In The News

• March 28, 2012
  'EPA Power Plant Rules Sharpen Debate Over Commercial Viability of Carbon Capture'
  Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report
  Jane E. Montgomery
  Schiff Hardin partner Jane Montgomery, who practices in the firm's Environmental Group, is quoted in this article about the commercial viability of carbon capture and sequestration technology. The technology, which many coal-fired power plants may have to use to comply with federal law, could represent too much of a drain on large generators' energy use, says Ms. Montgomery.
• January 9, 2012
  'Court ruling on CSAPR possible this summer, though interpretation of stay varies in industry'
  Platts Electric Utility Week
  Kathleen C. Bassi
  This article about federal court challenges to the EPA's Cross State Air Pollution Rule quotes Schiff Hardin of counsel Kathleen Bassi. Ms. Bassi, who practices in the firm’s Energy and Public Utilities and Environmental Groups, remarks on the District of Columbia Circuit Court's stay of the rule and aggressive hearing schedule.
• April 20, 2009
  'Gore Tapped for Closing Arguments at House Hearings'
  Greenwire
  Carl A. Royal
  This energy and environmental policy newsletter summarizes the plans for House Energy and Commerce Committee hearings on a new energy and global warming bill. Schiff Hardin’s Carl Royal, of counsel in the Securities and Futures Regulation group, is scheduled to appear on a witness panel, as noted in this piece and by other news services and the Federal Information and News Dispatch.