By Charlotte A. Biblow | September 27, 2017
State Environmental Regulation columnist Charlotte A. Biblow writes: The decision issued at the end of August by the state Department of Environmental Conservation denying certain approvals in connection with a proposed natural gas pipeline that would fuel a major new power plant in Orange County may have been seen by environmental activists as a mechanism for local and state regulators to control greenhouse gases in place of a recalcitrant federal government. The euphoria of environmental activists statewide, however, may have been tempered by a subsequent order of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
By Sue Reisinger | September 25, 2017
Kelly Cope, a veteran in-house attorney, will step in.
By Ariel N. Forbes | September 21, 2017
Over the course of the last year, Pennsylvania has experienced a variety of regulatory and legislative developments and proposals relating to oil and gas activity in the state, specifically with regard to environmental rulemaking for unconventional wells, remedies for failure to pay minimum royalties, streamlined permitting procedures for unconventional wells and related infrastructure and severance taxes.
By Michael L. Krancer, Frederick M. Lowther and Margaret Anne Hill | September 18, 2017
FERC issued a key and welcome decision on Sept. 15, when it held that the state of New York, through its passive-aggressive handling of a federal Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 401 certification, had waived its authority to issue the certification.
By Garrett D. Trego | September 15, 2017
Of the 1,343 current Superfund National Priority List (NPL) sites in the nation, over 15 percent are in New Jersey or Pennsylvania. One hundred and fourteen of the sites are in New Jersey, and 95 are in Pennsylvania, the first and third highest totals of any state. The NPL is intended to target and identify the most severe or complex contaminated sites in the country.
By Miriam Rozen | September 14, 2017
The oil company and its lawyers got some good news and some bad news this week in what may be a rising sea of litigation tied to climate change.
By Sue Reisinger | September 6, 2017
James Danly, a Skadden associate who has also served as a U.S. Army officer, will take over the post.
By Katelyn Polantz | September 5, 2017
Norman Bay, the former U.S. attorney for New Mexico and most recently chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Priya Aiyar, previously the Treasury Department's acting general counsel, joined Willkie as partners Tuesday.
By newyorklawjournal | New York Law Journal | August 30, 2017
Agreement Permitted German Firm to Procure Transaction Itself Without Liability to Financier
By Josefa Velasquez | August 21, 2017
The companies behind the Constitution Pipeline project say they are "weighing all options" after the Second Circuit decision Friday dismissing their lawsuit challenging the state's decision not to grant water permits for the project.
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