SPOTLIGHT

1. FEDERAL AGENCIES:

Lawmakers target travel, operating budgets in wake of Vegas scandal

A flood of legislation is following last week's swarm of hearings on the General Services Administration's high-priced Las Vegas conference scandal. And if the latest proposals are enacted, the operating budgets and travel policies of every federal agency may pay a steep price for GSA's wild conference weekend.

SPOTLIGHT

1. FEDERAL AGENCIES:

Lawmakers target travel, operating budgets in wake of Vegas scandal

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2. EPA:

New IG report faults agency's management of radiation monitors

3. PESTICIDES:

EPA is pressed to ban chemicals that studies link to honeybees' demise

4. COAL:

Mining-friendly Va. law makes way for underground wastewater discharges

Congress

5. APPROPRIATIONS:

Senate subpanel approves energy, water spending bill

6. TRANSPORTATION:

Senate appoints 14 conferees to reauthorization talks

Politics

7. OIL AND GAS:

Girding for attacks on earnings, API touts benefits to pension funds, Treasury

8. FEDERAL WORKFORCE:

Despite outcry, OMB raises cap on contractor salaries

9. CAMPAIGN 2012:

Sierra Club backs underdog in Hawaii congressional primary

Natural Resources

10. PUBLIC LANDS:

Coalition decries Utah road claims as 'back-door attack' on parks, wilderness

11. BRISTOL BAY:

CEO's comments raise eyebrows but don't appease Pebble opponents

12. COAL:

Markey requests GAO review of leasing program

13. RENEWABLE ENERGY:

Mojave solar plans see hiccup after artifacts discovery

14. EVERGLADES:

Biden, Nelson tout restoration progress in campaign trip

15. PUBLIC LANDS:

Ohio officials mulled stricter drilling rules for state parks -- documents

16. OCEANS:

Researchers hope white whale discovery will spur more reserve creation

Law

17. CLIMATE:

Calif. gets court clearance for enforcing fuel standard

18. AIR POLLUTION:

N.J. withdraws from litigation over EPA ozone rule

19. GULF SPILL:

Shrimp processers blast BP settlement

Climate Change

20. POLITICS:

'Gaia' guru Lovelock says he was too 'alarmist' about climate change

Energy

21. UTILITIES:

Industry researchers look to ARPA-E for carbon capture, grid advances

22. OIL AND GAS:

Upstart regulator reins in Mexico's energy giant

23. NUCLEAR POWER:

San Onofre operator plans reactor restart while wrapping up tests

Business

24. ENERGY MARKETS:

Shell nabs stake in Mozambique gas fields for $1.8B

25. MINING:

Big-name investors back plan to tap asteroids for metals

26. AUTOS:

Car companies close in on plan for resin shortage

Chemicals

27. TOXICS:

Enviros red-flag chemical in Tide detergent

International

28. CHINA:

Enviros find unsafe levels of pesticides in tea bags

29. JAPAN:

Some Fukushima evacuees may wait 20 years to go home

30. PERU:

Nation says gold miner willing to improve controversial plan

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31. REGULATIONS:

Institute for Policy Integrity's Livermore says economic analyses of rules misleading

Renewables:

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

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