1. OFFSHORE DRILLING:

Interior OKs Shell's Arctic spill response plan

In the latest sign that oil exploration could begin in the U.S. Arctic this summer, the Interior Department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement today approved the spill response plan submitted by Royal Dutch Shell PLC for oil development in Alaska's Chukchi Sea. Go to story #1

1. OFFSHORE DRILLING:

Interior OKs Shell's Arctic spill response plan

Top Stories

2. ETHANOL:

E15 one step closer toward sale in U.S.

3. FEDERAL WORKFORCE:

Congress passes payroll-tax package with increased pension cost

4. CLIMATE:

Coal-to-gas switch will yield few emission advantages -- study

Politics

5. SOLYNDRA:

GOP launches probe into another DOE loan guarantee

6. CLIMATE:

Leaked Heartland memos continuing to raise questions

7. POLITICS:

On stimulus anniversary, GOP touts 'Keystone economy' over 'Solyndra economy'

8. LOBBYING:

Scrappy pro-reg business group wants to be counterpoint to U.S. Chamber

9. CAMPAIGN 2012:

Rep. McNerney is latest Democrat that GOP tries to link to Solyndra

Congress

10. TRANSPORTATION:

Senate test vote fails, but Dems say bill still has path forward

11. WATER POLICY:

Paul floats Senate bill to shorten EPA's regulatory reach

12. FOREST SERVICE:

Lawmakers hesitant to expand fund combining numerous resource programs

13. SCIENCE:

White House defends energy collaboration with China

14. USDA:

Vilsack spars with GOP over budget proposal

15. MINING:

Obama admin opposes plan to send coal-reclamation cash to hardrock sites

16. ENERGY POLICY:

Experts scrutinize government subsidies, jobs goals

17. PUBLIC LANDS:

FWS clashes with locals over future of Va. refuge

Law

18. FORESTS:

Appeals court rejects review of roadless rule

Energy

19. ELECTRICITY:

FERC launches effort to coordinate gas supply to grid

20. OIL AND GAS:

Pipeline projects pack economic wallop for U.S. -- study

21. OIL AND GAS:

Crews working to bring Alaskan well under control

22. NUCLEAR POWER:

Uranium alternative has its own complications

23. OIL AND GAS:

Resources boom raises tensions in Falkland Islands

Transportation

24. FUEL ECONOMY:

Automakers urge tweaks to CAFE standards

25. AUTOS:

Chrysler pulls DOE loan application

Business

26. BIOFUELS:

EPA should stand firm on cellulosic standards -- trade group

27. ENERGY MARKETS:

Md. decision imminent on Constellation-Exelon merger

28. NATURAL GAS:

Gazprom isn't rushing into shale game

29. OIL AND GAS:

Executives win big bonuses at BP

Air and Water

30. WATER POLLUTION:

Army Corps revamps streamlined permitting for mountaintop mines

31. WATER POLLUTION:

Barge collision sparks oil spill in Mississippi River

32. WATER POLLUTION:

New York City launches sewage-runoff tracking program

Natural Resources

33. WILDLIFE:

Bird promiscuity linked to variable weather, researchers find

34. FISHERIES:

Obama visits restaurant that serves shark fin

35. WILDLIFE:

Poachers kill 200 elephants in Cameroon

Wastes & Hazardous Substances