SPOTLIGHT

1. BUSINESS:

Amid financial probe, Chesapeake CEO announces retirement

Chesapeake Energy Corp.'s embattled co-founder and CEO Aubrey McClendon has announced he will retire this spring. He will officially step down April 1 and will continue to serve as CEO until his successor is selected, the Oklahoma City-based gas firm announced yesterday.

2. CLIMATE:

Thawing permafrost jeopardizes massive maze of Russian pipelines

Russia's oil and gas pipelines may bend before they break as the ground beneath them shrinks. Climate change is thawing much of the country's permafrost, which holds up vital oil and gas networks in the upper reaches of West Siberia and in other northern locales.

SPOTLIGHT

1. BUSINESS:

Amid financial probe, Chesapeake CEO announces retirement

2. CLIMATE:

Thawing permafrost jeopardizes massive maze of Russian pipelines

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3. SECURITY:

Billions needed to immunize oil and gas tech from attacks -- report

4. TEXAS:

'We led the nation out of recession,' Perry says amid record crude output

5. REGULATION:

A 'paradigm shift' needed in federal, state oversight of oil and gas -- report

6. PEOPLE:

Questioning board's effectiveness, Hess investor nominates 5 directors

7. OIL AND GAS:

'We look to the states' to implement federal rules, scientists say

8. PEOPLE:

BP promotes Alaska exec to lead U.S. operations

9. EARTHQUAKES:

4.1 temblor causes minor damage in east Texas

10. TRANSPORT:

Wyo. rail terminal to load 80,000 barrels of crude per day

11. NATIONS:

Seven slain in Tanzania pipeline riots

12. LOUISIANA:

Policy shifts could spell uncertainty for state's oil and gas industry

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13. OIL & GAS:

Western Energy Alliance's Sgamma discusses future of Interior's fracking rule

Pesticides:

Trade group says amended suit against EPA counterproductive to protecting endangered species

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SENATE:

Environment panel to move ahead on climate bill, TSCA reform -- Boxer

DOE:

Moniz taps Union of Concerned Scientists' leader for chief of staff

AIR POLLUTION:

Groups sue EPA for delaying ozone standards

ENDANGERED SPECIES:

White House takes up final rule on costs of critical habitat

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CLIMATE:

Obama calls for global emissions pact 'before it is too late'

CLIMATE:

Carbon rules for current power plants likely in White House rollout, aide hints

KEYSTONE XL:

State's independent risk review remains wild card in pipeline saga

COAL ASH:

Panel approves bill pre-empting EPA regulations

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WILDFIRES:

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EMISSIONS:

How companies can bridge the 'gigaton gap' and make money -- study

BUSINESS:

Corn-based isobutanol maker defeats bugs, resumes commercial production

FINANCE:

World Bank study predicts famine, poverty from uncontrolled climate change

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AGRICULTURE:

Conservation a priority among 100-plus farm bill amendments chosen for debate

CLIMATE:

21 state AGs urge EPA to avoid settlement talks on power plant rule

INFRASTRUCTURE:

I-5 bridge reopens temporarily; local businesses expect slow recovery

COAL ASH:

Dems tout new CRS memo in effort to blast disposal bill

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Pesticides:

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Water:

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