Energy Archive » July, 2009

Energy - July, 2009

145 articles

• W.Va. High Court Eyes Judge In Massey Case
• Class Wins Certification In Oxy Suit Over Free Gas
• Oil Contractor To Pay $1M To Avoid FCPA Case
• EMC Security Deposits — Adequate Protection?
• Davis-Lynch Seeks Sanctions For Howrey In IP Suit
• Shell, Exxon Face Private Claims Over Wax Cartel
• Penn State Study Opposes Hydraulic Fracturing Bill
• Senate May Ban Carbon Derivatives Trading: Kerry
• Hunton Vet Snags Role As Chevron VP, GC
• EPA Settles Texas Oil Group's Suit Over Air Rules
• Citgo Ordered To Pay La. Workers Over Oil Spill
• Transocean's Offshore Drilling Patents Invalid: Judge
• Sierra Club Seeks To Block $1.9B Coal Project
• 9th Circ. Denies Challenge To Nuclear Threat Rule
• DC Circ. Clarifies Bush-Era Oil, Gas Drilling Block
• PG&E, DOJ Reach $14.8M Deal Over Calif. Fire
• Utilities And Renewable Energy: To Buy Or To Build?
• CFTC Chief Backs Position Limits On Energy Futures
• US Must Account For Tribal Land Oil Funds: DC Circ.
• ConEd To Recoup $17.6 M Over 9/11 Damage
• Florida Power & Light Sued Over Smart Grid Patents
• Okla. Utility Wins $100M For Union Pacific Overcharge
• 10th Circ. Opens Way For Coal Co. To Enter Mine Spat
• Magellan Snags Flying J's Pipeline In $350M Deal
• Antitrust Counterclaim Dropped In Key Energy IP Suit
• Century Only Liable For Part Of Cleanup: Mass. Court
• Class Cert. Order Vacated In Chevron Asbestos Case
• Defendants Say Hot Fuel MDL A Public Policy Issue
• Ruden McClosky Forms New Utilities, Energy Group
• Another Settlement Offer Filed In Amaranth Case
• 9th Circ. Backs Valdez Damages Plan
• GHG Regulation Of Transportation Fuels In Calif.
• Colo. Gas Co. To Pay $1M To Settle Clean Air Act Suit
• Fed. Circ. Nixes $82M Nuke Waste Award Against US
• Scottrade Seeks To Reopen Modern Energy Suit
• Orrick Loses Sanctions Bid V. Whiteford, Energy Co.
• Suit Against McGuireWoods Stays In Kansas
• Secured Lenders Blast Energy Partners Ch. 11 Plan
• Bill Proposes Liability Trust Fund For CO2 Deposits
• Xcel Faces Female Workers' Equal Pay Suit
• Davis-Lynch Can't Depose Opposing Counsel: Judge
• Chevron Case Sparks Legacy Contamination Fears
• Expert Testimony For Exxon, NYC Pared In MTBE Suit
• Locke Lord Denied As TXCO Ch. 11 Special Counsel
• House OKs $150M For Natural Gas Vehicle Research
• CCS — Opportunity For Federal Funding
• DOI Balks At Pacific's Shedding Of Alaska Assets
• Columbia Gas Bid To Nix Evidence Partly Granted
• Ecuador, Chevron Battle No Longer In US Courts
• Anadarko Seeks To Join Interstate Water Feud
• 9th Circ. Rejects Trout Groups' FERC Challenge
• Govs. Seek More Energy Incentives In Climate Bill
• Electrabel And The EC's Record-Setting Fine
• Plaintiffs In Massey Slurry Suit Want Judge Tossed
• Coal Miners Dig For Unpaid Overtime In BHP Dispute
• PG&E Meter Reader Seeks OT Class Cert.
• SemGroup, Managers Reach Deal On Ch. 11 Plan
• Canadian Implications Of The Waxman-Markey Bill
• US Shipping Deal With Blackstone, Cerberus OK'd
• Feds Offer Oil Lease Sales Despite DC Circ. Ruling
• Exxon Employees Fight NYC Subpoena In MTBE Suit
• EU Targets Energy, Tech, Drugs For Antitrust Action
• Southern Union Unit Settles With Spill Victims
• The Impact Of House Climate Legislation On FERC
• FERC Spares Small Utilities From Power Market Rule
• Provident Creditors Seek Hearing In SEC Ponzi Suit
• FERC Powers Forward With Smart Grid Policy
• Westmoreland To Pay MMS $13.5M Over Royalties
• Trustee Balks At TXCO's Bid To Retain Locke Lord
• EC Escapes Damages In Fight With Schneider Electric
• Progress Energy Sues ACE Over $9M Jury Verdict
• Judge Holds Off On Sunoco Refinery Cleanup Ruling
• Wis. Court Opens Door To Wind Energy
• Mine Co. Appeals Rockies Express Pipeline Challenge
• DOE Moves Ahead With FutureGen 'Clean Coal' Plant
• Challenge To Rockies Express Pipeline Tossed
• Exxon Must Apportion Liability In MTBE Case: Judge
• Exxon Suit Over Seafood Cos. Settlement Remanded
• Dunlop Hit With Another Marine Hose Antitrust Claim
• Provident Creditors Fight To Be Heard In Ponzi Suit
• Hunton Litigation Team Moves To Winston & Strawn
• EU OKs State Aid For UK Carbon Reduction Plan
• Last Antitrust Claim Against Columbia Gas Tossed
• Salazar Calls For Reform Of 1872 Mining Law
• Anadarko, Kerr-McGee Sued Over Tronox Spinoff
• PacifiCorp To Pay $10.5M Over Illegal Eagle Kills
• Ex-CEO Loses Bid to Exit Energytec Ponzi Suit
• Ballard Spahr Draws Sutherland Energy Partner
• DOJ Seeks Cert In Anadarko Royalty Case
• Bankruptcy Judge OKs CDX Affiliate's Ch. 11 Plan
• Morgan Stanley Settles Fuel Price-Gouging Probe
• DC Circ. Orders EPA To Revisit Bush-Era Smog Rule
• 5th Circ. Rebuffs Chevron Contamination Suit Again
• Sediment From Valero Refinery Not Hazardous: EPA
• Calpine Creditor Fights Back In Contract Feud
• Bat Advocates Fight To Halt Work On Wind Farm
• Reid Pushes Back Deadline For Climate Bill
• Geithner Unveils $3B Renewable Energy TARP Funding
• Green Groups Attack Bush-Era Energy Corridor Plan
• Entergy Sued Over Sales To Unaffiliated Marketers
• Solar, Wind Experts Want Full Press Into Alt. Energy
• Cozen O'Connor Adds Two Offices In Eastern Pa.
• Refinery In Limbo, Chevron Appeals Ruling
• With MTBE Trial Near, Exxon Keeps Up NYC Fight
• Supplier Balks At Renew's Bid To Pay Severance
• RI Ups Fines For Industrial Pollution
• G-8 Agrees To Cut Emissions By 80 Percent
• Judge OKs Bankrupt Gas Co.'s $29M Asset Sale
• GCM Contests Chevron Attorneys' Fees In Enviro Spat
• CAA Doesn't Regulate CO2 Emissions, Ga. Court Says
• EU Hits E.ON, GDF Suez With €1.1B Price-Fixing Fine
• The Climate Change And Clean Energy Bill
• Bill Aims To Hand Carbon Market Oversight To CFTC
• DC Circ. Denies Review Of FERC Refund Order
• SEC Accuses Geotec, Execs Of Fraud Scheme
• EU Price-Fixing Fines Loom For E.ON, GDF Suez
• CFTC Considers Limits On Energy Trading
• SEC Accuses Texas Co. Of $485M Ponzi Scheme
• Judge Nixes Antitrust Claims Against Columbia Gas
• Experts Urge New Push On CAIR Clean-Air Regulation
• Exxon To Plead Guilty In Bird Death Suits
• Judge Backs Md. Review Of Constellation Nuclear Deal
• Judge Boots Duke Coal Plant Fight From Fed. Court
• Expansion Of Calif. Chevron Refinery Put On Hold
• Another D&O Insurer Spurns GeoStar
• Superior Offshore CEO Asks To Sue AIG Over Bad Loan
• Experts Push Global Pact On Carbon-Capped Trade
• Key Officials Sent To Sell Senate On Climate Bill
• Kinder Morgan Seeks Docs In $160M Fuel Plume Suit
• Massey Must Rehire Union Miners, 4th Circ. Affirms
• Awaiting Clarity On The Pa. Royalty Statute
• Class Certified In 401(k) Fee Case Against Edison
• An Update On Wind, Solar Energy On Public Lands
• Pacific Energy Wins Approval For Alaska Sale
• Perfect Storm: Law Firm Insolvencies, Jewel V. Boxer
• Obama's EPA: Changing The Regulatory Environment
• Pollution Clause Lets Venoco Insurer Off Hook: Court
• Sotomayor's Approach To Antitrust
• Exxon Left Toxic Waste On Cattle Grazers' Land: Suit
• Coal Co. Objects To CDX Gas Disclosure Statement
• Transmeridian, United Energy Reach Ch. 11 Plan Deal
• EPA To Amend Emissions Standards For Gas Facilities
• 9th Circ. Finds Shell Alaska Drilling Plan Suit Moot
• Trial Ordered Over JPMorgan Role In Enron Dispute
• Republicans Raise Ruckus Over Critical GHG Report