BP spill victims can seek punitive damages, judge says
Businesses and individuals suing BP Plc and other companies involved in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill can seek punitive damages in pursuing claims of economic and environmental losses, a federal...
View ArticleDefunct company sues NY claiming fracking delay
A bankrupt company that hoped to drill for gas in New York is suing the Cuomo administration over what it calls an unreasonable delay in deciding whether to allow hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
View ArticleJudge allows Ohio fracking lawsuit to proceed
A couple who sued to try to stop gas drilling around a state-owned lake in eastern Ohio won an early victory in court.
View ArticleVermont sues refiners over use of gasoline additive
The Vermont Attorney General's office is suing more than two dozen of the country's largest refiners of gasoline over the use of the gasoline additive MTBE that it says has caused widespread...
View ArticleOil companies sued for MTBE pollution in Pennsylvania
The companies' conduct was "wanton, malicious, oppressive and fraudulent," the lawsuit said, and they "fraudulently, deceptively and unfairly" marketed MTBE as safe for the environment.
View ArticleColorado energy companies take trespassing claims to court
Encana Corp. has sued WPX Energy, saying WPX knowingly drilled a well that passed horizontally through Encana's mineral estate in the Parachute Creek area without getting Encana's permission.
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