1. DOE:

Issa takes an aerial detour at hearing on loan program

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. Go to story #1

1. DOE:

Issa takes an aerial detour at hearing on loan program

THIS AFTERNOON'S STORIES

2. OIL AND GAS:

House panel passes 3 bills aimed at spurring production

3. WIND:

Developers commit to wildlife protection guidelines, but critics remain

4. FEDERAL WORKFORCE:

Senate panel OKs bill extending benefits to same-sex domestic partners

5. ENERGY EFFICIENCY:

DOE tightens standards for dishwashers, clothes washers

6. ENERGY POLICY:

Chemical industry pushes to add efficiency to Bingaman's clean-power bill

7. TOXICS:

CDC heeds advisory panel, lowers threshold for lead poisoning

8. OIL AND GAS:

Oxfam sues to force U.S. companies to disclose foreign payments

9. COAL:

Groups sue regulator over N.M. mine expansion

10. WATER POLLUTION:

EPA launches college competition in stormwater design

Upcoming Markups and Hearings

11. Calendar:

Update for May 14 - May 25, 2012

1. REGULATIONS:

Air rule heads to scrapheap as Obama touts effort to eliminate 'unnecessary burdens' (Greenwire, 05/10/2012)

2. COAL:

Analysis declares 'twilight of coal-fired power' in U.S. (ClimateWire, 05/09/2012)

3. ENERGY POLICY:

White House, analysts, utilities to weigh in on Bingaman CES bill (E&E Daily, 05/14/2012)

4. BIOTECH:

Dow rolls out PR campaign as USDA weighs herbicide-resistant corn seed (Greenwire, 05/08/2012)

5. ADVOCACY:

For Heartland board, failed climate attack was a surprise (ClimateWire, 05/11/2012)

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OFFSHORE WIND:

Great Lakes projects founder as political winds shift

ETHANOL:

Interest groups, agencies battle over study linking E15 to engine damage

DOE:

BrightSource emails show politics at work in loan program -- GOP

CLIMATE:

Rising temperatures could eliminate two-thirds of Calif. snowpack

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CONGRESS:

Bucking trend, Senate takes lead -- and momentum -- on big bills

RENEWABLE ENERGY:

Wyden looks ahead to chairmanship, vows review of clean-power programs

BUDGET:

Senate set to vote down GOP spending plans, including one to kill DOE

NATURAL RESOURCES:

House panel threatens to subpoena 3 agency chiefs, but how far will it go?

Energy Policy:

Carnegie Endowment's Gordon discusses future of unconventional oil in U.S. (05/15/2012)

Energy Policy:

Environmental author McKibben discusses new subsidy rollback legislation (05/14/2012)

Energy Policy:

SAFE's Ori says energy independence a myth (05/10/2012)