Article(s) published by this organization: 57
 | Lawsuit Targeting Dominion Virginia Coal-Fired Power Plant Forces Revised Permit, but GHG Emissions Challenge Unsuccessful Lucy Wheatley; Howrey LLP; September 29, 2009, previously published on September 21, 2009 A recent victory for environmental activists in a lawsuit against Dominion Virginia Power may turn out to be less significant than it first appeared. The case, filed in Richmond Circuit Court by the Wise Energy for Virginia Coalition, challenged the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)... |
| Lawsuit Alleges California's Cap-And-Trade Plan Fails To Minimize GHG Emissions Lucy Wheatley Lucy; Howrey LLP; September 29, 2009, previously published on September 17, 2009 A lawsuit by several environmental advocacy groups against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) (09-509562) continues to wend its way through the San Francisco Superior Court, with a scheduled hearing on the Environmental Defense Fund's motion to file an intervening complaint being the next... |
| US State Department Sued over Permit Approval for "Alberta Clipper" Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Susanne M. Calabrese; Howrey LLP; September 28, 2009, previously published on September 24, 2009 Four environmental and Native American advocacy groups have filed suit challenging the US State Department's August approval of Enbridge Energy's plans to build the Alberta Clipper tar sands pipeline. The pipeline would pump 450,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from northern Alberta to... |
| Second Circuit Reversal in Connecticut v. American Electric Power Enables Significant Climate Change Litigation to Proceed Howrey LLP; September 29, 2009, previously published on September 22, 2009 In a long-awaited decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed the district court's decision in Connecticut v. American Electric Power Co. ("AEP"), a public nuisance lawsuit filed by eight state attorneys general, the City of New York, and three land trusts... |
| Tennessee Valley Authority Ordered By EPA to Revise Permit for Coal-Fired Plant Wendy McGuire Coats; Howrey LLP; September 29, 2009, previously published on September 16, 2009 The US Environmental Protection Agency has sided with environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity, and ruled that a permit for a Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired plant in Drakesboro, Kentucky failed to account for air pollution (specifically the... |
| National Research Council Recommends Use Of "Full Fuel Cycle" Measurements in Setting Appliance Efficiency Standards Susanne M. Calabrese; Howrey LLP; September 14, 2009, previously published on September 1, 2009 The National Research Council (NRC), part of the National Academy of Sciences, recently released a report advising the Department of Energy (DOE) to update its criteria for setting appliance energy-efficiency standards. The new analysis would incorporate energy consumed in producing and... |
| NYU Law School Sponsors Cap-And-Trade Petition; Proposes Market-Based Approach to Controlling Motor Vehicle Emissions Amy Garber; Howrey LLP; September 14, 2009, previously published on September 8, 2009 The Institute for Policy Integrity (IPI), a nonprofit advocacy think-tank organization at NYU School of Law, has filed a petition for rulemaking with Lisa P. Jackson, the Administrator of the EPA. The petition proposes a cap-and-trade system to control greenhouse gas emissions from fuels used in... |
| Ohio Edison Agrees To Repower Coal Plant with Biomass, Reducing Carbon Emissions Susanne M. Calabrese; Howrey LLP; September 14, 2009, previously published on September 9, 2009 Ohio Edison Company has agreed, as part of a consent decree, to retrofit one of its coal-fired power plants to use primarily biomass. The agreement was reached in federal court in the Southern District of Ohio and announced by the US Justice Department and the US Environmental Protection Agency... |
 | CAFC Reverses the Bose Case and Rejects Medinol's "Should Have Known" Standard in Fraud Cases Howrey LLP; September 14, 2009, previously published on August 31, 2009 In a long-awaited decision that is likely to curtail the number of USPTO-based "fraud" claims, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") reversed the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's ("Board") decision to cancel Bose Corp.'s WAVE registration in Bose... |
| IGCC Aims for Regulatory Framework for Green Construction Amy Garber; Howrey LLP; July 16, 2009, previously published on July 6, 2009 On June 29, the International Code Council (ICC), in conjunction with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) announced the launching of a new initiative, the International Green Construction Code (IGCC). |
