Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com, August 16, 2011 By: Jeff Morganteen State environmental officials and city firefighters on Tuesday helped contain contaminated soil that surfaced from a remediated plot in the South End once home to the Pitney Bowes factory. Contaminated soil entered a sewer line after a construction crew dug into a remediated “brownfield” at the old […]

Read here about a new rule for Marcellus shale natural gas drillers filed in W. Virginia.

Source: Lawyers USA, August 15, 2011 Posted on: http://fpn.advisen.com A pair of South Carolina attorneys recently won millions in a personal injury case after rejecting a low ball settlement offer and overcoming a lack of medical evidence to prove the cause of their client’s life-altering disability. William S. Tetterton and co-counsel Vincent A. Sheheen represented a […]

Source: Houston Chronicle, August 25, 2011 Posted on: http://envfpn.advisen.com A new assessment of the Marcellus Shale says the formation in the Northeastern U.S. may contain 84 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, recoverable natural gas, far more than believed less than a decade ago. The new assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey updates a 2002 study […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On July 28, 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new proposed standards that would reduce air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. The rules take aim at smog-forming volatile organic compound (VOC) […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On July 29, 2011, President Obama unveiled the largest increase in corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards since the 1970s. While the proposal must now enter the interagency review process, the administration hopes to […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandated by the Clean Air Act to review ozone national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) every five years. Following the latest scheduled review in 2008, President Bush reduced […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released its Final Rule on Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities on July 21, 2011. The new rule is meant to address […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On May 16, 2011, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) initiated the annual process for New Jersey’s four Electric Distribution Companies (EDCs) to participate in auctions to procure billions of dollars of […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On June 7, 2011, Governor Christie release a draft version of the 2011 New Jersey Energy Master Plan (EMP), which outlines New Jersey’s immediate and long-term energy policy. The governor’s office and the New […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 In an order released on July 19, 2011, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) declined to institute a formal rulemaking proceeding on smart grid standards, after FERC determined that five “families” of standards developed by […]

Source: Cozen O’Connor’s Energy, Environmental and Utilities Group “News Concerning Recent Developments in Energy and Environmental Law” Newsletter, August 16, 2011 On March 8, 2011, Governor Corbett created the Governor’s Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission (the commission). Comprising 30 stakeholders including experts from the environmental community, the natural gas industry, local government representatives, and state government […]