Environmental Law

  • Power company puts carbon capture project on hold
    AP (July 14, 2011)
    COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - American Electric Power Co. said Thursday it was putting a hold on its plans for a commercial-scale carbon dioxide capture and storage project in West Virginia because of uncertainty surrounding U.S. climate policy and what the company described as a weak economy.
     
  • Oil spill cause could take months to determine
    AP (July 14, 2011)
    WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal safety official says it will probably be months before investigators know what caused an ExxonMobil oil pipeline to rupture near Billings, Mont., spilling about 1,000 barrels of crude oil into the Yellowstone River.
     
  • China probing ConocoPhillips' role in oil spill
    AP (July 05, 2011)
    SHANGHAI (AP) - China's State Oceanic Administration said Tuesday it is investigating ConocoPhillips' role in a recent oil spill and still assessing possible damage to the environment.
     
  • Bahamas government bans commercial shark fishing
    AP (July 05, 2011)
    NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) - The Bahamas has banned commercial fishing of sharks, awarding protection to the more than 40 species circling the island chain that touts itself as the shark diving capital of the world.
     
  • Feds agree to deadline for sea turtle safety zone
    AP (July 05, 2011)
    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Conservation groups and federal fisheries managers have settled a lawsuit seeking to spur the government to finalize its plan for creating a large protection zone for endangered leatherback sea turtles off the Pacific coast of the U.S.
     
  • Rising river complicates Exxon oil spill cleanup
    AP (July 05, 2011)

    LAUREL, Mont. (AP) - The initial cleanup along the oil-fouled Yellowstone River could be tested Tuesday as rising waters make it harder for Exxon Mobil Corp. to get to areas damaged by the crude spilled from a company pipeline.
     

  • McCain 'puzzled' by anger over wildfire remark
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. John McCain says he's "puzzled" that there's a controversy surrounding remarks he made suggesting illegal immigrants were responsible for some of the massive wildfires burning in Arizona.
     
  • NRDC threatens US railroads with pollution lawsuit
    AP (June 21, 2011)
    LOS ANGELES (AP) - An environmental group has sent letters warning two U.S. rail companies to prepare for a federal lawsuit if they don't undertake measures to clean up hazardous waste their facilities emit into the air from diesel engines in 16 California rail yards.