SPOTLIGHT

1. WHITE HOUSE:

Group sues for info on OIRA meetings with industry on EPA air rules

A nonpartisan environmental watchdog today filed a lawsuit against the White House seeking documents from multiple meetings that administration officials held with industry representatives before signing off on several of U.S. EPA's Clean Air Act regulations, including its controversial mercury and air toxics standards. The group is looking for documents from 65 meetings, 51 with utilities and other industries and 14 with public interest organizations.

SPOTLIGHT

1. WHITE HOUSE:

Group sues for info on OIRA meetings with industry on EPA air rules

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2. FISHERIES:

Attempt to ban new catch shares could gut management plans

3. FORESTS:

Colo. roadless rule affirms disputed Bush-era oil and gas leases

4. WILDLIFE:

Congressional goose kill not needed to protect airlines -- federal biologist

Congress

5. UTILITIES:

House bill would create regulatory loophole -- EPA air chief

6. BIOFUELS:

Lawmakers spar over renewable fuel standard

7. FLOOD INSURANCE:

Vitter to offer long-term reform measure as Senate amendment

8. ENERGY EFFICIENCY:

GAO spells out Congress' choices for home-retrofit tax credit

Politics

9. HYDRAULIC FRACTURING:

Despite concessions, industry questions need for federal fracking rule

10. CAMPAIGN 2012:

Energy prominently featured in new Chamber of Commerce political ads

11. TRANSPORTATION:

Amid funding debate, survey shows strong support for bike money

Natural Resources

12. OFFSHORE DRILLING:

Interior official defends decision to punt on Atlantic leasing

13. ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Interior will alter Colo. river flows to aid native fish

14. PUBLIC LANDS:

Officials consider name change for Colo. national monument

15. OCEANS:

Pacific garbage patch changes insect mating habits -- study

16. FISHERIES:

Warmer waters send some fish species north

Law

17. NUCLEAR:

Court seeks extra briefing in Vermont Yankee case

18. PEOPLE:

Bracewell & Giuliani tempts energy lawyers from imploding rival

19. CLIMATE:

Judge largely rejects Ben Stein's global warming suit

20. OIL AND GAS:

India blocks Exxon Valdez's entry

Energy

21. COAL:

Ky. mining companies fret as state boosts bonding requirements

22. NUCLEAR POWER:

Utility takes 1,300 damaged tubes out of service at crippled Calif. reactors

23. OIL AND GAS:

Companies market their spill-containment technology around the world

24. ELECTRICITY:

As consumers push back against smart meters, utilities stall upgrade plans

25. RENEWABLE ENERGY:

Bucking trend, company names Okla. wind farm for employee

Business

26. OLYMPICS:

BP, EDF aim to shake off disaster associations with game sponsorships

Security

27. UNITED NATIONS:

Peacekeepers need more cash, broader mandate to address resource issues -- UNEP

International

28. JAPAN:

Nation prepares to take over TEPCO

29. JAPAN:

Infamous dolphin-hunting town plans whale zoo

Electricity:

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

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NATURAL GAS:

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