The wind farm industry has been the fastest growing element of the renewables in the US. Despite the political obstacles facing developers, on-shore operations are expanding, and offshore operations are expected to kick off...more
There are many lessons that one could take from the outcome of the seven year (and counting) litigation involving environmental groups and the operators of the Los Angeles County stormwater system. Certainly one lesson is to...more
On an appeal of a penalty determination in the first oil spill case to be tried under the civil penalty provisions enacted after the Exxon Valdez catastrophe in the Oil Pollution Act of 1991, the Fifth Circuit Court of...more