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Apr
30
2011
Coal is Back, Even as the Obama Administration Pushes Green Energy Center for Public Integrity
Apr
29
2011
Oil and Gas Fraud Working Group to Focus on Energy Markets Bracewell LLP
Apr
28
2011
Renewing the Debate Over Renewables Poyner Spruill LLP
Apr
28
2011
U.S. EPA Reaches Settlement With Company for nearly $1 Million at Anaconda Copper Mine Superfund Site U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Apr
25
2011
Potential North Carolina Utilities Commission "NCUC" Regulation for Sanitary Districts in North Carolina? Poyner Spruill LLP
Apr
24
2011
EPA Proposes Standards for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Existing Facilities Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
23
2011
IMPACT: In Philadelphia, Plea for Safer Alternative at Refinery Center for Public Integrity
Apr
23
2011
FTC and CFTC to Share Confidential Information, Increases Investigation Risks McDermott Will & Emery
Apr
18
2011
Could Hydrofracking Cause Cancer? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Apr
17
2011
Unprecedented Enforcement Action is First in Mine Act History U.S. Department of Labor
Apr
15
2011
Big Break for Big Oil, Larger Burden for Taxpayers Center for Public Integrity
Apr
15
2011
New Texas Rule Creates Liabilities and Obligations for Operators of Inactive Oil and Gas Wells Bracewell LLP
Apr
14
2011
Municipalities Are Responsible For Discharges Of Stormwater Regardless Of The Ultimate Source Of Pollution Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Apr
11
2011
April 4, 2011 Update on Ongoing Monitoring U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Apr
9
2011
Climate Facts and Fancy: From God to Cows, Facts and Falsehoods Accompany Global Warming Votes Center for Public Integrity
Apr
8
2011
The Year 2010 In Review: Public Works Projects (CA) Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
29
2011
Five Quick Facts About Incoterms 2010 Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Mar
27
2011
U.S. Department of Energy Releases Radiation Monitoring Data from Fukushima Area U.S. Department of Energy
Mar
26
2011
Water Risk in the Middle East Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Mar
19
2011
Quake Concern Delays Nuclear Plant Extension in California Center for Public Integrity
Mar
18
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
Mar
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
Mar
14
2011
Energy Department Announces New Advance in Biofuel Technology U.S. Department of Energy
Mar
12
2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $50 Million Loan for Vehicle Production Group U.S. Department of Energy
Mar
10
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)
Mar
4
2011
ANALYSIS — U.S. Interests at Risk in Six Mideast Nations Center for Public Integrity
Mar
2
2011
Government Accountability Office "GAO" Cites Billions of Dollars in Duplication, From Military to Highways Center for Public Integrity
Feb
28
2011
Arkansas Earthquakes Due to Gas Exploration? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Feb
25
2011
EPA Issues Final Boiler MACT Rules Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
25
2011
Department of Energy Finalizes $96.8 Million Loan Guarantee for Oregon Geothermal Project U.S. Department of Energy
Feb
24
2011
Beyond Tax Subsidies: Developing the Infrastructure for Ethanol Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
23
2011
The Continuing Evolution in Mine Permitting -EPA's War Against Coal Reaches New Heights Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
21
2011
FCC Adopts Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Universal Service and Intercarrier Compensation Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
18
2011
Court Approves Disgorgement of Profits from Anticompetitive Behavior in Electricity Market Bracewell LLP
Feb
17
2011
Republican Duo Supported by Energy Industry Seek to Rein in EPA on Coal Ash Center for Public Integrity
Feb
9
2011
Kentucky Supreme Court Affirms Coal Company’s Efforts to Exercise Surface Rights Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
8
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
Feb
8
2011
A Sputnik Moment for Renewable Energy or Another Failed Launch? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Feb
7
2011
Combating the Pirate Threat: A Rising Risk on the High Seas Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Feb
5
2011
Stream Conductivity: It's Not Just a Mining Issue Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Feb
5
2011
‘Clean Energy’ Expansion Could Strain U.S. Power Grid Center for Public Integrity
Jan
31
2011
Crisis in Egypt: The Economical Repercussions Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jan
26
2011
SEC Proposes Rules to Implement the Dodd-Frank Act’s Mine Safety Disclosure Requirements Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
25
2011
Greenhouse Gas Permitting Requirements Now in Effect (For Now?) Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
18
2011
EPA Defers GHG Permitting Requirements for Biomass Industries Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Jan
14
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
Jan
14
2011
SEC Proposes Disclosure Rules for Payments by Resource Extraction Issuers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jan
6
2011
Landmark Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Program Adopted in California Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
3
2011
EPA Reminds Republicans Cap-and-Trade Used to be GOP Idea — and it Worked for Acid Rain Center for Public Integrity
Dec
31
2010
How Carjackers Celebrate New Year’s Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
 

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