SPOTLIGHT

1. EPA:

Obama updates agency's order of succession

As of today, U.S. EPA Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus, who heads the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, is no longer the third in line to lead the agency in case of disaster. EPA's was among seven updated succession orders issued today by President Obama.

SPOTLIGHT

1. EPA:

Obama updates agency's order of succession

THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES

2. CLIMATE:

Skeptics conference starts in wake of billboard scandal

3. AIR POLLUTION:

EPA, enviros agree on 2-week extension for reviewing state haze plans

4. NATIONAL LABS:

Renewables expert tapped to lead NSF board

E&ETV's OnPoint

5. ELECTRICITY:

Public Policy Consulting's Binz suggests risk-aware regulation for state commissioners

Upcoming markups and hearings

6. Calendar:

Activity for May 21 - June 4, 2012

Water:

U.S. Water Alliance's Grumbles discusses cap-and-trade proposal for watershed protection

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Greenwire&nbsp

NATURAL RESOURCES:

Senate panel lets helium bill carry cash for NPS, cleanups

COAL:

Army Corps declines broad environmental reviews for export terminals

CLIMATE:

Massive shifts in bird migration patterns, habitat have begun -- report

ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Judges uphold import ban on polar bear hides

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EnergyWire&nbsp

LNG:

Drillers are becoming their own best customers as equipment converts to gas

OIL SHALE:

BLM extends public comment period on revised leasing regs

OIL AND GAS:

Natural gas beats most resources in return on energy investment -- report

STATES:

Texas law sets up fund to repair drilling-battered roads

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ClimateWire&nbsp

WILDFIRE:

At the boundary between wilderness and civilization, the danger increases

BUSINESS:

Boston group shifts from 'Big Dig' to lowering commercial carbon emissions

RISK:

Army Corps chief suggests U.S. needs stronger levees as climate changes

NATIONS:

Latin America has renewable energy but lacks policies to use it -- study

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AGRICULTURE:

'Meatless Mondays' language to be dropped from House cafeterias under pressure from livestock industry

ENERGY POLICY:

Lights out for bulb rider, but others survive as energy, water bill begins march through House

TRANSPORTATION:

Cities looking to modernize go back to the future -- but Congress may have other ideas

OIL SANDS:

Spill cleanup tax 'loophole' is as murky as the crude itself

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Water:

U.S. Water Alliance's Grumbles discusses cap-and-trade proposal for watershed protection

Nuclear:

NEI's Peterson discusses politics surrounding NRC confirmation, San Onofre closure

Bristol Bay:

Pebble mine's Shively discusses future of project, EPA's watershed assessment