E&ENews PM http://www.eenewspm.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 The Interior Department will not open several hundred thousand acres of Alaskan wetlands to oil and gas development for at least a decade, according to a revised final plan released today for the northeast section of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Interior's Bureau of Land Management's revised plan says it is deferring leasing for 10 years in 430,000 acres north and east of Teshekpuk Lake in the 4.6-million-acre northeast section of the reserve. SPOTLIGHT Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/1 The Fish and Wildlife Service released its long-awaited final recovery plan for the northern spotted owl today, emphasizing that forest conservation and reducing the threat of the rival barred owl… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/2 ATLANTA -- The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected Georgia's bid today for a rehearing of an earlier court decision that struck down a 2003… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/3 Saudi Arabia refused a plea from President Bush today for increased oil production to ease soaring fuel prices. King Abdullah and Saudi leaders maintained they are meeting demand. "What they're… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/4 The Energy Department said today it would not sign contracts for deliveries of crude to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve for the rest of the year. DOE received bids Tuesday for… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/5 U.S. EPA is battling a Sierra Club effort to force the agency to complete within 60 days a Supreme Court-mandated review of motor vehicles' greenhouse gas emissions. EPA told the… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/6 U.S. EPA opened a 30-day comment period today on Texas' request for reducing by half the national mandate for corn ethanol. Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) sent a letter last… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/7 Size matters in the biomass business. Mark Spurr, legislative director for the International District Energy Association, told a Capitol Hill energy forum yesterday that biomass energy producers are seeking "sweet… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Fri May 16 16:30:00 EDT 2008 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2008/05/16/8