Disclosure of EU Leniency Materials: English High Court Outlines the Boundaries of Document Disclosure McDermott Will & Emery 4/24/2012
Newly-Revised OSHA Hazard Communication Standard Will Align Law with United Nations’ Global Harmonization System Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/24/2012
FERC Investigates Market Manipulation and Imposes Major Civil Penalties Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/24/2012
Texas Public Utility Commission "PUCT" Approves Proposals to Raise Energy Price Offer Caps McDermott Will & Emery 4/23/2012
Statements on EPA's Updated, Achievable Air Pollution Standards for Oil and Natural Gas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/22/2012
Approvals Process Slows Development of Hydrokinetic Power in Michigan Varnum LLP 4/22/2012
FAA NCT Update Vedder Price 4/22/2012
EPA Releases Final Fracturing Air Rule McDermott Will & Emery 4/22/2012
EPA Issues Updated, Achievable Air Pollution Standards for Oil and Natural Gas U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/21/2012
Trading Aircraft Loans Utilizing LSTA Trade Forms Vedder Price 4/21/2012
Pennsylvania: EPA Again Concludes that Dimock Well Water Is Safe to Drink McDermott Will & Emery 4/20/2012
EPA Requires Wisconsin to Consider Combined-Cycle Turbines as Greenhouse Gas BACT Varnum LLP 4/20/2012
An Asbestos Indecision From the Illinois Supreme Court Much Shelist, P.C. 4/20/2012
United Kingdom: Aircraft Repossession and Recovery Vedder Price 4/20/2012
Companies File Rehearing Requests on PJM Western Hub IBT Issue Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/19/2012
FERC Approves LNG Export Project Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/19/2012
The European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme: From Environmental Initiative to Geopolitical Flashpoint Vedder Price 4/19/2012
Energy and Environment Law and Regulatory Update - April 15, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/18/2012
New Michigan Air Rules Require Title V (ROP) Permits for Greenhouse Gases Varnum LLP 4/17/2012
DOE Announces Grant Program for Bio-Oils Research to Produce Renewable Transportation Fuels McDermott Will & Emery 4/17/2012
MA Senate Bill Would Revise Incentives for Renewable Energy Development Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/17/2012
Nord Pool Spot Chosen as First UK Virtual Power Hub McDermott Will & Emery 4/17/2012
Hydraulic Fracturing: Air Joins Water as Point of Contention McDermott Will & Emery 4/16/2012
EPA Proposes to Require Carbon Capture and Sequestration; Creates Uncertainty for the Future of Coal McDermott Will & Emery 4/15/2012
Michigan Senator Stabenow Seeks to Impact Renewable Energy Varnum LLP 4/15/2012
FERC Conditionally Accepts New Enforcement Mechanism for Electric Reliability Standards McDermott Will & Emery 4/14/2012
IRS: Value of Facility-Specific Power Purchase Agreement Capitalized into Basis of Wind Facility Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/13/2012
Drilling Down on Hydraulic Fracturing; EPA Dismisses "Emergency Powers" Claim in Latest Regulatory Twist McDermott Will & Emery 4/13/2012
How the EPA Aims to Kill Coal Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 4/12/2012
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission "FERC" Upholds Postage Stamp Cost Allocation Methodology Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/12/2012
New Title Insurance Designed Specifically for Energy Projects McDermott Will & Emery 4/11/2012
U.S. Announces Innovative Clean Air Agreement For Industrial Flares With Marathon Petroleum Company U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/10/2012
EPA Fines Violators of the Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/9/2012
More Wisconsin DNR Permit Streamlining: Piers, General Navigable Waterway Permits, and Environmental Permit Notice Procedures -- Governor Walker Signs 2011 Wisconsin Act 167 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/9/2012
Energy and Environment Law Update - April 8, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/9/2012
Updates on Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania and New York McDermott Will & Emery 4/9/2012
Supreme Court Broadens the Types of Federal Agency Actions That Can Be Challenged in Court Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/8/2012
Trans-Atlantic Partnership for Electrical Storage Systems Varnum LLP 4/8/2012
Sackett v. EPA: Property Owners May Challenge EPA Orders Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/7/2012
Environmental groups sue EPA over lack of coal ash regulation Center for Public Integrity 4/7/2012
FERC Upholds Postage Stamp Cost Allocation Methodology Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/6/2012
Upper Big Branch Mine: After Two Years of Sorrow, A Reflection and a Promise U.S. Department of Labor 4/6/2012
D. C. District Court Trumps EPA on Clean Water Act Permitting Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 4/6/2012
Treasury Department review of Solyndra loan was rushed, report says Center for Public Integrity 4/4/2012
USGS Study Concludes Increased Seismicity May Be Attributable to Hydraulic Fracturing McDermott Will & Emery 4/4/2012
Energy and Environment Law and Regulatory Update - April 2, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 4/2/2012
When Excessive Pollution Leads to Rapid Changes in Transportation Varnum LLP 4/2/2012
Recent Court Decisions May Affect Hydraulic Fracturing in New York and Ohio McDermott Will & Emery 4/1/2012
Coast Guard Issues Final Great Lakes Ballast Water Standards Varnum LLP 4/1/2012
Supreme Court Allows Judicial Review of EPA Administrative Orders Under the Clean Water Act - But How Much Will It Help? Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/31/2012
EPA Proposes First Carbon Pollution Standard for Future Power Plants/Achievable standard is in line with investments already being made and will inform the building of new plants moving forward U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/31/2012
Standards of Performance for Carbon Dioxide Emissions from New Electric Utility Generating Units Schiff Hardin LLP 3/31/2012
EPA's Attempt to Expand Authority over Dredge-and-Fill Permitting Rejected Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/30/2012
Supreme Court OKs Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of EPA’s Wetlands Compliance Orders Varnum LLP 3/30/2012
National Cooperative Refinery Association to Pay $700,000 in Penalties for Violations at Kansas Refinery and Storage Facility U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/30/2012
Opposition Groups Gave 14 Times As Much to Senators Who Voted Against Oil Subsidies MapLight 3/29/2012
New Michigan Law Defines Lake Access Rights at Road-Ends Varnum LLP 3/29/2012
Disclosure Exemptions for Fracking Chemicals Under Fire in Wyoming Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/29/2012
FERC Proposes Changes to EQR to Improve Accuracy in Reporting Simultaneous Exchanges Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/29/2012
Additional Reporting Requirements Imposed on Wholesale Generators by NYPSC with Comments Solicited on Reporting Form Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/28/2012
Pro-Business Environmental Permitting Process Bill HB503 on its Way to Florida Governor for Approval Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 3/28/2012
U.S. Department of Commerce Preliminarily Finds Chinese Solar Panel Manufacturers Received Subsidies from the Chinese Government McDermott Will & Emery 3/28/2012
Supreme Court to U.S. EPA: No Bullying Allowed Under Clean Water Act Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/27/2012
Energy and Environment Legislative and Regulatory Update - March 26, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/27/2012
Michigan Environmental Clean-Up "CSI" Report Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/27/2012
Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Ambiguity, Unenforceability of Pollution Exclusion in CGL Policies- Litigation/Environmental Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 3/26/2012
Italy: Senate Approves Draft Revision of Restrictions to PV Plants on Agricultural Ground McDermott Will & Emery 3/26/2012
The IRS Retains Control of Tax Issues Relating to the Section 1603 Grant McDermott Will & Emery 3/26/2012
FERC Imposes Additional Conditions on NERC's "Find, Fix, Track and Report" Enforcement Process Schiff Hardin LLP 3/25/2012
Regulated Bidding for Emissions Allowances Under Phase Three of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme McDermott Will & Emery 3/24/2012
Digital Haves vs. Have Nots: Poverty Stretches the Digital Divide Center for Public Integrity 3/24/2012
Supreme Court Allows Pre-Enforcement Judicial Review of USEPA Administrative Compliance Orders Under the Clean Water Act "CWA" Schiff Hardin LLP 3/24/2012
Clean Water Act Orders Subject to Pre-Enforcement Review Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/23/2012
EPA Issues 2012 Construction General Permit Without Numeric Turbidity Limit; Hosts Webinar to Introduce Permit Changes Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/22/2012
7th Circuit Rules No Pollution Coverage under Illinois Law Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 3/22/2012
FERC Grants NERC Enforcement Discretion over Low-Risk Violations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/22/2012
FERC Permits Zero Penalties for Minor NERC Infractions Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/21/2012
Rules Proposed to Limit New Uses of Potentially Harmful Chemicals U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/21/2012
Judicial Review of EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule - What to Expect Next Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/21/2012
How Should Workers Be Warned About Chemical Hazards? U.S. Department of Labor 3/21/2012
Energy and Environment Update - March 20, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/20/2012
FERC Order Appears to Find Most PJM Internal Bilateral Transactions Improper Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/19/2012
Florida Businesses and Industries to Benefit From 2012 Energy Policy, Environmental & Growth Management Legislation Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/19/2012
Poisoning is a Major Cause of Death from Injury in the U.S. / US Government raising awareness of accidental exposures during National Poison Prevention Week U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/17/2012
Second WTO Challenge of Chinese Export Restrictions Could Affect High-Tech and Green Energy Sectors McDermott Will & Emery 3/17/2012
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - NJDEP Rule Provides Relief from Environmental Regulatory Requirements Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/15/2012
CFTC Regulation of Hedge Funds to Increase - Final Rules Adopted Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/15/2012
Transporting Patient Covered Under Professional and Auto Liability Policies Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 3/15/2012
Mitigating Green Building Risks Through Green Building Contracts Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/14/2012
The Florida Environmental Approach: Water Management Florida Coastal School of Law 3/14/2012
EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List, Proposing an Additional 10 Sites U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/13/2012
FERC and Constellation Energy Commodities Group Settle Investigation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/13/2012
PIP Legislation Passes in the Florida House and Senate Fowler White Boggs P.A. 3/13/2012
Will a Moratorium on Confined Animal Feeding Operations Ever Get Through the Indiana General Assembly? Northeastern University School of Law 3/13/2012
Energy and Climate Debate - Legislative and Regulatory Update March 11, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/12/2012
A Void for Vagueness: Florida’s Confinement Law Northeastern University School of Law 3/12/2012
Refinery in Coffeyville, Kan., to Pay Almost $1M Civil Penalty for Environmental Violations Related to Air Emissions U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/10/2012
EPA Issues 2011 Fuel Economy Trends Report/Fuel economy edges to record high as carbon pollution levels drop to new low U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/10/2012
EPA Seeks Comment on Minor Reinterpretation of Rules on PCBs in Building Materials Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/10/2012
Governor Signs Wetlands Reform Bill: 2011 Wisconsin Act 118 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/10/2012
Kansas Refinery to Pay Nearly $1 Million Penalty for Environmental Violations Related to Air Emissions U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/9/2012
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds That The Absolute Pollution Exclusion Is Applicable To Bat Guano von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 3/9/2012
Non-EU Countries Oppose Inclusion of Emissions from Airlines in EU ETS McDermott Will & Emery 3/8/2012
Army Seeks Public Comment on $7 Billion in Renewable Energy Procurement Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/8/2012
Increasing Offshore Wind Projects: A Focus on Regulatory Authority Florida Coastal School of Law 3/8/2012
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Adopts “Waiver Rule" Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 3/8/2012
FERC Rejects Charges to GFAs for New Regional Transmission Project Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/6/2012
Urban Waters Federal Partnership Launches Ambassadors Program to Support Revitalizing Urban Waterways in U.S. Communities / First Ambassador Selected; Will Help Coordinate Los Angeles River Watershed Project U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/6/2012
Senator Bingaman Introduces Clean Electricity Standard McDermott Will & Emery 3/5/2012
USEPA Proposes to Retain Current GHG Thresholds in Step 3 of the Tailoring Rule Schiff Hardin LLP 3/5/2012
Energy and Environment Update - March 4, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/5/2012
FCC’s Cell Tower Zoning Shot Clock Orders Varnum LLP 3/5/2012
Former Chief at Upper Big Branch Mine Sentenced Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/5/2012
Long-Delayed Diesel Study Published Center for Public Integrity 3/5/2012
Energy & Clean Tech Connections - Recent Washington D.C. Updates Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 3/4/2012
One Individual and 20 Organizations Receive Inaugural Climate Leadership Awards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/4/2012
EPA Requests Comment on 17th Annual U.S. Greenhouse Gas Inventory U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 3/3/2012
FERC Requests Comments on Coordination Between Natural Gas and Electricity Markets Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 3/1/2012
FERC Reaffirms Merger Policy; Does Not Adopt DOJ/FTC 2010 Horizontal Merger Guidelines McDermott Will & Emery 3/1/2012
FAA Publishes Proposed Policy Clarification Regarding Non-Citizen Trusts: Permitted, but Conditioned Vedder Price 3/1/2012
Standards for Business Practices for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/29/2012
European General Court Confirms Parental Liability For Competition Law Infringements by 50:50 Joint Ventures McDermott Will & Emery 2/29/2012
FERC Decides to Retain Existing Merger Review Policies Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/28/2012
Energy and Environment Update Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/28/2012
FERC Orders Prior Authorization for a Subcategory of Locational Exchanges of Power Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/27/2012
Major Pennsylvania Supreme Court Ruling: Uninsured Motorists Can Sue for Wage Loss and Medical Expenses Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini & Cummins 2/27/2012
Michigan Property Tax Change on Wind Turbines Varnum LLP 2/27/2012
China’s MOFCOM to Review Merger in Gas Market McDermott Will & Emery 2/27/2012
DOJ Finds Antitrust Violation in Joint Bid for Oil & Gas Leases McDermott Will & Emery 2/26/2012
Dealing with the Wild Side of Renewable Energy Development - Video Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/26/2012
WVDEP Holds Workshop on Compliance with New Horizontal Gas Well Law Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/25/2012
New Requirements on Construction Site Stormwater Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/24/2012
West Virginia Miners Deserve Drug Free Workplaces Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/22/2012
Energy and Environment Update, February 19, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/21/2012
Antitrust Inspections in The Energy Exchange Market McDermott Will & Emery 2/20/2012
DOE Loan Guarantee Report Makes Recommendations Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/19/2012
MSRB Proposes Limits on Underwriter Consents to Indenture Amendments Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/19/2012
Key Energy-Related Tax Provisions in the 2013 Budget Proposal McDermott Will & Emery 2/19/2012
FERC Reaffirms Policy for Assessing Horizontal Market Power Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/18/2012
FERC Addresses Uncertainty Around Simultaneous Locational Exchanges Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/17/2012
Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) for First Half of Calendar Year 2012 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 2/17/2012
Military Wastewater Treatment System Generates Energy Varnum LLP 2/16/2012
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT UPDATE February 12, 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/16/2012
Has the Nuclear Renaissance Finally Begun? McDermott Will & Emery 2/15/2012
Food and Beverage Companies Face New Proposition 65 Threats Over 4-Methylimidazole (4-MEI) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 2/15/2012
Senator Levin Obtains Additional Funds for Michigan Dredging Projects Varnum LLP 2/15/2012
Pennsylvania Passes Comprehensive Amendments to Oil and Gas Laws Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/15/2012
Key Components of President Obama's Budget Proposal Barnes & Thornburg LLP 2/15/2012
High Court of England and Wales Rules Emissions Allowances to be Treated as Property McDermott Will & Emery 2/15/2012
DOE Previews Significant Funding Opportunities for Offshore Wind McDermott Will & Emery 2/14/2012
Audit Evaluates Compliance with Accounting and Reporting Regulations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/13/2012
Taking Steps to Make Energy Data More Accessible U.S. Department of Energy 2/12/2012
Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing Update: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on PACE Financing; Public Comment Sought Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/11/2012
Biofuel Refinery to be Built in Eastern Oregon Williams Kastner 2/10/2012
Cell Tower Emissions (or RF Radiation) Part II Varnum LLP 2/10/2012
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules Nonmetallic Mining Ordinance is not a Zoning Ordinance Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/9/2012
Pizza Delivery Driver's Accident Uncovered Because Insured Failed to List All of its Businesses Williams Kastner 2/9/2012
Dover Chemical Corporation in Ohio to Pay $1.4 Million for Unauthorized Production of Chemical Substances U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2/8/2012
States Added to Coverage Under the Transport Rule Excused from Compliance Schiff Hardin LLP 2/8/2012
DMCA Safe Harbor Held to Protect Content-sharing Website McDermott Will & Emery 2/7/2012
New Lakers Will Have Latest Emissions Scrubbing Technology Varnum LLP 2/7/2012
Q&A / Exploring Global Opportunities: Challenges and Resources for Midwest Companies Much Shelist, P.C. 2/7/2012
FERC Staff Proposes Process on Advising EPA on Extension Requests Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/7/2012
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait? Michigan Governor Delays Energy Policy Statement Varnum LLP 2/6/2012
Report Recommends Great Lakes Separation to Address Asian Carp Varnum LLP 2/6/2012
Yes Auditors, Our Legislation Encourages “Deadhead” Travel Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/6/2012
Maryland Poised to Develop Offshore Wind Resources McDermott Will & Emery 2/6/2012
Presidential Commission Recommends Nuclear Waste Management and Funding Reforms McDermott Will & Emery 2/5/2012
EPA Offers a Regulatory Reprieve to Great Lakes Steamships Varnum LLP 2/5/2012
FERC Rejects Revised Tariff Provisions and Orders Filing of Revised Service Agreement When Provision Is Deemed Unduly Discriminatory January 19, 2012 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/4/2012
FERC Disclaims Jurisdiction Over Kenai Pipelines and Related Facilities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/3/2012
FERC Eliminates Semiannual Natural Gas Storage Reporting Requirements Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/2/2012
UK Government Takes Further Steps Towards Increasing Nuclear Energy Capabilities McDermott Will & Emery 2/2/2012
Energy Department, Volvo Partnership Builds More Efficient Trucks and Manufacturing Plants U.S. Department of Energy 2/1/2012
Tapping into Wave and Tidal Ocean Power: 15% Water Power by 2030 U.S. Department of Energy 1/31/2012
Oregon Potato Company pays EPA penalty for failing to report ammonia release U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/30/2012
The Emerging Risks of 2012 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/30/2012
Section 550 of the Bankruptcy Code Won’t Cap the Flow of Avoidance Action Liability Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/30/2012
Italian Government Stops Incentives for Ground-Mounted PV plants on Agricultural Lands McDermott Will & Emery 1/30/2012
Loophole in Senate Bill May Create Nuclear Risks Center for Public Integrity 1/30/2012
Ozarks Electric Cooperative Sued By EEOC For Religious Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 1/29/2012
Texas Commission Requires Public Disclosure of Fracking Chemicals McDermott Will & Emery 1/29/2012
Toxic Inertia Regulators Have Done Little to Protect the Public from BPA, Critics Say Center for Public Integrity 1/29/2012
Cell Tower Emissions (or Radiation) - the Law Varnum LLP 1/28/2012
2010 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data from Large Facilities Now Available U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/28/2012
A Critical Step Toward Sustainable Nuclear Fuel Disposal U.S. Department of Energy 1/27/2012
Henry Gifford’s Lawsuit Against U.S. Green Building Council Dismissed Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/27/2012
Michigan Initiates 2011 Ballast Water Reporting Program Varnum LLP 1/25/2012
LEED 101: A Look at the Proposed LEED Update – LEED 2012 Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/24/2012
Increasing Energy Security U.S. Department of Energy 1/23/2012
EPA To Exercise Enforcement Discretion on Boiler MACT Deadlines Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/22/2012
DOJ and EPA propose more time to complete Baton Rouge Sewage Treatment Plant upgrades U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/22/2012
EU ETS to Cap Aviation Greenhouse Gas Emissions McDermott Will & Emery 1/22/2012
Environmental Law Alert - EPA Proposed New MACT Rules for Industrial Boilers Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/22/2012
New National Biodefense Science Board members will advise HHS U.S. Department of Health & Human Services 1/21/2012
Pioneering Technology to be Used at Cellulosic Biobutanol Refinery Varnum LLP 1/21/2012
Environmental Law Alert - EPA Proposes Changes to Waste Incineration Rules Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/20/2012
Air Turbulence Greenberg Traurig, LLP 1/19/2012
Court Requires Reinstatement of Boiler and Incinerator MACT Rules Schiff Hardin LLP 1/19/2012
Naval Base Kitsap Fails to Properly Monitor Fuel Tanks near Puget Sound for Leaks U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/19/2012
FERC Approves Settlement Resolving Electric Power Market Manipulation Investigation into North America Power Partners Officer Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/19/2012
As Electric Vehicles Take Charge, Costs Power Down U.S. Department of Energy 1/18/2012
FERC Clarifies Information Required in Cost and Revenue Studies in NGA Section 5 Investigations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/18/2012
Consultation Describes State Aid for Third EU Carbon Emissions Trading Period McDermott Will & Emery 1/18/2012
States Slow to Act Against New England Polluters Center for Public Integrity 1/17/2012
Rebooted California Self-Generation Incentive Program Opens Opportunities for Distributed Generation McDermott Will & Emery 1/17/2012
Here We Go Again: Another Attempt at Recovery for Ratepayers Resulting from KeySpan-Morgan Stanley Swap Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/17/2012
CFTC Interim Rule Limits Futures and Swaps Positions; Challenge Filed, Delay Rejected McDermott Will & Emery 1/16/2012
Congress Passes New Bill Aimed at Pipeline Safety Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/16/2012
FERC Enforcement Priorities Unchanged for 2012 McDermott Will & Emery 1/16/2012
Clean Energy’s Environmental Problem: The Need for Planning and Consensus Among Unlikely Foes Williams Kastner 1/16/2012
New Federal Excise Tax Rates: New FET Rate Will Apply to Certain Aircraft Operators Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/15/2012
Wyoming: Work at Your Own Risk Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/15/2012
EC to Regulate Market Abuse in Wholesale Power and Natural Gas Transactions McDermott Will & Emery 1/15/2012
Top 12 Energy Issues for 2012 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/14/2012
Michigan Riparian Rights: 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel Varnum LLP 1/14/2012
Google Invests $100 Million in Oregon Wind Farm Williams Kastner 1/14/2012
Fee-Shifting Ruling Encourages Intervention in Clean Air Challenges Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/14/2012
Court Vacates EPA’s Stay of the Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/14/2012
Settlement to Require Eaton Corporation to Address TCE Contamination at Vehicle Group Plant in Kearney, Neb. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/14/2012
DOL Notifies Workers of 17 Facilities Associated with Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act about Potential Eligibility under EEOICPA U.S. Department of Labor 1/13/2012
Oregon 2nd, Washington 6th in Nation in Promoting Clean Energy Williams Kastner 1/13/2012
The $24 Million Vapor Intrusion Remedy Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 1/13/2012
Keeping Pace in Tough Economic Times Williams Kastner 1/12/2012
Environmental Law Alert - IDEM Significantly Revised Draft Remediation Closure Guidance and Major Step Towards Final Adoption Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/10/2012
EPA Releases 2010 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 1/9/2012
Insurance for 50 Years? Check Cell Tower Leases. Varnum LLP 1/7/2012
Department of Energy Launches Initiative with Industry to Better Protect the Nation’s Electric Grid from Cyber Threats U.S. Department of Energy 1/6/2012
West Virginia Enacts Comprehensive Horizontal Gas Wells Statute Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 1/6/2012
FERC Rejects Duke-Progress Merger Mitigation Plan Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/4/2012
Court Stays Cross-State Air Pollution Rule Schiff Hardin LLP 1/4/2012
Breaking Up (Hydrogen) No Longer As Hard To Do U.S. Department of Energy 1/3/2012
FERC Imposes Conditions on Proposed Duke-Progress Merger Poyner Spruill LLP 1/3/2012
Public Comment Sought on EPA’s Vessel General Permits Varnum LLP 1/2/2012
Literally, A Million Dollar Question: Can (or Will) Local Governments Regulate Fracking? Poyner Spruill LLP 1/2/2012
Industry Responds to DOE Electric Reliability Report and EPA Power Sector Rules Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/31/2011
Essroc Cement Company to Pay $1.7 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/31/2011
Energy Center Planned for Site TBD on Muskegon Lake Varnum LLP 12/31/2011
Europe’s Cargo Theft Troubles: Risk Atlas Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/30/2011
They’re Still Talking About Historic Mercury and Air Toxics Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/28/2011
No Countervailing Duties on Chinese Imports: Possibility of Refunds Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/28/2011
EPA Finalizes 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/27/2011
MSHA Announces Results of November Impact Inspections U.S. Department of Labor 12/26/2011
EEOC Sues Midwest ISO for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 12/26/2011
Broad Scope and Impact of California “Green Chemistry” Regulations McDermott Will & Emery 12/26/2011
Department of Energy Releases its 2011 Critical Materials Strategy U.S. Department of Energy 12/26/2011
Michigan Coal Plant(s) Off the Table Varnum LLP 12/26/2011
Polluters in Your Area Center for Public Integrity 12/25/2011
Michigan Environmental Regulatory Reforms Enacted Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/23/2011
USEPA Announces Final Utility MACT Rule Schiff Hardin LLP 12/23/2011
EPA Issues First National Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/23/2011
D.C. Circuit Upholds Rule Change by National Mediation Board Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/20/2011
CEQ Issues Draft Guidance to Promote Efficient NEPA Environmental Reviews Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/20/2011
Treasury Clarifies 5 Percent Safe Harbor Ownership Guidelines for Section 1603 Grants for Renewable Energy Projects McDermott Will & Emery 12/19/2011
Taking a Cue From Brazil's Sustainable Development Practices Past and Present Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/19/2011
Sino-U.S. Trade: Increasing Government Intervention Leads to Added Friction Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/19/2011
Mercury Falling: Groundbreaking Power Plant Emissions Rule Imminent Center for Public Integrity 12/18/2011
Gingrich Brings in Double the Cash from What was Disclosed from Ethanol Lobbying Group: A Good Friend in Corn Center for Public Integrity 12/18/2011
FERC Finds Market Manipulation in ISO-NE Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/17/2011
Lake Michigan Winds Being Measured Varnum LLP 12/16/2011
Technical Conference on Penalty Guidelines Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/16/2011
Paper Mill Air Pollution Standards 25 Years Out of Date, Environmental Groups Sue EPA Center for Public Integrity 12/16/2011
U.S. Clean Water Act Settlement in Chicago to Reduce Sewage Overflows U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/14/2011
USEPA Proposes Revisions to Boiler and Incinerator MACT Rules Schiff Hardin LLP 12/14/2011
Brominated Battle: Soda Chemical has Cloudy Health History Center for Public Integrity 12/12/2011
Transit Pass and Vanpool Benefits to Shrink to $125 Per Month in 2012 McDermott Will & Emery 12/11/2011
As Congress Tries to Wrest Control from Agencies, Questions on Safety and Health for Citizens Center for Public Integrity 12/10/2011
Commission Orders BPA to Provide Comparable Transmission Access Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 12/10/2011
Drop-in Biofuels Take Flight in Commerce City, Colorado U.S. Department of Energy 12/9/2011
Task Force Established by President Obama Releases Final Strategy for Reversing Deterioration of Gulf Ecosystem/USDA $50 million financial assistance for restoration projects announced as Task Force efforts shift from planning to action U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/7/2011
Charting Supply Chain Risk in China – It’s Worse Than in Japan Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/6/2011
DNR Receives Petition to Adopt Rules on Silica Air Emissions Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/3/2011
EPA Releases Formerly Confidential Chemical Information U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 12/2/2011
Limits on Mercury and Soot Could Save Billions, Improve Public Health, Studies Say Center for Public Integrity 11/27/2011
Could Gila Bend, Arizona, Become the Solar Capital of the World? U.S. Department of Energy 11/26/2011
Columbus Steel Castings to Pay $825,000 and Install Monitoring Equipment as Sentence for Violating Clean Air Act U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/25/2011
We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Proposes Historic Fuel Economy Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 11/23/2011
DOE and EPA Release 2012 Annual Fuel Economy Guide U.S. Department of Energy 11/23/2011
The Cost of Natural Gas Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/23/2011
EPA Proposes Changes to Underground Storage Tank Regulations Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 11/22/2011
China’s First Merger Control Decision Approving a Joint Venture—GE & Shenhua 11/20/2011
First Sale Doctrine of U.S. Copyright Law Does Not Apply to Foreign-Made Works McDermott Will & Emery 11/18/2011
Climate Change Causes Some Extreme Weather Events: United Nations Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/18/2011
Three DOE Labs Now Connected With Ultra-High Speed Network That is 10 Times Faster Than Commercial Internet Providers U.S. Department of Energy 11/15/2011
U.S. Department of State to Delay Decision on Keystone XL Pipeline in Order to Assess Different Pathway Through Nebraska Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/15/2011
Solar Panels Hit Energy Milestone For Potawatomi and Milwaukee U.S. Department of Energy 11/12/2011
DRBC Releases Final Draft Regulations on Natural Gas Development Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/11/2011
FERC Issues Order Affirming Its Findings on Remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals Schiff Hardin LLP 11/11/2011
Department of Energy Announces Funding to Help Consumers Better Manage Their Energy Consumption U.S. Department of Energy 11/10/2011
Design Professionals’ Lawsuit Challenging LEED Certification System Dismissed Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/10/2011
FAA Scrutinizes Non-Citizen Trusts Vedder Price 11/7/2011
Allegations of Conspiracy to Fix Prices in Ohio Rock Salt Duopoly Flunk "Plausibility" Analysis Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/6/2011
Nebraska May Trip Up Pipeline: Canadian Company that Wants to Build Oil Pipeline Through Six States Increases Lobbying in Nebraska and Washington, D.C. Center for Public Integrity 11/6/2011
California's High Speed Rail Project: Business Plan Released Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/6/2011
ARB Passes Final Regulations for Cap-And-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/4/2011
First-Of-Its-Kind Search Engine Will Speed Materials Research U.S. Department of Energy 11/3/2011
Walmart Sees the Light for Parking Lots U.S. Department of Energy 11/2/2011
Reregistering Vessels After Foreclosure Sale Vedder Price 11/2/2011
HS Football Playoffs = Use of Charter Buses Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/1/2011
ISS Requests Comments on Proposed Hydraulic Fracturing Policy Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/31/2011
GOP to Subpoena White House over Solyndra Center for Public Integrity 10/31/2011
Looking for Something Haunting this Halloween?: DC’s Scariest Statistics Center for Public Integrity 10/29/2011
Prison Time and Export Controls: University Professor's Case Illustrates Dangers of Ignoring Export Compliance Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/29/2011
Trade Commission Likely to Play Growing Role in U.S. Renewable Energy Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/28/2011
Department of Energy to Invest $60 Million to Develop Innovative Concentrating Solar Power Technologies U.S. Department of Energy 10/28/2011
OFAC, BIS Double Up Flow Serve: What the Flowserve Settlement Says About Corporate Compliance Programs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/28/2011
Fifth Circuit Vacates Intrastate Pipeline Posting Requirements Under FERC Order Nos. 720 and 720-A Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/28/2011
10th Circuit Upholds Sharp Restrictions of Clinton-Era Roadless Rule in Forests Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/26/2011
FERC Issues Order on Rehearing Affirming Approval of Midwest ISO's Transmission Planning Process Schiff Hardin LLP 10/26/2011
Fisker, Tesla, and American Auto Innovation U.S. Department of Energy 10/24/2011
Can Your Environmental Permit Save Your Insurance Coverage? One Court Says "Yes" Much Shelist, P.C. 10/24/2011
Energy's risky $1 billion bet on two politically-connected electric car builders Center for Public Integrity 10/24/2011
8.6 Million Californians Participate in ShakeOut Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/21/2011
EPA Awards $50 Million for Clean Diesel Projects /Reducing diesel emissions helps decrease asthma attacks and premature deaths U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/21/2011
The Top Five Traps in Energy M&A Transactions McDermott Will & Emery 10/19/2011
EPA Reaches for the Air Emissions of Hydraulically Fractured Wells and Beyond Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 10/19/2011
Department of Energy Announces New Clean Energy Partnership with the Republic of Korea U.S. Department of Energy 10/18/2011
Environmental Law Alert - EPA Issues New Guidance for Certain CERCLA Landowner Liability Protections Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/17/2011
Republicans score another symbolic defeat for EPA — this time over toxic coal ash Center for Public Integrity 10/17/2011
The Digital Threat Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/17/2011
Oil Company Pleads Guilty to Clean Air Act and Obstruction Crimes in Louisiana U.S. Department of Energy 10/16/2011
The Perils of a Highway Bill -Boehner, Others Want New Road Spending, but Watch Out for Special Interests Center for Public Integrity 10/16/2011
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Issues Draft Guidance on the Aggregation of Air Sources Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/15/2011
California's High Speed Rail Project: Still on Track for 2012 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/14/2011
IRS Guidance on Travel Armstrong Teasdale 10/13/2011
New Missouri Environmental Statutes Aimed at Streamlining Permitting Process May Cause Problems Armstrong Teasdale 10/11/2011
EPA Releases Final Health Assessment for TCE U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 10/11/2011
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Announces December 8, 2011 Permitting Deadline Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/8/2011
Governor Corbett Outlines Plan for New Standards, Fees on Shale Drilling Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/7/2011
Ninth Circuit Declares that “The King” Is Dead (in Copyright Cases) McDermott Will & Emery 10/6/2011
California AB 32's Cap-And-Trade Program Developments Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/6/2011
New York Issues Draft Fracking Regulations for Public Comment Greenberg Traurig, LLP 10/4/2011
Donor Warned Obama that Solyndra 'could haunt him' Center for Public Integrity 10/4/2011
Solyndra Executives Refusing to Answer Bankruptcy Questions Center for Public Integrity 10/1/2011
The Passenger Bus Safety Inspection Strike Force Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 9/29/2011
Solyndra excutives stonewall Congress Center for Public Integrity 9/28/2011
Following a 2-year refusal to comply, anthracite mine operator in Pennsylvania installs mandated communications and tracking system U.S. Department of Labor 9/27/2011
Twelve Defendants Arrested for Involvement in the Illegal Distribution and Sale of Pesticides in New York’s Chinatown U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/26/2011
Shelved Ozone Standard Would Have Had Modest Impact on Business, Politics Center for Public Integrity 9/25/2011
New GHG Regulations for Minor Sources Create Major Regulatory Challenges 9/24/2011
EPA Releases Strategy to Protect People’s Health and the Environment in Communities Overburdened by Pollution U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/22/2011
House Republicans Scrutinizing Decisions Benefiting Obama Donors Center for Public Integrity 9/21/2011
A Liquid Layer Solution for the Grid U.S. Department of Energy 9/20/2011
Indiana Court of Appeals Rejects Tort Claims Acts Arguments In Dispute Over City Sewer Line Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/20/2011
Environment : Energy : The Politics of Energy New GOP Target at EPA: Graduate Student Interns Who are Tools of Obama’s 'Radical Policies' Center for Public Integrity 9/19/2011
The Truth about Clean Energy Jobs U.S. Department of Energy 9/19/2011
Administration Technology Experts Slow to See Threats from Wireless Network Center for Public Integrity 9/18/2011
President Obama Returns Ozone Rule to EPA Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/18/2011
New U.S. Government Trade Initiative with the Middle East McDermott Will & Emery 9/17/2011
Former EPA Fugitive Sentenced to More than Seven Years in Prison for Asbestos Training Scam U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/17/2011
Obama Administration Withdraws Draft Ozone Ambient Air Quality Standards and Reinstates 2008 Standards Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/16/2011
DOE Awards $43 Million to Spur Offshore Wind Energy U.S. Department of Energy 9/16/2011
Corrected Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) For Second Half Of Calendar Year 2011 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/15/2011
WVDEP’S Emergency Rules On Horizontal Gas Wells Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/15/2011
Fuel Efficiency Standards of the Future Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 9/14/2011
Solyndra Investigation Expands as Agents Visit Executives’ Homes Center for Public Integrity 9/11/2011
9/11 Security Flaws Remain: Congressional Reform and Inoperability Still Plagued by Systematic Problems Center for Public Integrity 9/9/2011
DOE Publishes Proposed Revisions to Export Control Regulations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/8/2011
Congressional Hearing to Focus on Obama Administration Loan to Failed Energy Firm Center for Public Integrity 9/8/2011
Oil and Gas Companies Should Expect Increased SEC Scrutiny of Operations and Reserves Andrews Kurth LLP 9/6/2011
A Crawling Issue: Head Lice Treatments Worse Than the Pest Itself? Center for Public Integrity 9/6/2011
Department of Energy Cites Washington Group International, Inc. for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Violations U.S. Department of Energy 9/5/2011
Holders of TCEQ-Issued Permits Are Not Immune from Civil Liability Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/4/2011
Peter Martin Kuhn Added to EPA Fugitive List / Defendant failed to surrender after indictment in illegal mining waste dumping case U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 9/3/2011
Secretary Chu, Intel President Discuss Need for More U.S. Engineers U.S. Department of Energy 9/3/2011
Lanham Act Attorneys’ Fees Awarded in the Absence of Damages McDermott Will & Emery 9/2/2011
Governors Group Makes Recommendations To Administration for Bolstering U.S. Wind Industry Development Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/2/2011
Obama-backed Solar Firm Collapses After A Big Federal Loan Guarantee Center for Public Integrity 9/1/2011
IHS Report Says EPA Greenhouse Gas Formula Flawed Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/1/2011
California State Officials Ignored Scientists in Approving Pesticide Center for Public Integrity 8/30/2011
U.S. Geological Survey Releases New Assessment of Marcellus Gas Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/30/2011
Risk to Nuclear Plants in Hurricane's Path May Not be What You Think -Industry Watchdogs Concerned About Power Supplies to Reactors Center for Public Integrity 8/29/2011
Fourth Fire this Year Strikes Refinery that Relies on Toxic Acid Center for Public Integrity 8/28/2011
IRS Issues Final Regulations on Solid Waste Disposal Facilities Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/28/2011
Department of Energy Announces $41 Million Investment for Carbon Capture Development U.S. Department of Energy 8/27/2011
Aviation Alert - Standard Industry Fare Level (SIFL) For Second Half Of Calendar Year 2011 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/27/2011
The Murky Future of Stormwater Numeric Standards Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/26/2011
A Case Where CEQA Worked Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/26/2011
West Virginia DEP Files Emergency Horizontal Drilling Rule Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/25/2011
New Regime for Offshore Wind Energy in France McDermott Will & Emery 8/24/2011
Department of Energy Offers Abengoa Bioenergy a Conditional Commitment for a $133.9 Million Loan Guarantee U.S. Department of Energy 8/24/2011
New Regime in France for Roof-Mounted Photovoltaic Panels McDermott Will & Emery 8/24/2011
What are the Risks of an Earthquake Beneath a Reactor Near You? Center for Public Integrity 8/23/2011
DOE Laboratories Help Develop Promising New Cancer Fighting Drug, Vemurafenib U.S. Department of Energy 8/23/2011
Foreign Responses To Climate Change May Impose Carbon Footprint On US Companies Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/22/2011
“Dashboard” Mark Merely Descriptive of Automotive Information Services McDermott Will & Emery 8/21/2011
New Yorkers Believe That Drilling In The Marcellus Shale Will Create Jobs Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/20/2011
Federal Fracking Response Could be Years Away Center for Public Integrity 8/20/2011
Environmental Enforcement on the Rise: Practical Tips for Responding to Governmental Requests for Information Much Shelist, P.C. 8/20/2011
District of Columbia and Seventh Circuits Allow for Corporate Liability Under The Alien Tort Statute, Splitting With Second Circuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/19/2011
What To Expect From a President Perry on the Environment? Some Texas-Sized Clues Center for Public Integrity 8/19/2011
Mutual Indemnification Clause Gives Rise to Attorneys’ Fees Regardless of Prevailing Party McDermott Will & Emery 8/18/2011
NJDEP Releases Final Rules for Its Site Remediation Program Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/18/2011
Department of Energy Awards Nearly $7 Million to Advance Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Storage Systems Research U.S. Department of Energy 8/18/2011
Power NY Act of 2011 Swings the Door Open for Renewable Development Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/17/2011
Green Groups Challenge EPA's Air Pollution Exemption for Biomass Power Plants Center for Public Integrity 8/17/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $102 Million Loan Guarantee to Record Hill Wind, LLC for Maine Wind Project U.S. Department of Energy 8/17/2011
Fifth Circuit Rejects Per Se Rule That Recharacterization Applies Only To Insiders Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/16/2011
Green Building Risks - What You Need to Know Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/16/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes a $967 Million Loan Guarantee to Support the Agua Caliente Solar Project U.S. Department of Energy 8/13/2011
Fish and Wildlife Service Settles Lawsuits on Listing Deadlines Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/13/2011
NLRB in Battle Against S.C. Boeing Workers Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 8/13/2011
Energy Department Advisory Committee Endorses Shale Gas Exploration Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/12/2011
EPA Announces Top Contenders in Energy Star National Building Competition / In the first six months of the competition, participants saved more than $3.7 million on utility bills U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/12/2011
Swift Faces Class Action Over Background Checks Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/12/2011
U.S. Advisory Group on Fracking has Abundant Ties to Energy Industry Center for Public Integrity 8/11/2011
Obama Administration Advances Efforts to Protect Health of U.S. Communities Overburdened by Pollution / Federal Agencies Sign Environmental Justice Memorandum of Understanding U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/11/2011
White House Announces First Ever Oil Savings Standards for Heavy Duty Trucks, Buses/Saving $50 billion in fuel costs and over 500 million barrels of oil U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/10/2011
EPA and USDA Create a Partnership to Improve Drinking Water Systems and Develop Workforce in Rural Communities U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 8/9/2011
US Labor Department’s MSHA announces $1 million for Brookwood-Sago mine safety grants U.S. Department of Labor 8/8/2011
Can Our Grid Really Get Smart? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/7/2011
US Department of Labor’s OSHA announces measures to improve Whistleblower Protection Program U.S. Department of Labor 8/7/2011
Another Federal Court of Appeals Weighs in on the Applicability of the Six-Year Statute of Limitations Period to an Overstatement of Basis McDermott Will & Emery 8/6/2011
Aviation Alert - Congress Extends FAA Authorization Through Mid-September 2011 Barnes & Thornburg LLP 8/6/2011
The NJ Solar Energy Industry: Boom, Correction And The Future - Part II Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 8/5/2011
SEC Investigating Shale Gas Producers Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/3/2011
Department of Energy to Invest $50 Million to Advance Domestic Solar Manufacturing Market, Achieve SunShot Goal U.S. Department of Energy 8/2/2011
It's Not Easy Being Green: Understanding and Avoiding the Pitfalls of Green Marketing Much Shelist, P.C. 8/2/2011
Environmental Justice Groups Intensify Judicial and Legislative Campaign Against California's Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/2/2011
MSHA announces results of June impact inspections U.S. Department of Labor 8/1/2011
Departments of Energy, Defense Partner to Install Fuel Cell Backup Power Units at Eight Military Installations U.S. Department of Energy 7/31/2011
EPA Proposes Air Pollution (VOC) Standards for Oil & Gas Operations that EPA Claims Will Save Millions Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/31/2011
Department of Energy Cites Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Violations U.S. Department of Energy 7/30/2011
Kinder Morgan to pay more than $830,000 in overtime back wages to 4,659 employees, resolving US Labor Department lawsuit U.S. Department of Labor 7/30/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Addresses Issues Concerning the Default Judgment Statute, the Direct Action Statute, and Personal Liability for Corporate Officers von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 7/29/2011
Eastern Population of Gopher Tortoise Eligible for Endangered Species Act Protection Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/28/2011
Court grants MSHA request for preliminary injunction against anthracite mine operator in Lykens, Pa. U.S. Department of Labor 7/28/2011
OEHHA Identifies 39 New Chemicals for Evaluation Under Proposition 65 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/28/2011
How Conflicts of Interest Hinder Offshore Drilling Regulation Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/27/2011
U.S. Department of Energy and India Partner to Advance Accelerator and Particle Detector Research and Development U.S. Department of Energy 7/27/2011
Department of Energy Cites Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Violations U.S. Department of Energy 7/25/2011
Office of Management and Budget Dodges Subpoena on Solyndra Center for Public Integrity 7/24/2011
California's Green Chemistry Rulemaking Renewed Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/21/2011
Oil & Gas Activities – Agencies are “Up-in-the-Air” on Air Regulations Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 7/21/2011
Thinking About Storage Options for Your Corn Crop? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/19/2011
Environment Nearly one-third of U.S. cars won't be ready for 2013 switch to anti-pollution technology Center for Public Integrity 7/17/2011
BARR battle: Obama administration to make more corporate jet data public despite flak Center for Public Integrity 7/16/2011
Treasury Releases Guidance on Evaluating the Cost Basis for 1603 Grant Purposes McDermott Will & Emery 7/15/2011
IRS Defends Discretion to Withhold Section 1256 Exchange Designation for ISOs McDermott Will & Emery 7/13/2011
ASTM Releases Standard Guide for Identifying and Complying with Continuing Obligations under CERCLA -Environmental Law Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/12/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Village of East Troy’s High Capacity Well Permit; Finds WDNR Has a General Duty under Statute and the Public Trust Doctrine to Consider Impact to Waters of the State Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/12/2011
No One Knows if Texting While Driving Bans Have Prevented Car Crashes Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/11/2011
Pennsylvania To Amend Its Erosion and Sediment Control General Permit Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/10/2011
Stimulus Funds for West Virginia's Handicapped and Poor Instead Goes for Lobbying, Consulting Center for Public Integrity 7/10/2011
California Air Regulators Move Forward With Carbon Trading Program But Delay Enforcement Until 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/9/2011
Not Just Loose Change: Bottom Line Benefits of Sustainability Innovations Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/9/2011
The NJ Solar Energy Industry: Boom, Correction And The Future - Part I Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 7/9/2011
EPA and Corps of Engineers Extend Comment Period for Revised Guidance on Identifying Waters Subject to the Clean Water Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/8/2011
Transferring a Right to Discharge on the International Registry: What You Should Know Vedder Price 7/8/2011
D.C. Circuit Limits the DOT’s Authority to Regulate Air Charter Brokers Vedder Price 7/7/2011
EPA selects Colorado, North Dakota sites as case study locations for national hydraulic fracturing study U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/7/2011
June Proves To Be A Busy Month For ARB And Its Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/6/2011
Update on Federal Response to Oil Spill Near Billings, Montana U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 7/5/2011
Choice of Law After England’s Blue Sky One Case Vedder Price 7/5/2011
Watch For Vicarious Liability For Employee Negligence Williams Kastner 7/4/2011
NYSDEC Recommends Lifting Fracking Ban, Subject to Limitations Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/2/2011
Supreme Court Changes the Climate on Greenhouse Gas Suits Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/30/2011
Federal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Local Carbon Tax Dispute Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/29/2011
Wisconsin DNR’s New Phosphorus Rules: Update – They Are in Effect Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/29/2011
EPA Rejects Confidential Business Information Claims for More than 150 Chemical Names – Posts Information on EPA Website Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/28/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Decides American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/27/2011
Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Now Available to Private Water Companies Poyner Spruill LLP 6/26/2011
More Year of the Hack: Government Based Cyber Security Threats Barnes & Thornburg LLP 6/25/2011
Global Warming and Droughts Not New Information; Project Opponents Must Fairly Present Claims Before Filing CEQA Lawsuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/25/2011
FERC Punts on Generators' Appeals of NERC Registrations Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/23/2011
Insurance for Hydrofracking Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/22/2011
Corps Drops Appeal Over Wetlands Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/22/2011
American Electric Power v. Connecticut: The Dog That Did Not Bark Andrews Kurth LLP 6/22/2011
Application of Sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act to California Delta Smelt Does Not Violate Commerce Clause Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/22/2011
Environmental Law Alert - Climate Change Torts Thrown Out of Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP 6/21/2011
Lester Brown on How Climate Change Is Catastrophically Straining the Global Food Supply Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/21/2011
As Tornado Costs Rise, Congress Might Finally Pony Up Some Money to Look at Ways to Limit Damages Center for Public Integrity 6/21/2011
Mine Operators Face Additional Challenges, Burdens, Under New Specialized SEC Disclosure Regime Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/20/2011
California and Florida Lead Trend of New State-Level Iran Sanctions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/19/2011
A Year of Unprecedented Tornadoes and Floods — And How Insurance Helps Companies Rebuild Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/19/2011
Deepwater Drilling: Offshore Oil Progress Delayed Under "Slowmatorium" Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/18/2011
U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Wisconsin’s New Source Review Reform Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/17/2011
Court Affirms CEQA Does Not Require Cumulative Impact Analysis Where Project Makes No Contribution to Groundwater Impacts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/16/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Holds There is No Coverage for Negligent Entrustment of a Vehicle Because There Was No Coverage for the Underlying Negligent Operation of the Vehicle von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 6/13/2011
CERCLA Updates Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/13/2011
Decades After Clear Air Act, Most Smokestacks Still Lack Scrubbers Center for Public Integrity 6/11/2011
Superior Court's Injunction Preventing California's Cap and Trade Program Has Been Stayed...Right? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/10/2011
Developers Must Pay Prevailing Wages for Privately Financed Public Infrastructure Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/9/2011
Obama Administration Takes Major Step toward Advanced Vehicles with New Fleet Management Practices and Launch of First Federal Electric Vehicle Pilot U.S. Department of Energy 6/8/2011
The Risks of Hydrofracking Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/5/2011
EPA Funds 10 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 6/4/2011
The Countries Most at Risk for Energy Security Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/4/2011
China’s NDRC Delegates Powers to Lower Levels to Approve Overseas Investment Projects Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/3/2011
DOE Pension Obligation to Contractors has More than Doubled Center for Public Integrity 6/2/2011
Governor Cuomo Tells NYSDEC To Consider Pennsylvania Well Blowout in Horizontal Drilling Review, Finish Review by July 1 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/1/2011
Tier 1 and Tier 2 WPDES General Storm Water Permits Reissued Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/1/2011
Another Fatal Bus Crash Highlights an Expanding Industry’s Lack of Oversight Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/31/2011
Massachusetts is Winding the Future U.S. Department of Energy 5/31/2011
Federal Judge Orders California Waste Hauling Firm to Reinstate Two Drivers and Cease Anti-Union Activity National Labor Relations Board 5/31/2011
Next Stop: Better Bus Safety Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/31/2011
Non-Partisan Legislative Analyst Recommends Ceasing All Work on the Cap-And-Trade Program Until More Alternatives are Analyzed By Legislature Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/29/2011
Can I Sue My Neighbor Under Nuisance Law for Contributing to Climate Change? The Supreme Court’s AEP vs. Connecticut: A Case of “What Will Kennedy Decide”? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 5/29/2011
EPA Proposes Plan to Remove Contaminated Soil from Nepera Chemical Superfund Site in Orange County, N.Y.; EPA to Hold Public Meeting on June 15 to Discuss Plan U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/28/2011
How Energy Companies Reduce Risk Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/28/2011
West Virginia Dismisses Challenge to Marcellus Oil and Gas Development Clean Air Act Permits Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/26/2011
US Labor Department’s order involving mine operator’s failure to timely notify of roof collapse upheld U.S. Department of Labor 5/25/2011
Department of Energy Offers Conditional Commitment for Loan Guarantee to Support Solar Generation Project in Nevada U.S. Department of Energy 5/24/2011
Senate Rejects Bill Attempting to Speed Up Offshore Drilling Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/24/2011
U.S. Department of Energy Announces Expanded Partnership with Industry to Advance Next-Generation Automotive Technologies U.S. Department of Energy 5/23/2011
Permitting Some Fudging on Oil Stats: Fact Check Center for Public Integrity 5/23/2011
Texas Egg Producer to Pay $1.9 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/23/2011
DOE Announces Funding for U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center U.S. Department of Energy 5/22/2011
Statement by MSHA Assistant Secretary Joseph A. Main on release of Upper Big Branch Independent Investigation Report U.S. Department of Labor 5/21/2011
Emergency Transport Company Sued by EEOC For Pregnancy Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5/20/2011
Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners Center for Public Integrity 5/20/2011
MSHA signs memorandum of understanding with Interstate Mining Compact Commission during mine emergency response meeting U.S. Department of Labor 5/19/2011
Antitrust Aspects of Dealing with the Japanese Earthquake McDermott Will & Emery 5/18/2011
Prem Kumar Added to EPA Fugitive List / Defendant Failed to Surrender after Indictment in Illegal Vessel pollution case U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/17/2011
Court Tosses Transpacific Air Passengers' Claims Based on Alleged Overcharges for Flights Originating in Asia Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/16/2011
EPA Takes Action to Protect Ground Water from Petroleum Contamination U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/16/2011
Hyundai Ideal Electric Company to Pay $188,000 to Settle EEOC Sex Bias and Retaliation Suit U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 5/16/2011
Bill Allowing More Offshore Drilling Introduced to Congress Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/13/2011
MSHA Releases Upper Big Branch Mine Investigation Interview Transcripts U.S. Department of Labor 5/13/2011
New Research Center to Increase Safety and Power Output of U.S. Nuclear Reactors U.S. Department of Energy 5/12/2011
After Decades, Preventable Fire Hazards Persist at Alabama Nuclear Reactor Center for Public Integrity 5/12/2011
Clean Energy Standard, is That What We're Calling it Now? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/12/2011
CFTC Proposes a Swap Product Definition and Capital Requirements Under Dodd-Frank Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/12/2011
Third Circuit Limits Continuing Nuisance Exception to Statute of Limitations (SOL) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/11/2011
EPA Helps Build Awareness Around Asthma / Asthma affects nearly 25 million people in the U.S. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/11/2011
Wind Power Operators Beware: OSHA Is Focused on You Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/11/2011
BP Alaska to Pay $25 Million Penalty for Alaskan North Slope Oil Spill U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/11/2011
U.S. Cities Facing $300 Billion Exposure to Storm Surge Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/11/2011
Newt Gingrich Faces Questions About Consulting Job and Support for Biofuels Center for Public Integrity 5/11/2011
NLRB's Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon Releases Statement on Boeing Complaint National Labor Relations Board 5/10/2011
The New DOJ Working Group and What It Means to the Oil and Gas Industry Andrews Kurth LLP 5/10/2011
Wisconsin DNR’s New Phosphorus Rules: Are They in Effect? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/10/2011
How to Provide More Certainty in Financing Biomass Power Projects Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/10/2011
USDA and DOE Award Biomass Research and Development Grants to Reduce America's Reliance on Imported Oil U.S. Department of Energy 5/9/2011
Year after Tragedy, Mining Industry Seeks Some Self-Policing: Coal Companies Urge Government to Reward Safety with Fewer Inspections Center for Public Integrity 5/9/2011
Air Toxics Near Young Scholars Academy Below Levels of Concern U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 5/8/2011
National Biomass Debate Intensifies With New Limits in Massachusetts Center for Public Integrity 5/8/2011
Judge Hands Everglades Permitting to EPA Greenberg Traurig, LLP 5/5/2011
EPA, Clean Air Act & Climate Change: Consider the Facts McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 5/4/2011
Proposal to Handicap EPA's Regulation of Greenhouse Gases Evaporates in Senate McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP 5/2/2011
Risk Management Lessons from the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. Black Swan or Black Sheep? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 5/1/2011
Obama Administration Affirms Comprehensive Commitment to Clean Water U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/30/2011
Coal is Back, Even as the Obama Administration Pushes Green Energy Center for Public Integrity 4/30/2011
Treasury Updates Section 1603 Cash Grant Guidance and Frequently Asked Questions McDermott Will & Emery 4/30/2011
EPA and Corps Issue Draft Guidance on Waterways and Wetlands That Fall Under Federal Jurisdiction as Part of Obama Administration’s Just Released Clean Water Framework Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/29/2011
Oil and Gas Fraud Working Group to Focus on Energy Markets Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/29/2011
FERC Issues $30 Million Penalty for Alleged Violations of Anti-Manipulation Rule Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/28/2011
Renewing the Debate Over Renewables Poyner Spruill LLP 4/28/2011
CFTC & Fed Propose Margin Rules Under Dodd-Frank: Banks To Be Barred from Accepting Non Cash Collateral Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/28/2011
U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement With Company for nearly $1 Million at Anaconda Copper Mine Superfund Site U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/28/2011
Potential North Carolina Utilities Commission "NCUC" Regulation for Sanitary Districts in North Carolina? Poyner Spruill LLP 4/25/2011
EPA Proposes Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Existing Facilities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/24/2011
IMPACT: In Philadelphia, Plea for Safer Alternative at Refinery Center for Public Integrity 4/23/2011
FTC and CFTC to Share Confidential Information, Increases Investigation Risks McDermott Will & Emery 4/23/2011
Could Hydrofracking Cause Cancer? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 4/18/2011
USDA Announces Funding for Blender Pumps Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/18/2011
Formaldehyde Permitting And Toxic Tort Litigation On The Rise? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 4/18/2011
Unprecedented Enforcement Action is First in Mine Act History U.S. Department of Labor 4/17/2011
Robot Reworked to Analyze Radiation in Japan U.S. Department of Energy 4/17/2011
DOE's Oak Ridge and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs Join with Dow Chemical to Develop Next-Generation Cool Roofs U.S. Department of Energy 4/16/2011
Big Break for Big Oil, Larger Burden for Taxpayers Center for Public Integrity 4/15/2011
New Texas Rule Creates Liabilities and Obligations for Operators of Inactive Oil and Gas Wells Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/15/2011
Energy Dollars Fueled Campaigns of Democrats Who Defected on EPA Vote Center for Public Integrity 4/15/2011
Municipalities Are Responsible For Discharges Of Stormwater Regardless Of The Ultimate Source Of Pollution Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/14/2011
U.S. Department of Energy and Qatar Sign Agreement to Strengthen Cooperation on Clean Energy U.S. Department of Energy 4/12/2011
Final Decision Suspends California's AB 32 GHG Regulations: What Now? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/11/2011
April 4, 2011 Update on Ongoing Monitoring U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/11/2011
EPA Awards Five Grants to Combat Bed Bugs U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/10/2011
Pentagon Balks on Report About Rare Earth Metal Reliance on China Center for Public Integrity 4/10/2011
Climate Facts and Fancy: From God to Cows, Facts and Falsehoods Accompany Global Warming Votes Center for Public Integrity 4/9/2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Public Works Projects (CA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/8/2011
Vice President, Two Managers of Waste Treatment Facility Sentenced for Clean Water Act felonies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 4/7/2011
Department of Energy Launches "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" U.S. Department of Energy 4/1/2011
Five Quick Facts About Incoterms 2010 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/29/2011
Cleantech Patents: When is Trade Secret the Right Protection? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/28/2011
Insurance Claims for Supply Chain Aftershocks of the Japanese Earthquake Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/27/2011
U.S. Department of Energy Releases Radiation Monitoring Data from Fukushima Area U.S. Department of Energy 3/27/2011
Tips To Get A New Market Tax Credit Commitment Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/27/2011
Water Risk in the Middle East Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/26/2011
Wisconsin Supreme Court Limits WDNR’s Authority Regarding WPDES Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/24/2011
Comments Solicited on Fundamental Changes to FERC's Market-Based Rate and Merger Review Process Tests Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/23/2011
U.S. Nuclear Aid May Be Going to Countries Like Iran and Syria Center for Public Integrity 3/22/2011
Energy Department Stimulus Funds Produce Questionable Results Center for Public Integrity 3/21/2011
Quake Concern Delays Nuclear Plant Extension in California Center for Public Integrity 3/19/2011
Regulators Aware for Years of Understated Seismic Risks to Nuclear Plants -Despite Six Years of Study, Industry Collaboration, and a Missed Deadline, no Decision on Reactor Fixes Center for Public Integrity 3/18/2011
EPA Redefines “Solid Waste” to Incentivize Creative Fuel Technology: Garbage to Gold Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 3/18/2011
Reactors at Heart of Japanese Nuclear Crisis Raised Concerns as Early as 1972, Memos Show. Some Watchdogs Fear U.S. Regulators Complacent Then — and Now. Center for Public Integrity 3/18/2011
While Touting Green Power, Democrats Arrange Duke Energy Backup Loan Center for Public Integrity 3/17/2011
Earthquake, Tsunami Reshape Japan’s Coastline Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/17/2011
CFTC Proposes to Eliminate Certain Fund Exemptions and Extend Regulation of Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors Under Dodd-Frank Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/17/2011
No, EPA Can’t Require a NPDES Permit Without an Actual Discharge! (Take II) Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/16/2011
Indiana’s Environmental Legal Action (“ELA”) Statute of Limitations: 6 Years or 10? Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 3/16/2011
Congressman Says 10-mile Policy on Iodine Pills is Irresponsible Center for Public Integrity 3/15/2011
Superfund Recycling Equity Act (SREA) Fee Shifting: PRP Group Liable for Third-Party Defendants’ Attorneys' Fees Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 3/14/2011
Energy Department Announces New Advance in Biofuel Technology U.S. Department of Energy 3/14/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $50 Million Loan for Vehicle Production Group U.S. Department of Energy 3/12/2011
Fifth Circuit Concludes that Allegations of Price-Fixing Involving Private Corporate Participation with OPEC are Beyond the Reach of Section 1 Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/11/2011
Europe Just Cost Women a Bunch of Money on Their Car Insurance By Switching to Gender Equality Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/10/2011
No More Bees, No More Man? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/9/2011
EPA Postpones Deadline for Reporting 2010 GHG Emissions Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/9/2011
The Sun Sets on the Era of Unbridled Emissions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/8/2011
Department of Energy Offers Conditional Commitment for a Loan Guarantee to Support Maine Wind Project U.S. Department of Energy 3/8/2011
Climate Change and the Duty to Defend Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 3/7/2011
ANALYSIS — U.S. Interests at Risk in Six Mideast Nations Center for Public Integrity 3/5/2011
Government Accountability Office "GAO" Cites Billions of Dollars in Duplication, From Military to Highways Center for Public Integrity 3/2/2011
Army Corps of Engineers Proposes New, Reissued, and Modified Nationwide Permits Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/2/2011
Taxpayers Foot Bill for Oil and Gas Well Cleanup on Federal Land Center for Public Integrity 3/1/2011
Fourth Circuit Offers Pyrrhic Victory On Corps Jurisdiction Over Developer's Clean Water Act Permit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/28/2011
Arkansas Earthquakes Due to Gas Exploration? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/28/2011
EPA Issues Final Boiler MACT Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/25/2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $96.8 Million Loan Guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project U.S. Department of Energy 2/25/2011
Beyond Tax Subsidies: Developing the Infrastructure for Ethanol Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/24/2011
Protecting Against D&O Liability for Climate Change-Related Disclosures Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/23/2011
The Continuing Evolution in Mine Permitting -EPA's War Against Coal Reaches New Heights Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/23/2011
EPA Superfund Cleanup Costs Outstrip Funding Center for Public Integrity 2/22/2011
FCC Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/21/2011
Bill Filed to Make Site-Specific, Risk-Based Clean-Up Standards Universally Available in Cleaning Up Contaminated Sites in North Carolina Poyner Spruill LLP 2/20/2011
Court Approves Disgorgement of Profits from Anticompetitive Behavior in Electricity Market Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/18/2011
Republican Duo Supported by Energy Industry Seek to Rein in EPA on Coal Ash Center for Public Integrity 2/17/2011
China Restricts Growth of Polysilicon Industry Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/16/2011
California Court Issues Tentative Ruling Enjoining AB 32 Implementation Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/12/2011
Inquiry to Learn whether Businesses Assert Business Confidentiality Claims Andrews Kurth LLP 2/11/2011
Not Your Father's Insurance Coverage: Using Transactional Insurance to Drive Business Opportunities Much Shelist, P.C. 2/10/2011
Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Coal Company’s Efforts to Exercise Surface Rights Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/9/2011
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 and its effect on the Energy Sector Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/8/2011
A Sputnik Moment for Renewable Energy or Another Failed Launch? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/8/2011
Combating the Pirate Threat: A Rising Risk on the High Seas Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/7/2011
Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposals, Submissions, and Approvals: Contractor Conflicts of Interest Andrews Kurth LLP 2/6/2011
Endangered and Threatened Species: Designation of Critical Habitat for Threatened Lower Columbia River Coho Salmon and Puget Sound Steelhead Andrews Kurth LLP 2/5/2011
Stream Conductivity: It's Not Just a Mining Issue Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 2/5/2011
‘Clean Energy’ Expansion Could Strain U.S. Power Grid Center for Public Integrity 2/5/2011
Call for Information Related to the Development of Emission-Estimating Methodologies for Animal Feeding Operations Andrews Kurth LLP 2/4/2011
Call for Information on Inputs to Emission Equations Under the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule Andrews Kurth LLP 2/3/2011
It Snows in Winter? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/2/2011
Environmental Impact Statements; Availability, etc.: Proposed 2012-2017 Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program Andrews Kurth LLP 2/1/2011
Crisis in Egypt: The Economical Repercussions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/31/2011
9th Circuit Abandons Federal Defendant Rule Prohibiting Intervention Of Right In National Environmental Policy Act "NEPA" Cases Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/30/2011
Internal E-mails Suggest Doctoring of Oil Spill Information by White House Center for Public Integrity 1/27/2011
The Practical Effects of the Revised Biomass Crop Assistance Program "BCAP" Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/26/2011
SEC Proposes Rules to Implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s Mine Safety Disclosure Requirements Andrews Kurth LLP 1/26/2011
Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements Now in Effect (For Now?) Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/25/2011
CleanTech Opportunities On The Rise Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/25/2011
Lender Liability and the Exception to CERCLA Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 1/24/2011
Commodity Futures Trading Commission "CFTC" Approves Position Limits Proposal for Derivatives Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/24/2011
EPA Defers GHG Permitting Requirements for Biomass Industries Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/18/2011
"Over the River" and into the Legal Fray: Christo and Jeanne-Claude Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/17/2011
Court Invalidates EIR's Use of a Baseline Predicated On Future, Post-Approval Conditions For Analysis of Project's Impacts - Sunnyvale West Neighborhood Assn. v. City of Sunnyvale City Council, No. H035135 (6th Dist., December 16, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/16/2011
EPA Inspector General Responds to FOIA Review by Sen. Grassley and Rep. Issa Center for Public Integrity 1/16/2011
Baseline Using Existing Entitlements Acceptable If It Corresponds To Conditions "On The Ground" - Cherry Valley Pass Acres and Neighbors, et al. v. City of Beaumont, E049651 (4th Dist. Div. 2, November 22, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/15/2011
Local Air District Rule Requiring Development Sites to Reduce Amount of Pollutants Emitted Not Preempted by the Clean Air Act - National Association of Home Builders v. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District, No 08-17309, (9th Cir., D) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/14/2011
SEC Proposes Disclosure Rules for Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers Andrews Kurth LLP 1/14/2011
Following Record Temperatures in 2010, Lobbyists Likely to Turn up Heat Center for Public Integrity 1/13/2011
New Defense Authorization Act Imposes Buy American Act Mandate for Photovoltaics Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/13/2011
Lights Out on Traditional Bulbs Poyner Spruill LLP 1/13/2011
Climate Change in the Gulf Coast Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/12/2011
Mining Groups Seek to Delay SEC’s Conflict Mineral Deadline Center for Public Integrity 1/11/2011
EPA Needs to Improve Monitoring of Missouri Toxic Waste Site Center for Public Integrity 1/8/2011
Attorney Fees Award May Be Reevaluated When Claims Are Partially Reversed On Appeal - Environmental Protection Information Center, et al. v. California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, et al., A108410 (1st Dist. Div. 5, November 19, 2010) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/7/2011
Economic Recovery: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/6/2011
Landmark Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program Adopted in California Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/6/2011
Blighted Biomass Crop Assistance Program Begins Again Center for Public Integrity 1/5/2011
After Oil Spill Cleanup, Mystery Surrounds Oil Remaining in Gulf Center for Public Integrity 1/4/2011
EPA Reminds Republicans Cap-and-Trade Used to be GOP Idea — and it Worked for Acid Rain Center for Public Integrity 1/3/2011
How Carjackers Celebrate New Year’s Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/31/2010
What’s So Smart About Smart Grids? Poyner Spruill LLP 12/30/2010
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Corporate Social Responsibility Foley Hoag LLP 12/28/2010
President Signs Tax Bill with Numerous Renewable Energy Implications Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/28/2010
The Year in Risk - Recap of Natural and Man-Made Disasters of 2010 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/25/2010
Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of Global Warming Litigation In American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/23/2010
Increase in Accidents Since Ban on Texting Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/22/2010
U.S. Department of Energy Announces up to $30 Million for Research to Advance Next Generation Biofuels Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/18/2010
EPA Workshops: Cumulative Mixtures Risk of Six Selected Phthalates Andrews Kurth LLP 12/17/2010
USEPA’s DRAFT “Integrated Cleanup Initiative” Andrews Kurth LLP 12/16/2010
SEC Moves Ahead On Oil, Mining, Derivatives Transparency Center for Public Integrity 12/16/2010
From Trash to Cash - General Liability Policies Purchased Before Mid-1980s May be Able to be Sold Back. Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/15/2010
Draft Toxicological Review of Hexavalent Chromium: Summary Information on the Integrated Risk Information System Andrews Kurth LLP 12/14/2010
CFTC Proposes Definitions for "Swap Dealer" and "Major Swap Participant" Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/14/2010
Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program: Draft Policies and Procedures for Screening Safe Drinking Water Act Chemicals Andrews Kurth LLP 12/13/2010
The Legal Recourse in a Sea of Oil Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/13/2010
Regulating the Regulators: West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) Forced to Issue Permits to Itself Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/12/2010
Guidance on Planning, Implementing, Maintaining, and Enforcing Institutional Controls at Contaminated Sites Andrews Kurth LLP 12/12/2010
EPA Releases Final Renewable Energy Fuel Standards for 2011 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/11/2010
Capacity Transfers on Intrastate Natural Gas Pipelines Andrews Kurth LLP 12/11/2010
Reform Reading: SEC Tackles Energy Payments, Conflict Minerals Next Week Center for Public Integrity 12/10/2010
New Wisconsin Law Goes Into Effect Banning Landfilling of Used Oil Filters and Absorbents on January 1, 2011 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/10/2010
Intellectual Property Traps When Using Federal Money for Renewable Energy Projects Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/9/2010
Wisconsin Court of Appeals Finds For Insurer Holding That Insured’s Alleged Negligence Was Not An Independent Concurrent Cause of An Accident von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 12/8/2010
Attention Walmart Shoppers: The DHS Needs Your Help Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/8/2010
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards and Fuel Efficiency Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Engines and Vehicles; Proposed R