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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Jul
9
2011
 California Air Regulators Move Forward With Carbon Trading Program But Delay Enforcement Until 2013 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
9
2011
 Not Just Loose Change: Bottom Line Benefits of Sustainability Innovations Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jul
9
2011
 The NJ Solar Energy Industry: Boom, Correction And The Future - Part I Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Jul
8
2011
 EPA and Corps of Engineers Extend Comment Period for Revised Guidance on Identifying Waters Subject to the Clean Water Act Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
7
2011
 EPA selects Colorado, North Dakota sites as case study locations for national hydraulic fracturing study U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jul
6
2011
 June Proves To Be A Busy Month For ARB And Its Proposed Cap-and-Trade Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
5
2011
 Update on Federal Response to Oil Spill Near Billings, Montana U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jul
2
2011
 NYSDEC Recommends Lifting Fracking Ban, Subject to Limitations Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
30
2011
 Supreme Court Changes the Climate on Greenhouse Gas Suits Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
29
2011
 Federal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Local Carbon Tax Dispute Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
29
2011
 Wisconsin DNR’s New Phosphorus Rules: Update – They Are in Effect Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
28
2011
 EPA Rejects Confidential Business Information Claims for More than 150 Chemical Names – Posts Information on EPA Website Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
26
2011
 Drinking Water State Revolving Funds Now Available to Private Water Companies Poyner Spruill LLP
Jun
25
2011
 More Year of the Hack: Government Based Cyber Security Threats Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
25
2011
 Global Warming and Droughts Not New Information; Project Opponents Must Fairly Present Claims Before Filing CEQA Lawsuit Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
23
2011
 FERC Punts on Generators' Appeals of NERC Registrations Bracewell LLP
Jun
22
2011
 Insurance for Hydrofracking Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
22
2011
 Corps Drops Appeal Over Wetlands Rules Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
22
2011
 American Electric Power v. Connecticut: The Dog That Did Not Bark Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
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
Jun
21
2011
 Environmental Law Alert - Climate Change Torts Thrown Out of Court Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
21
2011
 Lester Brown on How Climate Change Is Catastrophically Straining the Global Food Supply Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
20
2011
 Mine Operators Face Additional Challenges, Burdens, Under New Specialized SEC Disclosure Regime Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
19
2011
 California and Florida Lead Trend of New State-Level Iran Sanctions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
19
2011
 A Year of Unprecedented Tornadoes and Floods — And How Insurance Helps Companies Rebuild Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
18
2011
 Deepwater Drilling: Offshore Oil Progress Delayed Under "Slowmatorium" Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Jun
17
2011
 U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Wisconsin’s New Source Review Reform Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jun
16
2011
 Court Affirms CEQA Does Not Require Cumulative Impact Analysis Where Project Makes No Contribution to Groundwater Impacts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
13
2011
 CERCLA Updates Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
10
2011
 Superior Court's Injunction Preventing California's Cap and Trade Program Has Been Stayed...Right? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jun
8
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
Jun
5
2011
 The Risks of Hydrofracking Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
4
2011
 EPA Funds 10 Small Businesses to Develop Environmental Technologies U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Jun
4
2011
 The Countries Most at Risk for Energy Security Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
1
2011
 Governor Cuomo Tells NYSDEC To Consider Pennsylvania Well Blowout in Horizontal Drilling Review, Finish Review by July 1 Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jun
1
2011
 Tier 1 and Tier 2 WPDES General Storm Water Permits Reissued Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
31
2011
 Massachusetts is Winding the Future U.S. Department of Energy
May
29
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
May
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
May
28
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
May
28
2011
 How Energy Companies Reduce Risk Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
May
25
2011
 US Labor Department’s order involving mine operator’s failure to timely notify of roof collapse upheld U.S. Department of Labor
May
24
2011
 Department of Energy Offers Conditional Commitment for Loan Guarantee to Support Solar Generation Project in Nevada U.S. Department of Energy
May
24
2011
 Senate Rejects Bill Attempting to Speed Up Offshore Drilling Greenberg Traurig, LLP
May
23
2011
 U.S. Department of Energy Announces Expanded Partnership with Industry to Advance Next-Generation Automotive Technologies U.S. Department of Energy
May
23
2011
 Permitting Some Fudging on Oil Stats: Fact Check Center for Public Integrity
May
23
2011
 Texas Egg Producer to Pay $1.9 Million Penalty to Resolve Clean Water Act Violations U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
May
22
2011
 DOE Announces Funding for U.S.-India Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center U.S. Department of Energy
May
21
2011
 Statement by MSHA Assistant Secretary Joseph A. Main on release of Upper Big Branch Independent Investigation Report U.S. Department of Labor
May
20
2011
 Persistent black lung, old scourge of coal, found in autopsies of most Massey miners Center for Public Integrity
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