SPOTLIGHT

1. SUPREME COURT:

Justices agree to hear Texas-Okla. water dispute

The Supreme Court today decided to intervene over a Texas water district's attempt to force Oklahoma authorities to allocate additional water to communities in north Texas. The Tarrant Regional Water District wants the high court to reverse a September 2011 ruling by the Denver-based 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

SPOTLIGHT

1. SUPREME COURT:

Justices agree to hear Texas-Okla. water dispute

THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES

2. CHEMICALS:

EPA draft cites potential health threats from home improvement products

3. LOBBYING:

With long-term fate of PTC in balance, big utility assesses its relationship with wind industry

4. LNG:

Sierra Club bid to halt Md. exports fails

5. AGRICULTURE:

Top Democrat blasts Boehner for 'empty promises' on farm bill

6. ENDANGERED SPECIES:

Prairie chicken conservation plan due in early 2013

7. SUPERSTORM SANDY:

Senate sends flood insurance bill to Obama

8. BRISTOL BAY:

Issa threatens to subpoena EPA over documents

9. PEOPLE:

Former GOP lawmaker lands spot at communications firm

10. FEDERAL AGENCIES:

FEMA mapping could boost tribal participation in flood program -- GAO

Upcoming markups and hearings

11. Calendar:

Activity for December 31 - January 14, 2013

Electricity:

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

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BIOFUELS:

White House, Pentagon at odds over refinery program

WATER POLLUTION:

Legal battle over mine discharges targets Clean Water Act 'permit shield'

AGRICULTURE:

Grassley measure targets EPA for releasing livestock data

NOAA:

Short-staffed NWS offices 'vulnerable to failure during significant weather events' -- audit

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NATURAL GAS:

As exports heat up, Alaskans wonder whether decades-old pipe dreams will ever become reality

LNG:

DOE hints gas export approvals should roll out quickly

ARCTIC POLICY:

Coast Guard moves ahead with new icebreaker but ditches deepwater port plans

ADVOCACY:

Left lashes out at middle-dwelling EDF on drilling

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EXTREME WEATHER:

Rare potent Okla. tornado fuels debate about disaster funding, science

SCIENCE:

Thawing tundra soils could produce lower CO2 emissions than previously thought -- study

NATIONS:

'Unthinkable' only a few years ago, U.S. could be net exporter of fuel by 2035

AVIATION:

Green groups rally for progress on global emissions deal

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APPROPRIATIONS:

House proposes 'devastating' cuts to Interior, EPA accounts in fiscal 2014

FORESTS:

House farm bill offers NEPA exclusions to combat beetle infestations

KEYSTONE XL:

GOP's newest strategy takes page from the Last Frontier

DISASTER ASSISTANCE:

No supplemental Okla. spending bill on the horizon yet -- Reid

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