News bites: Federal regulators are vying to punish trader

Two federal agencies that oversee the U.S. energy market are pressing for the right to sanction a trader whose bad bets helped sink a billion-dollar hedge find, according to Reuters. A California state lawmaker is asking the Federal Trade Commission to clamp down on a sun-tanning group, The Los Angeles Times reports.

NPR has a take on efforts to dislodge a long-stalled proposal to further limit worker exposure to harmful silica at construction sites and shipyards. And here’s The Hill's version from earlier in the week.