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Energy - October, 2008

151 articles

• Incoming Administration Eyes Ambitious Energy Goals
• NYC Cabbies Stall Mayor's Gas-Efficiency Mandate
• Govt. Sues Enbridge Energy Over 2002 Oil Spill
• Impact Of Act 129 On Pa. Default Electricity Service
• SemGroup Energy Subpoenaed Over Ch. 11 Case
• Mich. City Tags Sunoco For Cleanup Costs
• Miss. Public Service Commission Subpoenas Entergy
• Massive Superfund Deal Calls For $29M Cleanup
• Business Method Patents Down But Not Out: Experts
• Sempra Wins $48.5M Over Bad Investment Advice
• Plaintiffs In Hybrid LMRA/ERISA Case Get Jury Trial
• Eni Completes Distrigas Deal With GDF Suez
• Duke Energy Reaches Settlement Over Rate Hikes
• Sierra Club Initiates Probe Into Ind. Gov.'s Records
• Expanding FERC Jurisdiction To Carbon Markets
• Luke Oil Pushes Judge To Rethink Stay In SemCrude
• Gazprom Looks To Up Independent Pipeline Access
• Swiss Officials Must Cough Up Alstom Docs
• 6 Heller Ehrman Litigators Jump To Sidley Austin
• NY AG Moves To Stamp Out Wind Farm Graft
• Oil City Petroleum Dodges Exxon Cleanup Claim
• Chevron, Nigerians Spar Over Fatal Barge Incident
• 7th Circ. Puts Brakes On Ill. Coal Plant
• Implications Of The PHMSA Final Rule
• Constellation Energy Hit With ERISA Class Action
• EPA To Issue Relaxed Power Plant Rules
• EPA Shifts Power To Tribes For First Time
• FERC OKs $14M Calif. Energy Crisis Settlement
• Sen. Stevens Convicted Of Corruption Charges
• Eliminating Fossil Fuel Use By 2090 Possible: Study
• Texas Tops CO2 Emissions In New EIA Study
• UK House Urges Decisive Green Energy Action
• Financial Woes To Spur M&A In Oil Industry: Report
• 8th Circ. Nixes Enviro Appeal Of Reservoir Rebuild
• Jury To Hear Chevron's Nigerian Violence Trial
• Rosetta Resources To Pay Calpine $97M
• EU Lawmakers Vie For Influence Over Emissions Policy
• Interior Moves To Ramp Up Geothermal Production
• Credit Suisse Will Offer $200M Structured CO2 Deal
• The Era Of Climate Change Regulation Has Begun
• The Viability Of Carbon Markets At Home And Abroad
• FTC Sues To Block $85M CCS-Newpark Deal
• Dynegy To Disclose Climate Change Risk To Investors
• BP Plan Sues Northern Trust For Securities Lending
• Travelers Appeal Nixed In Refinery Fire Benefits Case
• CenterPoint Unit Pleads For Dismissal From MDL
• DOJ Tight-Lipped On Oil Lease Scandal: Conyers
• Ousted Exec Copped To Bid-Rigging: Halliburton
• FERC Orders Unlimited Time To Rethink LNG Terminal
• FERC's Policy Statement On Compliance
• Optionable Shareholder Suit Dead In The Water
• Gas Grids May Be Anti-Competitive: Germany
• Solar Panel Maker Sues Lehman, Barclays
• Oil Cos Settle Suit Over Mass. Oil Spill
• Ore. Governor Asks FERC To Rethink LNG Terminal
• FERC Nixes Proposed Maine LNG Terminal
• Aussie Cap-And-Trade Threatens LNG Plan: Chevron
• Exxon Apologizes In $1B Groundwater Pollution Trial
• NRDC Files For Summary Judgment In Pipeline Suit
• DOI Seeks To Change Dumping Rule For Coal Mines
• Wilson Sonsini Lands Former Heller Energy Chair
• Govt. Help Needed For CO2 Storage, Report Says
• Wildlife Group Jumps Into Polar Bear Protection Suit
• DOE To Pay Dominion $155M In Nuclear Fuel Suit
• Court Upholds Permit For Duke Coal Plant
• FERC Finalizes New Wholesale Electric Market Rules
• Enron Creditors To Receive $27M
• 5th Circ. Wipes $136M In Damages From GE's Slate
• 9th Circ. Stands By FERC In Hydroelectric Plant Spat
• Panda, Calpine Settle $200M Contract Dispute
• CAIR Future Still Uncertain
• Electric Corridor Suit Against DOE Tossed
• MidAmerican, Alcoa Settle EPA Superfund Suits
• Eni Wins EU Approval To Acquire Distrigaz
• Gas Co. Convicted Of Illegally Storing Mercury
• Economic Troubles May Delay Carbon Regs Worldwide
• Reliant Energy Channelview Plan Headed For Vote
• EU Vows To Push Forward On Climate Change Policy
• SemGroup Looks To Sell Off UK Facility
• Ex-Enron Broadband CEO Cops $8.7M Plea
• Embryonic Stages Of Federal Climate Change Policy
• Ex-Energy Corp. CEO Pleads Guilty In Stock Scheme
• President Bush Signs Off On Mercury Export Ban
• CBS, ExxonMobil Sued Over Ill. Superfund Site
• Wildlife Officials Told To Dismiss Climate Impact
• EU Launches €1B Fuel Cell, Hydrogen Initiative
• EPA Grants Controversial Storm Water Permit To GE
• Designing The Western Carbon Frontier
• Italy Ups Energy Fine Limit To 10% Of Revenues
• Judge Sinks Boat Damage Case Against Oil Firms
• Iraq Opens First Round Of Oil Bidding Post-Hussein
• Con Ed Sued Over Pipeline Patents
• Environmental Suits Vex US Firms: Survey
• Nev. AG Contests EPA Radiation Standards At Yucca
• BLM Strikes Back In Grand Canyon Mining Case
• Credit Crunch Threatens Entergy Nuclear Spin-Off
• Global Carbon Market To Top $100B Barrier In 2008
• EPA Takes On CITGO Over Chemical Inventory
• EPA Forced To Hand Over More On Asarco FOIA Bid
• GAO Probes Quick Access To Utah Gas Wells
• Del. Approves Wind Power Deals
• Green Group Aims To Stop Colo. Coal Mine Expansion
• The Show Business Of Litigation
• FERC Sticks To Guns In $9M Edison Mission Case
• DOE Calls For 'Advanced Biofuels'
• Italian Antitrust Regulator Probes Enel
• Groups Sue National Coal Over Selenium Dumping
• Lawyers Look To High Court For Superfund Clarity
• Heller Ehrman's Loss Is Pillsbury's Gain
• FERC's Comments On MMS Alternative Energy Rule
• Flex Fuels Sues To Stop Director's Takeover Bid
• Finally, More Renewable Energy Tax Credit Provisions
• Judge Trims Citgo Award In Ruptured Pipeline Suit
• Court Pinches Claims In Amaranth Futures Suit
• UN Report Criticizes Biofuel Subsidies
• FERC Reapproves Gas Terminal Expansion Project
• No Arbitration Obligation For Ecuador In Chevron Suit
• House Lawmakers Unveil Climate Change Draft Bill
• DOI To Designate Critical Habitat For Polar Bears
• Lead Optionable Plaintiff Begs Court For Access
• EU Panel Approves Climate Change Bill
• Pa. Adopts Voluntary GHG Registry
• Supreme Court Won't Consider Md. LNG Terminal Law
• NJ Paves Way For State's First Offshore Wind Farm
• Nippon Offers $30M To End Battery Patent Suit
• Wis. Clamps Down On Mercury Emissions
• Energy Survey Captures Latin American Outlook
• Sasol To Appeal €318M Wax Cartel Fine
• Fuel Tech Co. Faces Securities Suit Over Additives
• Judge Drops Part of Exxon's Third-Party Claims
• Chevron Lobbying Won't Kill Ecuadorian Suit: Critics
• EPA Sues Pipeline Co. Over Jet Fuel Spill
• BP Plant Upgrades Violate Clean Air Act: EPA
• Cooley Godward Snags Displaced Heller Lawyers
• Russia's Sakhalin Oil Project Under New Legal Fire
• Lehman Moves To Sell Off Energy Co. For $230M
• Judge Declines To Toss Sen. Stevens' Case
• EPA Settles Claims With Merit Energy, Shell
• CFTC Announces Record $630M In Fines For 2008
• Steptoe Welcomes Back Firm's Former Chairman
• NM Moves To Prevent Construction Of Coal Plant
• Last US Suit Against AWB Over Oil-For-Food Tossed
• Enviro Groups Sue PGE Over Clean Air Violations
• High Court To Hear Shell, Railroads Superfund Appeal
• Mass. AG Appeals NRC Decision On Rulemaking
• EU Slaps €676M Fine On Paraffin Wax Cartel
• Tesoro Sues Calif. Regulators Over Ethanol Gas Rule
• Renewable Tax Credit Bill Added To Bailout Plan
• Wind Farms Do Not Pose Risks To Birds: Study
• Court Nixes Class Bid By Halliburton Shareholders
• US Appeal Over Tribe's Mining Lease Gets Cert