http://environmental.law360.com/ The Newswire for Legal Professionals Copyright 2009 Portfolio Media, Inc. en-US http://environmental.law360.com/images/headings/logo.gif http://environmental.law360.com/ http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135515 Fifteen rural Pennsylvania families have lodged a suit against Cabot Oil & Gas Corp., claiming the natural gas producer polluted their groundwater wells. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135515 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135390 A federal appeals court has vacated a $6.2 million jury verdict against Century Indemnity Co. in an environmental cleanup suit, ruling that the district court’s all-sums approach and jury instruction were not necessarily accurate in light of recent determinations by Massachusetts’ highest court. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135390 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135426 Several environmental groups have asked to intervene in a lawsuit brought by Mississippi’s levee board against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, voicing support for the EPA’s veto of a Mississippi River flood control project. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135426 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135519 Four environmental groups have informed Mirant Corp. that they intend to sue the power company for alleged Clean Water Act violations at a Maryland coal ash landfill. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135519 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135447 The U.S. International Trade Commission has agreed to extend its target date for completion of an investigation into whether variable-speed wind turbine parts imported by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. infringe two General Electric Co. patents. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135447 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135438 A pipeline leak that poured 227 gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, triggering a $3 million cleanup, is not covered by the insurance belonging to Jefferson Block 24 Oil & Gas LLC because the energy company did not specifically list the structure in its Mineral Management Service forms, the insurers have contended in a recent motion. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135438 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135453 Bankrupt auto parts maker Visteon Corp. is seeking to sell a contaminated piece of land back to an Indiana city, looking for relief from the financial obligations connected to the property. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135453 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135362 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been hit with another lawsuit over its plans to dredge and deepen the Delaware River, with the National Wildlife Federation, the Delaware Riverkeeper Network and other environmental groups challenging the project. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135362 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135197 The U.S. Department of the Interior has put out advance notice of a proposed rule designed to safeguard streams from pollution stemming from surface coal mining, announcing efforts to increase oversight of permitting for those operations. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135197 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135138 A federal appeals court has rendered a disputed lower court ruling in an insurance spat moot and unenforceable, citing a settlement between Olin Corp. and its insurers over $12 million spent cleaning up environmental contamination at two of the chemical producer's facilities near Niagara Falls, N.Y. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135138 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135284 AES Corp. has reached an agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that requires the energy company to keep investors in the loop about the financial risks of global warming and climate change. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135284 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135136 Ohio residents who say Chevron USA Inc. should be held liable for land contamination caused by a refinery are appealing the dismissal of their negligence, strict liability and conversion state law claims. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135136 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135215 A federal judge has decided not to halt construction of a port expansion project in North Charleston, S.C., but declined to rule out future injunctions as the legal battle continues. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135215 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/134167 Any expansion of offshore oil and natural gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf must take environmental concerns into consideration, according to experts who testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Thursday. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/134167 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135209 Ghana has reached an agreement with the European Union to make sure that the West African nation exports only legally harvested timber to Europe, as the EU continues to mull legislation aimed at cutting down on illegal timber imports. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135209 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135236 A couple from Petros, Tenn., has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the Tennessee Valley Authority in connection with a “tidal wave of sludge” triggered when a retaining wall at a coal-waste containment pond broke last year, discharging the pond's contents into Roane County and its waterways and onto the couple's property. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135236 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135102 Four Democrats in Congress gathered Wednesday to urge the Obama administration to abandon the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations and instead put more emphasis on environmental protections and labor rights. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135102 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135090 California's Orange County Water District has asked a federal judge to reconsider her ruling that put an end to 45 of 60 claims against several oil companies of contaminating groundwater with the gasoline additive methyl tertiary-butyl ether. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135090 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135068 The California Energy Commission said Wednesday that it had approved new regulations to implement the nation's first energy efficiency standards for televisions. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135068 http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135022 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a new, stricter air quality standard for sulfur dioxide, marking the first time in almost four decades the regulator has sought to tighten standards on emissions of the pollutant. http://environmental.law360.com/articles/135022