Top Stories

2. COAL:
Groups challenge permit for N.M. power project

3. OIL AND GAS:
Controversial Roan Plateau lease sales yield a record $114M

4. AUTOS:
U.S., automakers reaffirm commitment to hydrogen

Politics

5. CAMPAIGN 2008:
Car dealers are big McCain contributors

6. CAMPAIGN 2008:
McCain raises $27 million in July

Energy Policy & Markets

7. GASOLINE:
Consumers spend more on fuel than on autos for first time since 1982

8. OIL AND GAS:
OPEC leaves 2009 oil demand growth at seven-year low

9. OIL AND GAS:
High prices drive traditional energy boom in Pa.

10. NATURAL GAS:
No deal between Iran, Turkey on pipeline

11. ENERGY MARKETS:
Dudley cannot serve as CEO of TNK-BP -- Russian court

Business, Finance & Technology

12. AUTOS:
Ford to make new luxury crossover

13. COMMODITIES:
New data show speculators play larger role in oil trading

14. AVIATION:
American, British Airways, Iberia sign cooperation agreement

15. ALTERNATIVE FUELS:
School buses fill up with cheaper, greener options

16. BUSINESS:
Swiss solar specialist plans IPO, European expansion

Air, Water & Climate

17. WATER:
New York to require $50B for clean water upgrades, governor says

Wastes & Hazardous Substances

18. CHEMICALS:
Court should ignore W.Va. governor's appeal, plaintiffs argue

Natural Resources

19. OCEANS:
'Dead zones' proliferating, expanding worldwide -- study

20. OCEANS:
Increasingly acidic waters could hinder marine fertilization

21. EVERGLADES:
Judge denies tribe's request to order work on stalled reservoir

22. INVASIVE SPECIES:
New Zealand snail added to to growing list of Lake Michigan invaders

23. AGRICULTURE:
Calif. declares victory over fruit fly

24. AGRICULTURE:
Locally grown craze causes growing pains for small farms

25. WILDLIFE:
Groups sue over proposed toll road on Calif. beach

26. LAND LETTER:
Real estate bust spurs land-preservation boom

States

27. STATE LINES:
Calif., Ill., Iowa, Mont., N.Y., Texas and Wis.

International

28. WORLD LINES:
Britain, Ecuador and Russia