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Is Virginia Poised to Become a Mid-Atlantic Hub for Offshore Wind Energy?
Posted on 23 Aug 2010 by Vandeventer Black LLP

By Michael P. Giordano, Vandeventer Black LLP While the United States grips with the devastating effects of a tragic offshore oil spill, states on the Atlantic coast are turning their focus toward the development of a different kind of energy off... Read More

Tags: Virginia , Vandeventer Black , electric utilities , clean energy , oil spill , wind farms , wind turbines , Minerals Management Service , wind energy , Renewable Energy , energy efficiency

Marten Law on AES Corp. v. Steadfast Insurance Co. – Virginia Supreme Court Holds That Climate Change Allegations Do Not Trigger Insurer's Duty to Defend
Posted on 11 Oct 2011 by Steven G Jones

By Steven Jones, Partner, Marten Law PLLC "In a case being closely watched by both insurers and insureds, the Virginia Supreme Court has held that an insurer's duty to defend is not triggered by allegations of damages flowing from intentional... Read More

Tags: Virginia Supreme Court , Duty to Defend , Virginia , Marten Law , Climate Change , property damage , occurrence , bodily injury , Steven Jones , AES v Steadfast Insurance , greenhouse gases , accident

Supreme Court of Virginia Once Again Holds That Climate Change Lawsuit Did Not Trigger Duty to Defend by Insurer
Posted on 23 Apr 2012 by Jennifer Hans

RICHMOND, Va. - (Mealey's) An underlying complaint alleges that damages were the "natural and probable consequence" of an insured's intentional actions, the Virginia Supreme Court said April 20, upholding its finding that a commercial... Read More

Tags: Virginia Supreme Court , Duty to Defend , Virginia , Climate Change , Commercial General Liability insurance , Carbon Dioxide Emissions , occurrence , bodily injury , AES v Steadfast Insurance , greenhouse gases , accident , global warming

Environmental Citizen Groups Have No Standing to Challenge Climate Change Impacts of Federal Actions
Posted on 4 Oct 2011 by Gabrielle Sigel

By Gabrielle Sigel, Partner, Jenner & Block Two U.S. district courts recently issued separate decisions rejecting environmental groups' challenges to federal actions based on alleged climate change injuries. In both cases, using the same... Read More

Tags: Virginia , redressability , Jenner Block , Bureau of Land Management , Climate Change , standing , Gabrielle Sigel , New Mexico , Amigos Bravos , greenhouse gases , Sierra Club , global warming

Environmental Protection Agency Affirms Greenhouse Gas Emissions Endangerment Finding
Posted on 2 Aug 2010 by Samantha Drake

WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 29 denied 10 petitions challenging its Dec. 7 determination that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to public health and must be regulated under the Clean Air Act. ... Read More

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