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Wetlands: federal court enjoins Florida strip mine

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 13 2010

A federal judge in Florida has granted a request for a preliminary injunction to prevent the strip mining of phosphate at a 10,800-acre site in central Florida

Fifth Circuit upholds EPA’s Phase III cooling water intake rule

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 6 2010

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld EPA's Phase III cooling water intake rule which regulates existing small power plants and other existing facilities in industries such as pulp and paper, chemicals, petroleum and coal products, and primary metals

D.C. Circuit allows natural gas drilling project in Wyoming to proceed

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 6 2010

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) approval of natural gas drilling on a 270,000-acre tract in Wyoming

California air board to require energy audits of large industrial facilities

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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August 6 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB), a department of CalEPA, has adopted a regulation that will require about 60 large industrial facilities in the state to analyze energy consumption and identify potential energy efficiency measures

Air: Federal court rules EPA not required to block power plants

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 30 2010

A federal judge in the District of Columbia has ruled that the Clean Air Act (CAA) does not require EPA to stop the construction of three power plants in Kentucky

EC adopts power plant emissions cap for 2013

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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European Union
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July 23 2010

The European Commission (EC) has adopted an emissions cap for 2013 for power plants and industrial installations covered by the EU Emission Trading System (ETS), which will allow facilities to emit 1.927 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide

Toxic tort: Ninth Circuit rules economic loss doctrine bars negligence claim in cleanup

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 23 2010

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has reportedly ruled that the economic loss doctrine under Nevada law bars a landowner’s claim that an oil company negligently failed to comply with cleanup obligations in leases and other contracts

Renewable fuels: EPA proposes renewable fuel standard for 2011

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 23 2010

EPA has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would set the levels of ethanol and other biofuels required in the nation's 2011 motor fuel supply at a range between 6.5 million and 25.5 million gallons

Greenhouse gases: EPA seeks information on biomass emissions

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 23 2010

EPA has called for information on approaches to accounting for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from bioenergy and other biogenic sources

Greenhouse gases: EPA publishes final rule requiring four sectors to report GHG emissions

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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July 23 2010

EPA has published a final rule that requires coal mines, industrial waste landfills, industrial waste water treatment systems, and magnesium production facilities to monitor and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions