Environmental
DLA Piper’s John E. Griffith Jr. Receives 2015 Leadership in Law Award
NEWS
John E. Griffith Jr., a partner in DLA Piper’s Baltimore office, has been selected to receive The Daily Record’s 2015 Leadership in Law award.
Court Hits Anadarko With $159M Fine for Deepwater Horizon Disaster
NEWS
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. must pay a $159.5 million civil fine for its role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil well whose blowout that caused the largest U.S. offshore oil spill, reports Reuters.
Court Upholds $236 Million Verdict in Exxon Mobil Pollution Case
NEWS
New Hampshire’s Supreme Court upheld a record $236 million judgment Oct. 2 against Exxon Mobil for its use of a gasoline additive that contaminated groundwater in the state, the Associated Press reports.
BP Oil Spill Five Years later: How the Oil Industry Has Changed
White Paper
The catastrophe affected families, the eco-system, wildlife, and so much more, but with new plans and practices in place, oil industry professionals can learn from the past and make better decisions in the future.
Settlement Under EPA’s Energy Extraction Initiative Offers Insight
White Paper
Advanced air emissions monitoring tools that EPA pursues in its settlements may expose settling companies to future litigation based not on the compliance demonstration method of the applicable air rule, but rather on broader Next Generation technology.
DOE Highlights the Need to Modernize Aging US Energy Infrastructure
White Paper
The administration’s report provides a detailed roadmap for modernizing the energy transmission, storage, and distribution system to make it more secure and resilient to the effects of climate change.
Unknowns in Methane Emissions from Shale Gas Production
On-Demand
Penn State Extension has posted online a recorded webinar about the current state of knowledge of methane emissions from the production of shale gas and the importance of learning more about the effects of those emissions.
Clean Air Act Aggregation in the Upstream Oil and Gas Sector
White Paper
Hogan Lovells has published a white paper discussing the aggregating sources for the purposes of Clean Air Act permitting in the oil and gas sector.
Fracking and Farming: Risk Management for Agribusiness
On-Demand
The International Risk Management Institute has posted a free on-demand webinar that provides an overview of the hydraulic fracturing process, including its relevant exposure to ranch and farm owners and the inherent risks as passive exposure or active participant.
Does EPA’s Clean Power Plan Threaten Reliability?
On-Demand
Advanced Energy Economy presents a free on-demand webinar discussing how advanced energy technologies can be utilized by grid operators to safeguard reliability as states modernize their electric power systems under the Clean Power Plan.
The Fracking-Water Nexus: Issues Encountered by Industry
On-Demand
Penn State Extension presents a free on-demand webinar aimed at answering the question: What happens to the water after the fracking process?
Where Fracking Water Goes in Shale-Gas Production
On-Demand
When hydrofracturing of a shale-gas well occurs, millions of gallons of water is injected deep underground at high pressure. Normally, only a fourth to a fifth of that volume flows back above ground. Where does the rest of it go?
IREC Releases Report on State of Distributed Electricity
White Paper
Multiple compounding factors are driving national movement toward a more modern electricity grid, one that enables a cleaner energy future, reports the Interstate Renewable Council in a new white paper.
The Year Ahead on Energy and the Environment
On-Demand
The Enivronmental Law Institute recently sponsored sponsored a seminar taking a look a the critical energy and eivironmental issues that will shape 2015. That event is now available online as an on-demand webinar.
Bloomberg BNA Publishes Daily Environment Report 2015 Outlook
White Paper
Bloomberg BNA has published the 2015 Outlook, which offers a comprehensive exploration of all the top issues facing the environment and energy industry.
How to Scale Up Demand for U.S. Clean Energy and Green Bonds
On-Demand
Clean Energy Group and Croatan Institute have posted an on-demand webinar on the first comprehensive study of U.S. institutional investors’ appetite for green bonds.
Hot Topics in Site Remediation
EVENT: Jan. 29, 8 a.m. CST
Riker Danzig will present a complimentary seminar updating on Site Remediation Jan. 29.
Behavioral Design: Lessons for Energy Efficiency Providers
On-Demand
Opower has made available a complimentary on-demand webinar discussing how behavioral design can be a powerful tool across different industries including energy efficiency providers.
Uncommon Fracking Ban Concept May Surface in New York
NEWS
The concept of takings, like eminent domain, requires the government to compensate private property owners for assets taken away because of government action.
EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan
On-Demand
Webinar describes the EPA’s method to determine each state’s unique emissions goal and provides an example calculation of state emissions goals.
