SPOTLIGHT

1. RENEWABLE ENERGY:

New bankruptcy filing by DOE loan recipient adds fuel to GOP's ire

Another Department of Energy loan guarantee grantee filed for bankruptcy yesterday, just two days after the White House promised to conduct an independent review of the troubled program. Massachusetts-based Beacon Power Corp. filed for Chapter 11 protection in federal bankruptcy court, 14 months after receiving a $43 million loan guarantee from DOE to help produce technology that prevents energy grid power surges. Beacon previously filed for a $23 million grant for DOE.

SPOTLIGHT

1. RENEWABLE ENERGY:

New bankruptcy filing by DOE loan recipient adds fuel to GOP's ire

Top Stories

2. SUPREME COURT:

Justices decline to take delta smelt case

3. CLIMATE:

EPA, greens extend talks on CO2 from power plants

4. FEDERAL AGENCIES:

New sustainability plans in line with cost-cutting push, Obama officials say

Politics

5. INTERIOR:

Obama to create his first national monument at Va. fort

6. COAL:

Watchdogs suspicious of planned merger of mining agency, BLM

7. CAMPAIGN 2012:

Perry's energy pitch upsets Iowa ethanol producers

Congress

8. POLITICS:

Utah Rep. Matheson decides against challenging Hatch for Senate seat

Energy

9. NATURAL GAS:

Interior to propose frack regs in 'couple of months'

10. NATURAL GAS:

Debate over fracking gets tense in Cooperstown, N.Y.

11. NATURAL GAS:

Legal battles over mineral rights mount in Pa.

12. OIL AND GAS:

Colo. counties are drafting fracking rules

13. BIOFUELS:

$44.6M in farm bill funding awarded for biodiesel

14. NUCLEAR:

Draft EIS finds no concerns for proposed Mich. reactor

15. OIL AND GAS:

Opposition to Keystone pipeline grows in S.D.

16. UTILITIES:

Boulder weighs break with power company in pursuit of cleaner energy

17. UTILITIES:

Millions still without power after wintery Halloween weekend

Climate Change

18. POPULATION:

U.N. chief marks 7 billion moment with a call for GHG cuts

Law and Lobbying

19. MINING:

Alaska files lawsuit to scrap Pebble-related ordinance

Air and Water

20. AIR POLLUTION:

U.S., China tussle over air quality measurements

21. AIR POLLUTION:

Bad air linked to lung cancer in non-smokers

22. WATER:

Calif. pact faces legal battle

23. WATER:

Nev. weighs desalination plan

Natural Resources

24. AGRICULTURE:

Wis. 'swamplovers' slog into Congress' farm bill fracas

Wastes & Hazardous Substances

25. SUPERFUND:

EPA begins massive river cleanup in Newark, N.J.

26. CHEMICALS:

Older herbicides take over as Roundup fails

States

27. ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Expiration of management program hurts Alaska's beluga listing challenge

International

28. NUCLEAR CRISIS:

Lack of central planning hinders Japan cleanup

Society

29. OBITUARY:

Electric automaker Bob Beaumont dies at 79

E&ETV's OnPoint

30. WIND:

Dowding Industries' Metts says company can't survive without tax credit extension

Renewables:

German energy transition architect Baake discusses U.S. clean energy policy

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