Roundup 10/9: Taking Aim Edition

Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) is holding up Senate consideration of the 2010 spending bill that funds the Department of Energy, concerned that the bill ensures public access to various reports that lawmakers require agencies to make.

White House environmental and ocean officials will meet on Monday in New Orleans as part of the Gulf Coast Regional Ocean Policy Task Force.

The European Union has indicated its support for tightening restrictions on HFCs, which are greenhouse gases, under the Montreal Protocol, a pact designed to protect the ozone layer. Some had previously worried that the proposed move would dilute the aims of the second treaty.