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Newsroom

Attys Watch And Wait As Q2 Litigation Holds Steady
July 12, 2010 — Law360

Crowell & Moring LLP Environment & Natural Resources Group co-chair Chet M. Thompson is featured for his comments on the second quarter of 2010 increase in environmental litigation cases. According to Thompson, he attributed the spike in environmental filings to litigation over the April 20 spill, as well as challenges to the new rulemaking coming from the Obama administration.

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Global Warming: Preparing for Change
July 28, 2008 — Chemical Week Magazine

Crowell & Moring Environment & Natural Resources Group co-chair Chet M. Thompson (also the former Deputy General Counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) is featured in Chemical Week’s climate change cover story for his comments on recent policy developments and how companies can receive maximum benefits while lowering compliance costs.

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EPA Signals Go-Slow Approach on Global Warming Rules
March 27, 2008 — Associated Press

Co-chair of Crowell & Moring’s Environment & Natural Resources Group Chet M. Thompson is featured for his comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to seek public comment by way of an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on the Supreme Court’s ruling in Massachusetts v. EPA. Thompson is the former Deputy General Counsel of the EPA. Additional placements for Thompson on this topic included: Inside Washington’s Carbon Control News, Defense Environment Alert, Inside EPA, Clean Air Report, and Risk Policy Report; BNA’s Daily Report for Executives and Daily Environment Report; Crain’s Waste News; Platts Oilgram News; and Energy Law360

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Supreme Court’s Green Rulings Offer Industry No Relief From Litigation
April 9, 2007 —

Environment & Natural Resources Group partner Chet M. Thompson talks about the Environmental Defense v. Duke Energy case in which the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the EPA. The court overturned a ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that said the modifications Duke made to its coal-fired power plants between 1988 and 1999 did not require permits because those changes did not increase the facilities' hourly emissions rates. 

April 9, 2007 – Platts Coal Outlook

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