Environmental, Energy & Resources

Environmental law can impact a variety of legal areas and can impact companies as they navigate sometimes complicated regulation landscapes. The National Law Review has legal experts in environmental law who examine developments in the field and break them down, providing thoughtful analysis for readers. 

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Jan
19
2012
Court Requires Reinstatement of Boiler and Incinerator MACT Rules ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
19
2012
Naval Base Kitsap Fails to Properly Monitor Fuel Tanks near Puget Sound for Leaks U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jan
19
2012
FERC Approves Settlement Resolving Electric Power Market Manipulation Investigation into North America Power Partners Officer Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
18
2012
As Electric Vehicles Take Charge, Costs Power Down U.S. Department of Energy
Jan
18
2012
FERC Clarifies Information Required in Cost and Revenue Studies in NGA Section 5 Investigations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
18
2012
Consultation Describes State Aid for Third EU Carbon Emissions Trading Period McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
17
2012
Rebooted California Self-Generation Incentive Program Opens Opportunities for Distributed Generation McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
17
2012
Here We Go Again: Another Attempt at Recovery for Ratepayers Resulting from KeySpan-Morgan Stanley Swap Bracewell LLP
Jan
16
2012
CFTC Interim Rule Limits Futures and Swaps Positions; Challenge Filed, Delay Rejected McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
16
2012
Congress Passes New Bill Aimed at Pipeline Safety Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
16
2012
FERC Enforcement Priorities Unchanged for 2012 McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
16
2012
Clean Energy’s Environmental Problem: The Need for Planning and Consensus Among Unlikely Foes Williams Kastner
Jan
15
2012
Wyoming: Work at Your Own Risk Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jan
15
2012
EC to Regulate Market Abuse in Wholesale Power and Natural Gas Transactions McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
14
2012
Top 12 Energy Issues for 2012 Bracewell LLP
Jan
14
2012
Michigan Riparian Rights: 2000 Baum Family Trust v Babel Varnum LLP
Jan
14
2012
Google Invests $100 Million in Oregon Wind Farm Williams Kastner
Jan
14
2012
Fee-Shifting Ruling Encourages Intervention in Clean Air Challenges Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
14
2012
Court Vacates EPA’s Stay of the Boiler MACT and CISWI Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
14
2012
Settlement to Require Eaton Corporation to Address TCE Contamination at Vehicle Group Plant in Kearney, Neb. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jan
13
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
Jan
13
2012
Oregon 2nd, Washington 6th in Nation in Promoting Clean Energy Williams Kastner
Jan
13
2012
The $24 Million Vapor Intrusion Remedy Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Jan
10
2012
Environmental Law Alert - IDEM Significantly Revised Draft Remediation Closure Guidance and Major Step Towards Final Adoption Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jan
9
2012
EPA Releases 2010 Toxics Release Inventory National Analysis U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jan
6
2012
Department of Energy Launches Initiative with Industry to Better Protect the Nation’s Electric Grid from Cyber Threats U.S. Department of Energy
Jan
6
2012
West Virginia Enacts Comprehensive Horizontal Gas Wells Statute Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jan
4
2012
FERC Rejects Duke-Progress Merger Mitigation Plan Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
4
2012
Court Stays Cross-State Air Pollution Rule ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
3
2012
Breaking Up (Hydrogen) No Longer As Hard To Do U.S. Department of Energy
Jan
3
2012
FERC Imposes Conditions on Proposed Duke-Progress Merger Poyner Spruill LLP
Jan
2
2012
Public Comment Sought on EPA’s Vessel General Permits Varnum LLP
Jan
2
2012
Literally, A Million Dollar Question: Can (or Will) Local Governments Regulate Fracking? Poyner Spruill LLP
Dec
31
2011
Industry Responds to DOE Electric Reliability Report and EPA Power Sector Rules Bracewell LLP
Dec
31
2011
Essroc Cement Company to Pay $1.7 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Air Act Violations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dec
31
2011
Energy Center Planned for Site TBD on Muskegon Lake Varnum LLP
Dec
28
2011
They’re Still Talking About Historic Mercury and Air Toxics Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dec
27
2011
EPA Finalizes 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dec
26
2011
MSHA Announces Results of November Impact Inspections U.S. Department of Labor
Dec
26
2011
EEOC Sues Midwest ISO for Disability Discrimination U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Dec
26
2011
Broad Scope and Impact of California “Green Chemistry” Regulations McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
26
2011
Department of Energy Releases its 2011 Critical Materials Strategy U.S. Department of Energy
Dec
26
2011
Michigan Coal Plant(s) Off the Table Varnum LLP
Dec
25
2011
Polluters in Your Area Center for Public Integrity
Dec
23
2011
Michigan Environmental Regulatory Reforms Enacted Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Dec
23
2011
USEPA Announces Final Utility MACT Rule ArentFox Schiff LLP
Dec
23
2011
EPA Issues First National Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Dec
20
2011
CEQ Issues Draft Guidance to Promote Efficient NEPA Environmental Reviews Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Dec
19
2011
Treasury Clarifies 5 Percent Safe Harbor Ownership Guidelines for Section 1603 Grants for Renewable Energy Projects McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
19
2011
Taking a Cue From Brazil's Sustainable Development Practices Past and Present Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
 

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