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West Virginia Supreme Court reverses trial court rulings, reinstates flood litigation cases

  • Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 24 2008

On June 26, 2007, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued a per curiam decision in the Mass Litigation Proceeding known as In Re: Flood Litigation (Civ. Action No. 02-C-797, Raleigh County Circuit Court), reversing separate rulings issued by Circuit Court Judges Recht and Hutchison that would have substantially limited plaintiffs' ability to go forward with such claims

Supreme Court environmental rulings boost confidence in alternative energy investments

  • Duane Morris LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 9 2007

Two recent U.S. Supreme Court rulings on environmental issues give support to agencies and companies investing in renewable energy

Two U.S. Supreme Court rulings pave the way, maybe

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 5 2007

On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision (Massachusetts, et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al.) that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had a duty to regulate carbon dioxide (CO2) and three other greenhouse gases (GHGs) as air pollutants under the federal Clean Air Act (CAA) unless it could find better support to justify its decision than it articulated to the court

Supreme Court clarifies Clean Air Act’s “modification” concept

  • Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 25 2007

On April 2nd, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Prevention of Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) permitting is triggered when facility modifications result in an increase in the annual amount of pollution emitted even where the hourly rate of emissions is not affected

US EPA's mercury regulation for utilities vacated by DC Circuit Court of Appeals

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 22 2008

On February 8, 2008 the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals issued its decision in New Jersey v. EPA vacating: (1) EPA's rulemaking removing power plants from maximum achievable control technology (MACT) regulation under the Clean Air Act Section 112 and (2) EPA's related Clean Air Mercury Rule, which had established a cap-and-trade system for power plant mercury emissions

Environmental groups file suit

  • Alston & Bird LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • 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

Colorado Court of Appeals affirms Hogan & Hartson defense of power plant construction permits in Colorado for client Xcel Energy

  • Hogan Lovells
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 31 2008

On February 7, 2008, the Colorado Court of Appeals, in a coherent, straight-forward opinion, comprehensively affirmed a Colorado state district court decision upholding Colorado Air Pollution Control Division permits for construction of a third generating unit (Unit 3) at Hogan & Hartson client Xcel Energy Company’s Comanche coal-fired power plant in Pueblo, Colorado

Environmental punitive damages awards and due process: lessons learned from the Exxon Valdez oil spill

  • White & Case LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 17 2007

Although the grounding of the Exxon Valdez occurred almost twenty years ago, its consequences are still being felt in environmentally sensitive industries

Rhode Island residents settle with New England Gas Co.

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2008

On April 24, 2008, lawyers representing 120 Rhode Island residents announced a settlement of their lawsuit alleging contamination of their homes from hazardous waste beneath the properties

Supreme Court to hear utility industry appeal of EPA regulations

  • Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 23 2008

On April 14, 2008, the United States Supreme Court accepted an appeal challenging the EPA’s regulations for retrofitting power plant cooling tower intakes

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