SPOTLIGHT

1. BIOFUELS:

White House, Pentagon at odds over refinery program

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has been considering delaying the Pentagon's portion of a $510 million federal program to invest in biofuel refineries that has been the subject of congressional battles for more than a year, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the deliberations.

SPOTLIGHT

1. BIOFUELS:

White House, Pentagon at odds over refinery program

Top Stories

2. WATER POLLUTION:

Legal battle over mine discharges targets Clean Water Act 'permit shield'

3. AGRICULTURE:

Grassley measure targets EPA for releasing livestock data

4. NOAA:

Short-staffed NWS offices 'vulnerable to failure during significant weather events' -- audit

Congress

5. CHEMICALS:

Lautenberg and Vitter announce surprise bipartisan TSCA bill

6. CHEMICALS:

ACC rolls out safety code with eye toward swaying Hill debate

Politics

7. FOREST SERVICE:

Tidwell defends SRS decision, mulls override of tanker protest

8. ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Mining group faults Obama admin's sage grouse study

9. FORESTS:

Oregonians favor 'ecological forestry' on O&C lands over trust model -- poll

Natural Resources

10. NOAA:

Key fisheries official to leave for National Aquarium

11. INTERIOR:

Water reuse efforts in Calif., N.M. receive WaterSMART grants

12. WILDFIRES:

FAA regs stymie use of firefighting drones

13. FORESTS:

Latest boreal protection talks break down

Law

14. INTERIOR:

Court orders agency to reconsider taking land for Ariz. casino

15. COAL ASH:

N.C. adds 14th power plant to lawsuit against Duke

16. GULF SPILL:

BP attempts to halt payouts for 'inflated losses'

Energy

17. ENERGY EFFICIENCY:

Cree looks to bury Edison's light bulb

Federal Agencies

18. GSA:

Obama nominates scandal-quashing acting chief to take agency helm

Chemicals

19. PESTICIDES:

Insecticide sales rise as GM corn loses resistance

20. CHEMICALS:

Agency blasts ATF for blocking fertilizer plant probe

21. CHEMICALS:

New York City agrees to speed up PCB cleanup in schools

22. CHEMICALS:

Refineries, plants spew emissions more often than industry admits -- report

States

23. CALIFORNIA:

Garcetti wins Los Angeles mayoral race

24. ALASKA:

Governor OKs oil tax overhaul bill

25. CONNECTICUT:

State Senate approves GM labeling bill

26. ILLINOIS:

State Senate votes to override governor's smart grid veto

27. OREGON:

Portland votes again against fluoridating water supply

International

28. EUROPEAN UNION:

Bloc toughens offshore drilling rules

29. AUSTRALIA:

Queensland pushes to allow starving cattle to graze in national parks

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30. ELECTRICITY:

PG&E's Johns discusses upcoming response to regulators' San Bruno fine

Emissions:

Quebec environment minister Blanchet previews carbon auction with California

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