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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

DLA Piper: DOE Proposed Major Changes To LNG Export Rules, Comments Due July 21
Posted on 20 Jun 2014 by DLA Piper

By: Lee A. Alexander and Philip Angeli The US Department of Energy is proposing to change its rules and procedures for reviewing applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries that do not have a free trade agreement with the US (non... Read More

Tags: NEPA , Free Trade Agreement , LNG , liquefied natural gas , US Department of Energy , DLA Pipers , National Environmental Policy Act , energy

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC: District Court Grants Summary Judgment to Mineral Owners Against the U.S. Forest Service
Posted on 28 Sep 2012 by Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

In Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Serv . , C.A. No. 09-125 Erie (W.D. Pa. September 6, 2012) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], Judge Sean J. McLaughlin of the Western District of Pennsylvania granted summary judgment... Read More

Tags: Forest Service , Third Circuit , drilling , NEPA , Allegheny National Forest , Administrative Procedure Act , Steptoe & Johnson , mineral rights , ANF , shale oil , oil , energy law , Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Serv. , National Environmental Policy Act , gas

Energy Exploration in Pennsylvania Emerges Victorious
Posted on 22 Sep 2011 by William Perry Pendley

William Perry Pendley September 20, 2011 - DENVER - Energy operators in Pennsylvania celebrated today's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia that affirmed a ruling by a Pennsylvania federal district court... Read More

Tags: Forest Service , Third Circuit , Mountain States Legal Foundation , energy exploration , NEPA , Wolford Law Firm , Allegheny National Forest , Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association , Minard Oil , mineral rights , ANF , gas drilling Minard Run Oil Company v. United States Forest Service , oil , lawsuit , Settlement , National Environmental Policy Act , gas , PIOGA , MSLF , Crowell and Moring , energy

Feds Ignore Law, Court Rulings In Pennsylvania, Legal Foundation Asserts
Posted on 20 Mar 2012 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - Energy operators in Pennsylvania, after a victory at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in September 2011, on March 15 urged a Pennsylvania federal district court to ignore a brief filed by federal lawyers... Read More

Tags: Third Circuit , Mountain States Legal Foundation , NEPA , oil and gas drilling , Wolford Law Firm , Allegheny National Forest , Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association , Minard Run Oil Company , mineral rights , ANF , Pennsylvania , Minard Run Oil Company v. United States Forest Service , oil , environmental groups , U.S. Forest Service , Settlement , National Environmental Policy Act , gas , Weeks Act , Crowell and Moring , energy

California Energy Group Defends Oil and Gas Leasing
Posted on 8 Jul 2013 by William Perry Pendley

DENVER - A California nonprofit, non-partisan trade association that represents some 450 independent crude oil and natural gas producers, royalty owners, and service and supply companies on Juje 25 filed its brief with a California federal district court... Read More

Tags: California Independent Petroleum Association , Mountain States Legal Foundation , NEPA , Monterey-Santos Shale Formation , fracking , Bureau of Land Management , crude oil , California , oil and gas leases , William Perry Pendley , Center for Biological Diversity , Natural gas , environment , oil , shale , Litigation , energy law , hydraulic fracturing , BLM , National Environmental Policy Act , gas , MSLF , Sierra Club

Free Download: Miners Sue Salazar, Alleging Illegal Million-Acre Land Lockup
Posted on 8 Mar 2012 by William Perry Pendley

By William Perry Pendley DENVER - A 117-year-old nonprofit, non-partisan mining trade association with thousands of members on March 6 filed a lawsuit in Arizona federal district court against the Obama Administration for its lock-up of a million acres... Read More

Tags: Mountain States Legal Foundation , General Mineral Law , Bureau of Land Management , Arizona , Ken Salazar , William Perry Pendley , U.S. Department of the Interior , Obama administration , Northwest Mining Association , uranium , mining , U.S. Forest Service , NWMA , National Environmental Policy Act , Federal Land Policy and Management Act , National Forest Management Act , energy

3rd Circuit Upholds Ruling on Drilling in the Allegheny National Forest (Free Download)
Posted on 23 Sep 2011 by Lisa McManus

In a ruling issued earlier this week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a district court's decision to issue an injunction barring the United States Forest Service from applying the environmental impact study requirements of the National Environmental... Read More

Tags: Third Circuit , United States v. Minard Run Oil Co. , Allegheny National Forest , Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association , gas drilling , ANF , Minard Run Oil Co. , Pennsylvania , Natural gas , Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Serv. , National Environmental Policy Act , United States Forest Service , energy