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Environment - "A new technique that tapped previously inaccessible supplies of natural gas in the United States is spreading to the rest of the world, raising hopes of a huge expansion in global reserves of the cleanest fossil fuel"
That is the lede to this story by Clifford Krauss in today's NY Times. More from the story:Italian and Norwegian oil engineers and geologists have arrived in Texas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania to learn how to extract gas from layers of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 10, 2009 01:38 PM
Law - Changes to the Federal Register to make it more accessible - Part II [Updated]
Earlier today I posted Part I, detailing the new availability of Federal Register data in XML format. This Part II hits a little closer to home, because it touches on issues related to authentication, which I've raised in the past...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 7, 2009 01:49 PM
Ind. Gov't. - Rockies Express Pipeline apparently renigs on Indiana agreements
As this June 27th ILB entry began:The ILB has posted a number of entries about the construction of the Rockies Express Pipeline across the state and the related lawsuits.On August 19th John Estridge, editor of The Brookville News, published this...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 26, 2009 08:30 AM
Environment - "Pipeline set to deliver natural gas to Indiana by Monday"
The ILB has posted a number of entries about the construction of the Rockies Express Pipeline across the state and the related lawsuits. A story today by Jason Thomas of the Indianapolis Star begins:Natural gas is expected to begin flowing...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 27, 2009 10:03 AM
Environment - Even more on: Major pipeline break near Indiana border
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 5, 2008, Len Wells of the Evansville Courier & Press reports today:ELLERY, Ill. — The cost to clean up a massive crude oil spill in rural Wayne County, Ill., last summer now includes the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 29, 2009 08:06 AM
Ind. Law - More on: Governor signs first bill of 2009 session
Updating yesterday's ILB entry on the Governor's signing of SEA 423, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press has this story today. A quote:The plant will convert coal into synthetic gas, and under the bill signed Tuesday, the Indiana...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 25, 2009 08:09 AM
Environment - More on: State legislation re the financing of a coal-to-gas plant near Rockport close to passage
Updating this ILB entry from March 13th, Eric Bradner of the Evansville Courier & Press is reporting this afternoon:The Indiana House this afternoon passed a bill that will have the Indiana Finance Authority act as a go-between, buying the $2...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 16, 2009 04:05 PM
Environment - More on: State legislation re the financing of a coal-to-gas plant near Rockport close to passage
Updating this ILB entry from March 13th, concerning Senate Bill 423, which passed second reading last week and will be eligible for final passage as early as tomorrow (and which has not been amended in the second house, meaning that...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 15, 2009 08:29 AM
Environment - State legislation re the financing of a coal-to-gas plant near Rockport close to passage
Updating the second half of this ILB entry from March 8th, Mark Wilson reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press under the heading "Proposed coal-to-gas vote near." Some quotes:State legislation that would move forward the financing of a coal-to-gas...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 13, 2009 09:55 AM
Environment - Clean coal in Illinois, coal gasification in Indiana
"New Life for 'Clean Coal' Project: Illinois Plant Was Abandoned by Bush; Now Its Backers Are in Power" is the headline to a lengthy story today in the Washington Post, reported by Kimberly Kindy. It begins:Deep inside the economic stimulus...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 6, 2009 10:00 AM
Courts - "No Legal Shield in Drug Labeling, Justices Rule"
Updating yesterday's brief ILB entry on the Wyeth decision, here are some quotes from Adam Liptak's front-page story today in the NY Times:The Supreme Court has been sympathetic in recent years to arguments that federal law should pre-empt state injury...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 5, 2009 07:56 AM
Environment - "Indiana lawmakers and Gov. Mitch Daniels are making another attempt to resurrect a proposed coal-to-gas plant"
That is the lede to Bryan Corbin's lengthy story in the Evansville Courier & Press today. Some quotes:Indiana lawmakers and Gov. Mitch Daniels are making another attempt to resurrect a proposed coal-to-gas plant that potentially would bring a $2 billion...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on February 13, 2009 08:52 AM
Ind. Courts - Yet more on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties
Updating this ILB entry from Friday, Pam Tharp of the Richmond Palladium-Item reports today:BROOKVILLE, Ind. -- Franklin County's fight to protect the drinking water supply of 40,000 southern Indiana residents has moved to federal court. Attorneys for Rockies Express Pipeline...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 15, 2008 08:00 AM
Ind. Courts - Even more on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties
Adding to the list of ILB entries on the Rockies Express Pipeline project making its way across our state, Jason Thomas of the Indianapolis Star reported yesterday:A floodway in southeastern Indiana represents the latest obstacle for the builders of a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 13, 2008 08:59 AM
Ind. Courts - Yet more on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties
On Sept. 14 the ILB posted an entry that began:The ILB has had a number of entries about the Rockies Express Pipeline making its way across Indiana. The next state in its path is Ohio. Today the Dayton Daily News...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 14, 2008 09:44 AM
Environment - Still more on: Major pipeline break near Indiana border
Updating this ILB entry from August 17th, Len Wells of the Evansville Courier & Press reports in a story that begins:GOLDEN GATE, Ill. — The amount of crude oil that leaked onto a remote Southern Illinois farm when a crosscountry...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 5, 2008 12:36 PM
Ind. Courts - Still more on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties
The ILB has had a number of entries about the Rockies Express Pipeline making its way across Indiana. The next state in its path is Ohio. Today the Dayton Daily News has a number of stories, reported by Tom Beyerlein,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 14, 2008 09:18 AM
Ind. Courts - More on Rockies Express Pipeline suing Indiana counties [Updated]
On Thurs., Aug. 28th the ILB had an entry quoting a story about Rockies Express Pipeline suing Decatur County in federal court. Yesterday, Rockies Express filed suit in federal court against Franklin County. Here is a copy of the 9-page...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 30, 2008 04:52 PM
Environment- "Great Lakes Compact loophole allows bottled water"
Gitte Laasby of the Gary Post-Tribune has a great story today on the Great Lakes Compact. The story begins:Lawmakers and concerned environmentalists are sounding the alarm on the Great Lakes Compact just weeks before the historic agreement may be ratified...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 29, 2008 08:28 AM
Environment - More on the move to wind power - things to watch for
Recently the ILB posted an entry headed "Porter County braces for future in wind power" (8/25/08) and another headed "In Rural New York, Windmills Can Bring Whiff of Corruption" (8/19/08). Thursday the NY Times had another interesting wind power story,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 29, 2008 07:24 AM
Ind. Courts - Yet again on "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"
Updating this June 11th ILB entry (see all ILB entries on "pipeline" here), Jason Thomas of the Indianapolis Star has an interesting report today. Some quotes:A paragraph in a Decatur County zoning ordinance has led the developers of a multistate...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 28, 2008 10:22 AM
Environment - More on: Major pipeline break near Indiana border
Updating this ILB entry from August 13th, Mark Wilson reports today in the Evansville Courier & Press:If last weekend's oil pipeline break had happened somewhere other than a remote farm field in Wayne County, Ill., it might well have been...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 17, 2008 09:49 AM
Environment - Major pipeline break near Indiana border; Last of VX nerve agent eliminated at Newport
Significant oil spill in Illinois. From the Evansville Courier & Press, a story (with map) by Len Wells that begins:GOLDEN GATE, Ill. — The weekend pipeline break that released 5,000 barrels of crude oil onto southeastern Illinois fields has been...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 13, 2008 08:18 AM
Ind. Courts - Even more on "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"
Updating this June 8th ILB entry, two stories by Jason Thomas of the Indianapolis Star. "Pipeline builder sues land owners" is the headline to today's story, which begins:Hoosier landowners yet to reach an agreement with the company building a multistate...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 11, 2008 08:32 AM
Ind. Courts - Still more on "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"
Updating this ILB entry from April 1st, the Richmond Palladium-Item had a related article yesterday:INDIANAPOLIS -- An 830-mile natural gas pipeline that will span all of Indiana will comply with several provisions to protect owners of agricultural land. Advertisement The...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 8, 2008 10:26 AM
Environment - "Administration Moves to Avert a Rules Rush"
Charlie Savage and Robert Pear have an important, lengthy, front-page story in Saturday's NY Times, headlined "Administration Moves to Avert a Rules Rush." It begins:The Bush administration has told federal agencies that they have until June 1 to propose any...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 1, 2008 12:17 PM
Courts - "Having access to case status throughout the pipeline is enabling lawyers to better advocates"
My friend Diana Skaggs, of the excellent Kentucky Divorce Law Journal, has an entry today that is applicable to all practitioners, regardless of jurisdiction:Having access to case status throughout the pipeline is enabling lawyers to better advocates. How? Well, if...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 8, 2008 10:28 AM
Ind. Courts - More on: "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"
Jason Thomas reports this afternoon in the Indianapolis Star that:An interstate pipeline company has reached an agreement with a group of landowners that were the target of a federal lawsuit filed by the pipeline last month to gain immediate access...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 1, 2008 03:13 PM
Ind. Courts - "Landowner calls move by pipeline company as intimidation"
The ILB has an entry dated June 19, 2006 quoting from a story in the Martinsville Reporter-Times of that date that began: "The path of the proposed Rockies Express Pipeline through Morgan County would cut through the site of a...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 29, 2008 04:11 PM
Environment - "The variety of threats Lake Michigan faces"
Heather Augustyn of the NWI Times reports:VALPARAISO | Members of the League of Women Voters listened to a guest speaker on a freezing Saturday morning talk about the variety of threats Lake Michigan faces. Jeanette Neagu, co-president of the Lake...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 20, 2008 01:21 PM
Environment - "Coal is no longer on front burner" in many states
"Coal is no longer on front burner: The rush to build power plants slows as worries grow over global warming, building costs and transportation" is the headline to a lengthy front-page story today by Judy Pasternak in the LA Times....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 18, 2008 07:49 AM
Environment - Still more on "Great Lakes Compact on track"
Updating this ILB entry from Jan. 10th, the Great Lakes Compact legislation, SB 45, has passed third reading in the Senate and now will move across the Statehouse 3rd floor to the House of Representatives. From a press release issued...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 17, 2008 06:43 PM
Ind. Law - "Electronic signs stir debate"
James D. Wolf Jr. reports today for the Gary Post-Tribune:VALPARAISO -- Battles are brewing over electronic signs in rural Porter County as rules get more restrictive toward signs that flash, scroll messages or simulate movement. Sometime in January or February,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 26, 2007 07:45 AM
Environment - More on "States eye lakes water management"
Following up on yesterday's ILB entry, Tim Jones of the Chicago Tribune has a lengthy story headed: "Great Lakes key front in water wars: Western, Southern states covet Midwest resource." It begins:While the West burns and the Southeast bakes, there...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on October 28, 2007 05:35 PM
Law - "High-tech billboards targeted: Kentucky officials want them gone"
Tony Lang reports today in a lengthy story in the Cincinnati Enquirer:Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet has told outdoor advertising companies operating in Northern Kentucky that the digital boards should be torn down, turned off or converted back to static displays. No...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 2, 2007 08:39 AM
Law - "High-tech billboards targeted: Kentucky officials want them gone"
Tony Lang reports today in a lengthy story in the Cincinnati Enquirer:Kentucky's Transportation Cabinet has told outdoor advertising companies operating in Northern Kentucky that the digital boards should be torn down, turned off or converted back to static displays. No...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 2, 2007 08:39 AM
Ind. Courts - Judge Van Bokkelen gets first slate of cases on docket
From today's Gary Post-Tribune:HAMMOND -- Insurance companies suing businesses and businesses suing insurance companies. A family in Ogden Dunes suing the town for raiding their house. Another family suing the city of Gary for shooting their teenage son dead. All...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 31, 2007 08:26 AM
Ind. Law - NIPSCO claims of 25 foot pipeline easement upsets residents
Karen Snelling of the Gary Post-Tribune reported this morning, dateline Hobart: Lawrence Campana and his neighbors along Tanager Street are upset because the utility is threatening to sue them over their backyard fences. The fences, according to Northern Indiana Public...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 16, 2007 02:43 PM
Ind. Courts - Access many Indiana court daily calendars online, at no charge [Updated]
Nick Fankhauser of DoxPop has written to announce that:Beginning on July 10th, court calendars (dockets) for a day or week will be available for all of our partner courts on the Doxpop web site. This service is provided at no...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 10, 2007 08:27 AM
Ind. Gov't. - Indiana’s voluntary environmental cleanup program a failure?
Dan Stockman of the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has a lengthy report today on the failings of Indiana's voluntary cleanup program. Some quotes: Indiana’s voluntary environmental cleanup program, intended to handle polluted sites quickly and efficiently without courts and lawsuits,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 8, 2007 08:27 AM
Courts - U.S. Relieves Immigration Judge of Duties in Courtroom
This Oct. 9, 2006 ILB entry begins:On August 10, 2006 the ILB had a long entry headed "DOJ moves to improve immigration judges, after months of criticism," pulling together several years worth of criticism of immigration judges' decisions by judges...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 13, 2007 10:51 AM
Ind. Decisions - Court of Appeals issues 1 today (and 11 NFP)
For publication opinions today (1): In Citizens Industrial Group v. Heartland Gas Pipeline, LLC, et al., a 9-page opinion, Judge Mathias writes:Heartland Gas Pipeline, LLC (“Heartland”) and Board of Directors for Utilities of the Department of Public Utilities of Indianapolis,...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 9, 2006 12:14 PM
Environment - "Tapping the Latent Power in What's Left Around the Barnyard "
On the front page of the Business section of today's NY Times is this story, headlined "Tapping the Latent Power in What's Left Around the Barnyard." This is interesting because it reports that conversion of manure to energy is becoming...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 4, 2006 11:44 AM
Ind. Gov't. - Harris County Texas won't sell or lease toll roads
A well-timed story in today's Houston Chronicle reports:Rejecting the temptation of a multibillion-dollar windfall, the Harris County Commissioners Court voted unanimously Tuesday to continue running the county's lucrative toll road system rather than selling or leasing it to a private...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 21, 2006 08:19 AM
Enviroment - Stories today
New blog. James Bruggers, environmental reporter for the Louisville Courier Journal, whose stories have been cited frequently by the ILB, has just started a blog of his own, Watchdog Earth, via the LCJ. Access it here. Pipeline to cut through...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 19, 2006 08:10 AM
Ind. Gov't. - Indiana has yet to identify its critical infrastructure
The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has several stories today on the State's failure to compile a list of its "critical infrastructure." "Checking the list, if it exists" is the headlie to this story by Dan Stockman. It begins:If you had...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on May 14, 2006 08:44 AM
Ind. Law - Small wineries in Illinois buffeted by the alcohol-distribution lobby; What is happening in Indiana?
"Small wineries in Illinois buffeted by the alcohol-distribution lobby; What is happening in Indiana?" was the headline to this ILB entry from Jan. 11th. Today the answer to the question seems to be: The same thing is happening in Indiana....
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on January 19, 2006 02:20 PM
Law - Analysis of the Vioxx trial
In the Business Section of the Sunday NY Times is an interesting analysis of the Vioxx trial headlined "For Merck, Vioxx Paper Trail Won't Go Away." The lead:HOUSTON, Aug. 20 - Bad facts. Plaintiffs' lawyers love that term. Merck may...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on August 21, 2005 03:13 PM
Environment - Several national stories today
A lengthy front-page story in the NY Times today is headlined "Efforts to Hide Sensitive Data Pit 9/11 Concerns Against Safety." Some quotes:They are just pieces of cardboard, and they cover less than a square foot on the side of...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 5, 2005 07:33 PM
Environment - Two important stories today
Great Lakes. "The Great Divide: Battle line drawn in water wars - Region growth crossing into areas where Lake Michigan water forbidden," is the headline to this story today by Brendan O'Shaughnessy in the Munster Times. Some quotes from this...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on December 12, 2004 05:18 PM
Law - Women judges making strides in Louisville area
The Louisville Courier Journal reports today that "Election sweep helps women claim majority of Jefferson judicial posts." Some quotes from the story:"You've got two things going on in Louisville," said Larry O'Bryan, a local political consultant who has represented about...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 22, 2004 09:50 AM
Indiana Decisions - 7th Circuit posts five
Details may follow ... ANR Pipeline Company v. Davis, Brian E. (WD Wis.) USA v. Flowers, Katherine A (SD Ill.) Interesting case. Cole, Oneta S. v. US Capital Inc (ND Ill.) Luckie, Colette v. Ameritech Corp (ND Ill.) Joshi, Kalpana...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on November 19, 2004 02:04 PM
Environment - Recent Indiana stories
"Superfund cleanup almost complete" is the headline to this story in the Munster Times on the project at Amercian Chemical Service in Griffith. "IDEM, EPA join hands over lakefront plan: The agencies agree not to dispute each other's decisions" is...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on September 5, 2004 01:38 PM
Environment - Stories Today
Landfill. "Trash hits the road: With landfill closing, costs likely to increase for residents," is the headline to this story today in the Munster Times that begins:The closing of Munster's landfill might mark the end of local resident frustration, but...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 15, 2004 08:07 AM
Not law but interesting - Appalachia gets first crop of own doctors
"Appalachia gets first crop of own doctors: 40 from Pikeville school begin opening offices" is the headline to a story today in the Louisville Courier-Journal. It starts:PIKEVILLE, Ky. Painfully aware that recruitment programs alone weren't enough to fill the...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on July 10, 2004 07:01 PM
Law - A Utah court declares its punitive damages sharing statute unconstitutional
"Utah's split-recovery law declared unconstitutional" is the headline to this story today in the Deseret Morning News. The Indiana Law Blog has had a number of entries on the punitive damages split-recovery concept, as Indiana is one of the eight...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on June 12, 2004 05:59 PM
Law - US Supreme Court upholds Pennsylvania redistricting plan
Here is the Washington Post coverage of yesterday's decision in Vieth v. Jubelirer. Some quotes:A deeply divided Supreme Court yesterday upheld a redistricting plan that sought to give the Republican Party an edge in races for Pennsylvania's 19 congressional seats...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on April 29, 2004 08:03 AM
Biotech - More on biotech as an economic engine
Updating our Indiana Law Blog entry yesterday (scroll down) on how "many cities and states are scrambling to attract biotech businesses that bring well-paying jobs and lucrative tax revenues" is this story today in USA Today on how "big pharm"...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 23, 2004 12:19 PM
Biotech - As an economic engine
Updating our entry of March 7th, that contained stories of how "many cities and states are scrambling to attract biotech businesses that bring well-paying jobs and lucrative tax revenues" are these two stories: First, a report from the San Francisco...
Posted in The Indiana Law Blog on March 22, 2004 01:01 PM