SPOTLIGHT

1. INTERIOR:
Salazar's resignation spurs assessments of his tenure, talk about replacements

Top Stories

2. POLITICS:
Salazar still a hot commodity -- if he's interested

3. CLIMATE:
Fight over power plants has parallels to fuel-economy push in Obama's first term

4. BIOFUELS:
Energy companies buckle up in hope of green aviation takeoff

Politics

5. EPA:
Gregoire talks up green achievements in final speech as Wash. governor

6. ADVOCACY:
'Tough, unrelenting' attorney is remembered for Clean Water Act battles

7. DEFENSE:
Hagel's seat on Chevron board hasn't drawn criticism

Congress

8. NUCLEAR:
House Republicans to probe impact of NRC safety regs on industry

9. CLIMATE:
Carbon tax remains out of 'fiscal cliff' discussions

10. PUBLIC LANDS:
House Republican wants to rein in president's ability to designate monuments

Natural Resources

11. FISHERIES:
Research challenges key aspect of setting catch limits

12. OCEANS:
Chemicals in plastic threaten marine life -- study

13. OCEANS:
University rescues drowning NOAA lab

14. WILDLIFE:
Enviros demand answers after Army Corps levels Calif. preserve

15. ENDANGERED SPECIES:
Authorities find 2 tons of smuggled ivory in Kenya

16. WILDLIFE:
Russia plans 3-month wolf hunt in Siberia

Energy

17. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING:
EPA reversed well-contamination order after driller protested

18. OIL AND GAS:
Pipeline leak shuts down up to 27 U.K. oil fields

19. RENEWABLE ENERGY:
British crown pours $32M into wave, tidal projects

Federal Agencies

20. NATIONAL PARKS:
NPS spokesman announces retirement

21. EPA:
Agency IG lays out detailed goals and investigations for 2013

22. EPA:
Jackson pegs BP spill fines as career highlight

23. DOE:
Construction of Hanford waste-treatment plant continues

Transportation

24. HIGH-SPEED RAIL:
Proposed costs to be kept secret until bid for Calif. project selected

25. AUTOS:
Nissan expands function of DOE-funded battery plant

26. FUEL ECONOMY:
Ford warns of changes to hybrid mileage testing

27. AUTOS:
Despite slow sales, 2 major automakers push electric cars

Air and Water

28. TOXICS:
Air emissions dropped, but total chemical releases grew in 2011 -- EPA

29. WATER POLLUTION:
Tanker shifted direction at last minute before accident

30. AIR POLLUTION:
Hong Kong to offer subsidies in an effort to get rid of older vehicles

States

31. ALASKA:
Governor proposes overhaul of oil tax structure

32. MISSISSIPPI:
Commission fires marine resources director

E&ETV's OnPoint

33. CLIMATE:
World Resources' Steer discusses impact of financial constraints on green investment