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DLA Piper Energy Alert: Federal District Court Decision Appears To Clear Way For Cape Wind
Posted on 24 Mar 2014 by DLA Piper

By Robert J. Alessi and Jeffrey D. Kuhn | The Federal District Court in Washington, D.C., has issued a lengthy ruling that appeared to substantially clear the way for Cape Wind, a large proposed offshore wind farm on Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound... Read More

Tags: wind power , Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. Beaudreu , NEPA , alternative energy , Shelf Act , Cape Wind , Endangered Species Act , Rivers and Harbors Act , the Town of Barnstable , Energy Policy Act of 2005 , Administrative Procedures Act , Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe , Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act , Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound , DLA Piper , Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility , Migratory Bird Treaty Act , Litigation , National Environmental Policy Act , offshore wind farm , National Historic Preservation Act , Clean Water Act , Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act , energy

William A. Ruskin: Among Environmentalists, Hydrofracking is Not a 'Yes or No' Issue
Posted on 15 Apr 2013 by William A. Ruskin

By William A. Ruskin On April 10, 2013, I participated in " Justice Speaks ," an event sponsored by the Justice Action Center at New York Law School on hydraulic fracturing. Joining me on the podium was Daniel Raichel , a Project Attorney... Read More

Tags: New York State' 'Justice Action Center' 'New York Law School' 'Center for Sustainable Shale Develo , yes/no , Oil & Gas , Emerging Issues , fracking , envrionmental concerns , question" , hydrofracking , Natural gas , William A. Ruskin , oil , energy law , Clean Air Act , hydraulic fracturing , A , Not , gas , Clean Water Act

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: West Virginia Issues Section 401 Water Quality Certification Conditions for Nationwide Permits
Posted on 16 Jul 2012 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has issued its Section 401 Water Quality Certification General and Special Conditions for the Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Nationwide Permits (NWPs) issued earlier this year pursuant to... Read More

Tags: Army Corps of Engineers , dredge , NWPs , West Virginia , Water Quality Certification General and Special Conditions , Johnson , Nationwide Permits , Steptoe &amp , Oil and gas , Armando Benincasa , Clean Water Act , energy