SPOTLIGHT

1. FOSSIL FUELS:
Whether by river or rail, coal exporters hit local opposition in the Northwest

2. PEOPLE:
Pershing to leave State Department for DOE

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3. ECONOMICS:
U.S. efficiency spending projected to double, offset most demand increases

4. SCIENCE:
Warming Arctic could spell doom for a community of species -- study

5. GRID:
Calif. reaches out to neighbors in push for green power

6. TRANSPORTATION:
Cities spearhead plan for sustainable new growth models

7. HEALTH:
Scientists use computers to predict spread of tropical diseases

8. KEYSTONE XL:
Dueling reports outline pipeline benefits, dangers

9. SCIENCE:
Drought conditions could worsen in Midwest -- NOAA

10. NATIONS:
E.U. needs German support to raise price of carbon emissions allowances, Hedegaard says

11. NATIONS:
Big bucks needed for clean energy, says French president

12. STATES:
Minn. legislators get a crash course in climate