Energy Archive » June, 2009

Energy - June, 2009

171 articles

• EPA Releases List Of Potentially Killer Coal Ash Sites
• NRC Winnows Objections To Yucca Mountain
• Baker Botts Launches 2nd UAE Office In Abu Dhabi
• EPA Greenlights Stricter Auto Emissions Limits In Calif.
• Del. Slaps Valero With $86K Fine Over Emissions
• Incentivizing Renewable Energy With ARRA
• Mass. Agency Backs $8M Outage Fine For National Grid
• Shaping The Renewable Fuels Industry Beyond 2010
• High Court Won't Hear Chevron's Ecuador Appeal
• Nuclear Waste Group Appeals Disposal Defeat
• Concerns Raised Over Sale Of Pacific Energy Assets
• White House Unveils Energy Efficiency Measures
• Refinery Permit Suit Against BP Pared Back
• Spotlight On Climate Bill Shifts To Senate
• Sempra, Insurers Ink $686M Wildfires Settlement
• BP, Texas Agree On Pollution Measures At Refinery
• Halliburton Faces Hydraulic Fracturing Patent Suit
• CORRECTED: Supreme Court Turns Down Ch. 11 Claim Priority Suit
• Flying J Told To Cough Up Transaction Data
• Ex-WolfBlock Energy Chair Heads To LeClairRyan
• House Passes First-Ever GHG Reduction Bill
• Enviros Urge Clinton To Reject Oil Sands Pipelines
• Green Group Blasts TVA Report On Ash Spill
• Ill. Village's Pollution Suit Against Exxon, CBS Tossed
• FX Energy Off Hook In Shareholder Class Action
• Enviro Goals May Require Trade Restrictions: WTO
• House OKs $420M In Climate Change Spending
• Calif. Air Board Postpones Vote On Carbon Fee
• Crane Must Pay $3.7M In Asbestos Case: Minn. Court
• Great American Tries To Buck GeoStar's D&O Claims
• EU Ministers Strike Deal On Industrial Plant Emissions
• EU Confronts 25 States About Energy Competition
• Severstal Hits Pipeline Co. With $20M Damage Suit
• States Urge Quick Action On GHG Regulations
• EPA May Have To Halt GHG Assessment Method
• BofA Wins $19M In Fees In AEP Natural Gas Case
• Stena Drillship Still Faces Transocean Patent Claims
• Chevron, Others Seek Costs For Superfund Site Work
• SemCrude Lenders Object To Disclosure Statement
• Class Cert. Bid Nixed In Conoco FMLA Case
• DC Circ. Backs FERC In New England Power Battle
• Offshore Oil Speculation Measure Stalls In Senate
• Obama Calls On House To Approve Energy Bill
• Virgin Islands Denied Immunity On CERCLA Claims
• Davis-Lynch Drops 1 Defendant In Drilling Patent Spat
• US Chamber Fights EPA GHG Endangerment Finding
• Morgan Lewis Scores Baker Botts Oil, Gas Head
• EPA Official Criticizes Mountaintop Coal Mining
• Pillsbury Snags Energy Expert From Morgan Lewis
• NRG Suit Over Exelon's $6.2B Buyout Offer Tossed
• Entergy Asks To Pause Refund Suit For FERC Ruling
• Conoco Blasts SemCrude Disclosure Statement
• 1st Circ. Lets Esso Off Hook For Cleanup — For Now
• Union Sues Pacific Energy For Alaska Oil Profits
• US Charges Exxon In Bird-Death Investigation
• Energy Guru Jumps From Troutman Sanders To Schiff
• Group Sues BLM Over Drilling Leases At Monument
• 8th Circ. Revives Ark. Farm Contamination Lawsuit
• Merrill Execs In Enron Deal Can Be Retried: 5th Circ.
• DOC Takes First Step In Smart Grid Standards Plan
• Superior Alleges Prices On Flights To Oil Rigs Fixed
• Q&A With Morgan Lewis' John D. McGrane
• T&K Snags King & Spalding Energy Lawyer
• Con Ed Loses Bid To Challenge NYC Cleanup Deal
• Supreme Court Blocks Retrial For Ex-Enron Exec
• Ex-Enron Broadband Exec Settles SEC Case For $1M
• 7th Circ. Backs IRS Access To Valero Tax-Prep Docs
• Exxon Reaches Rare Settlements In MTBE Litigation
• China Says BHP-Rio Tinto Deal May Require Review
• Ex-Aerokinetic GC Loses Bid To Toss SEC Case
• Energy Partners To Start Push For Ch. 11 Plan Votes
• RI House Greenlights Green Electricity Bids
• SEC Hits Former Quest Execs With $11M Fraud Suit
• W.Va. Halts Approvals Of Coal Slurry Injection Permits
• Sens. Seek Tax Solutions For Free Emissions Credits
• Valero Refinery Under Scrutiny For Toxic Flares
• Recovery Act Essentials: Solar Energy Funding
• Fast Action Needed To Curb Global Warming: Report
• Enviro Groups Add Claims To Oil Shale Suit
• EPA Orders Texas To Revamp Citgo Refinery Permit
• Senate Panel Approves Broad Energy Bill
• Optionable Shareholders Lose Bid To Revive Action
• High Court Rules Valdez Ship Tax Is Unconstitutional
• Exxon Owes $508M, Interest For Oil Spill: 9th Circ.
• EEOC Report Struck From Duke Energy Racism Suit
• High Court To Hear Shell Dispute With Station Owners
• Sunoco Not Liable As Successor For Cleanup: Judge
• Ky. Gas Royalties Fraud Action Settled For $28.7M
• Drilling Cos. Clash Over Borehole Patent
• Maryland Opposes Constellation Appeal Over EDF Deal
• Oil, Gas Industry Outspends Feds On Emissions: Study
• Work Illness Claims May Not Be Time-Barred: 5th Circ.
• DC Circ. Lets FERC Wholesale Rates Order Stand
• Senate Committee Approves Smart Grid Measure
• Calif. Conoco Workers Lose Renewed Class Status Bid
• Domestic Offset Quota May Be Difficult To Reach
• Sens. Aim To Cut Off Black Liquor Tax Credit
• RI Aims To Kick-Start Renewable Energy Projects
• Another View Of Sotomayor's Enviro Record
• MG Workers Get Surprise Cert. Denial In Age Bias Suit
• Feds Unveil Green Initiative On Mountaintop Mining
• Calif. AG Sues Utilities Over $5B In Crisis Transactions
• Team To Reconsider Oil, Gas Leases On Utah Land
• W.Va. Wind Farm Violates ESA: Bat Lovers
• Green Groups Seek Sanctions In Forest Drilling Suit
• Baker & McKenzie Lures 7 Energy Lawyers From T&K
• Sen. Wants To Require Offshore-Hoarding Disclosures
• 250 Plaintiffs Barred From $1B Exxon Gas Leak Suit
• Jury Backs Oil Co. In Royalty Class Action
• Entergy Wins Bid To Break Up Race Bias Case
• Drilling Co. Off Hook Over Platform Helicopter Crash
• Sutherland Nabs Energy Partner From Epstein
• GDF Suez Unit Fined €20M For Acquisition Of Rival
• Lawmakers Push Hydraulic Fracturing Disclosure Law
• $10.3M Flying J, Contractor Settlement OK'd
• SEC Alleges Warrior Energy Insider Trading Scam
• Enviro Impact Report For Chevron Expansion Nixed
• SEC Sues Father-Son Execs Over $15M Oil, Gas Scam
• Ecuador Triumphs In $2B Claim Over Electricity Deal
• Omega Oil Drops Trade Secrets Spat Against Rival
• Judge Tosses Texas Suit Over Open Boreholes
• Shell Settles Nigerian Human Rights Suits For $15.5M
• High Court Affirms Deadline For Qui Tam FCA Appeals
• Kinder Morgan Insurer Wants To Arbitrate Leak Spat
• Calif. Jury Raises Aera Pollution Payout To $8.5M
• Duke Energy To Build Smart Grid In Ind.
• 3 More Execs To Be Added To $362M SemGroup Suit
• CBO Puts Price Tag On Climate Change Bill
• France To Ax VAT From Carbon Permit Trading Cost
• 6th Circ. Backs Lease Extension For Inactive Oil Site
• Calif. Drilling Proposal Draws Fire From Lands Panel
• Lawmakers Say Waxman-Markey Will Hurt Farmers
• Groups Challenge Power Lines For SD Coal Plant
• House Republicans Blast Climate Change Bill
• TVA Plans $820M Gas Plant To Cut Emissions
• Pricaspian Denied Again Over Shell Oil Profits
• Eni Challenges Fenosa, Gas Natural Link-Up
• Noble Sues Pacific Energy Over $1.1M Oil Deal
• Texas AG Seeks $100M For Violations At BP Refinery
• Salazar Offers Input On Carbon Storage Plan
• Gavilon Wins Judgment In Crude Contract Suit
• Number Of New Clean Energy Patents Drops Slightly
• Ga. Court Revives Southstar Overcharge Action
• Climate Risks Not Being Disclosed To Investors: Report
• First Impressions Of Sotomayor's Enviro Record
• Sen. Demands Posting Of Renewable Energy Bonds
• EU Southern Corridor — The 'New Silk Road'
• Waxman-Markey V. EU Emissions Trading Scheme
• UN Says Sustainable Energy Efforts Need Cash Boost
• Oil Groups, County Sue Over Allegheny Forest Deal
• Creditors Protest White Energy's Collateral Plan
• Massey Insurance Row Sent To Arbitration In NY
• Nigerians' Human Rights Case Against Shell Revived
• Key Energy Beats Insurer In Race To File Suit
• Texas Petroleum Hit With Suit Over La. Oil Spill
• Wyo. Eyes Stricter Ozone Limit In Drilling Area
• EPA Cites BP's Ind. Refinery For CAA Breaches
• Pacific Energy Creditors Blast DIP 'Scheme'
• Conn. House Votes To Expand State's Solar Program
• Plaintiffs Seek Reconsideration In Gas Antitrust MDL
• Lawmakers Push For Action On Coal Permit Backlog
• NC Agency Leaps Into Duke Energy Plant CAA Fight
• Exxon, GM To Pay Up To $12M For Pa. Cleanup
• Chesapeake Barred From Antitrust Cash: 5th Circ.
• States Can Handle Hydraulic Fracturing: Gas Industry
• TVA Says Pollution Suit Ruling Would Cost $1B
• Duke To Shut Generators, Pay Fine For CAA Slip-Ups
• Transmeridian Centers Liquidation Plan On Ufex Sale
• Georgia Power Hits Coal Co. With $64M Contract Suit
• Sun Sets On Solar Legislation In Texas
• Marathon Oil Sues Pacific Energy Over Drilling Costs