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Environmental groups file suit

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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March 4 2008

Appalachian Voices and Canary Coalition filed a lawsuit against top ranking Bush Administration officials in U.S. District Court to attempt to stop the federal government from subsidizing nine new coal-fired power plants

Texas court ruling on power plants

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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February 6 2009

A Texas appeals court ruling last week allows construction of a coal-fired power plant to continue

Georgia Supreme Court confirms no CO2 limits for power plant

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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October 2 2009

A unanimous Georgia Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari filed by the Sierra Club and a coalition of environmental groups who are challenging the construction of the first coal-fired power plant to be built in Georgia in two decades

Bombshells in climate change litigation: two major new cases expose greenhouse gas emitters to potential liability

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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October 21 2009

On October 16, 2009, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a federal district court decision that barred claims against energy, fossil fuel, and chemical industry defendants for damages allegedly associated with the intensification of Hurricane Katrina as a result of global climate change

Colorado Lone Pine case could be important for hydraulic fracturing litigationand maybe smaller-scale toxic tort litigation generally

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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January 2 2013

The Colorado case of Strudley v. Antero Resources Corp., No. 2012 CA 1251 (Colo. Ct. App.), centers on the use of a so-called Lone Pine order in the

Judge revokes permit for new coal-fired plant

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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July 2 2008

In a highly controversial move, a Georgia state court has revoked the air permit previously issued by the state for a new coal-fired plant in the state, the first in 20 years

Wyoming Supreme Court: CO2 not subject to regulation

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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March 10 2010

An attempt by environmentalists to limit CO2 emissions from coal-fired power plants in Wyoming has failed

Georgia court gives hope to coal plant

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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August 21 2008

The Georgia Court of Appeals decided yesterday that it would grant a petition to review a previous ruling by the Fulton County Superior Court regarding a coal-fired power plant

Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Richmond: climate change mitigation measures do not stand muster under CEQA

Alston & Bird LLP
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USA
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June 15 2010

In Communities for a Better Environment v. City of Richmond, the California Court of Appeals overturned an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the retrofitting and expansion of an oil refinery

U.S. buyer of Canadian natural gas challenges customs fees

Alston & Bird LLP
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Canada, USA
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September 21 2010

The U.S. Court of International Trade has been asked to consider the applicability of the Merchandise Processing Fee (MPF) to natural gas imported into the United States via pipeline, an issue that could make a difference of more than $10,000 per month to many importers of natural gas and possibly other commodities imported by pipeline

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