E&ENews PM http://www.eenewspm.com The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who Track Environmental and Energy Policy. en-us Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 Three and a half years ago this week, executives from the Big Three auto companies were skewered by lawmakers for taking corporate jets to Washington to ask Congress for a bailout. This morning, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) revisited that incident as he questioned executives from four firms that received a total of $5 billion from the Department of Energy's controversial renewable energy loan guarantee program. SPOTLIGHT Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/1 In a broadside against the Obama administration's management of public lands, the House Natural Resources Committee today passed a trio of bills along party lines that would significantly speed development… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/2 The wind-power industry is fully backing voluntary federal guidelines aimed at siting and operating wind farms in ways that minimize impacts to birds, bats and wildlife habitat. The American Wind… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/3 The same-sex domestic partners of federal employees would get retirement and health benefits under a bill that passed its first hurdle today. The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/4 Finishing the last updates to home appliance standards that are required under a 2-year-old agreement, the Department of Energy today released new efficiency rules for clothes washers and dishwashers that… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/5 Having failed to convince Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) that electric utilities should get credit for wasting less energy under a bill to shrink the U.S.… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/6 The Centers for Disease Control today accepted recommendations from an advisory panel that cut the level of lead in a child's bloodstream that qualifies as lead poisoning by half. The… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/7 Oxfam America today took its battle against fossil fuel industries to the courts, filing a lawsuit aimed at forcing the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue a final rule for… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/8 American Indian and conservation groups are suing the federal Office of Surface Mining over its approval of a strip-mine expansion in northwestern New Mexico within the Navajo Nation, the groups… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/9 U.S. EPA announced the start today of a competition for college students intended to spur innovative green solutions to stormwater pollution. The Campus RainWorks Challenge offers cash prizes and research… THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES Wed May 16 16:01:00 -0400 2012 http://www.eenews.net/eenewspm/rss/2012/05/16/10