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"BP Settlement Will Cost $20.8 Billion, Justice Department Says" [1]

"The Justice Department unveiled final details of a record-setting civil settlement with BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a deal the department said would ultimately cost the London-based oil giant $20.8 billion."

Source: Wash Post [2], 10/06/2015

"Trans-Pacific Partnership Is Reached, but Faces Scrutiny in Congress" [3]

"The United States, Japan and 10 other Pacific Rim nations on Monday reached final agreement on the largest regional trade accord in history, teeing up what could be the toughest fight President Obama will face in his final year in office: securing approval from Congress."

Source: NY Times [4], 10/06/2015

Pipeline Co. Seeks to Bar Evidence of Gov. Scott’s Investment From Suit [5]

"Lawyers for a company that wants to build a natural gas pipeline in north Florida have told a judge that environmental opponents should be blocked from 'presenting evidence or argument' about Gov. Rick Scott’s financial interest in the company."

Source: Florida Bulldog [6], 10/05/2015

"Indonesia Forest Fires Could Become Worst on Record: NASA" [7]

"JAKARTA -- The forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in choking haze are on track to become among the worst on record, NASA has warned, with a prolonged dry season hampering efforts to curb a crisis that has persisted for nearly two decades."

Source: AFP [8], 10/05/2015

"Six Experts Vie for Top U.N. Climate Science Job" [9]

"Six candidates are vying to become head of the U.N.'s top authority on climate change science this week, seeking to narrow down uncertainties about future warming to guide a trillion-dollar shift to greener energies."

Source: Reuters [10], 10/05/2015

"Car Emissions Test Body Receives 70% of Cash From Motor Industry" [11]

"The body examining the practices of the car industry following the Volkswagen emissions scandal has been accused of a major conflict of interest after it emerged that nearly three quarters of its funding comes from the companies it is investigating."

Source: Guardian [12], 10/05/2015

"AP Analysis: Dozens of Deaths Likely From VW Pollution Dodge" [13]

"Volkswagen's pollution-control chicanery has not just been victimless tinkering, killing between five and 20 people in the United States annually in recent years, according to an Associated Press statistical and computer analysis."

Source: AP [14], 10/05/2015

"Obama Just Announced the First New Marine Sanctuaries in 15 Years" [15]

"At the second annual Our Ocean conference, which opens today in Chile and will address challenges to marine ecosystems around the globe, world leaders will announce the extra steps they are taking to protect the world’s oceans. And the Obama administration is helping to kick things off by announcing plans to create two new marine sanctuaries — one in Maryland, and the other in Lake Michigan."

Source: Wash Post [16], 10/05/2015

"BP Settlement Agreement Announced in July To Be Filed Monday" [17]

"The details of the $18 billion BP settlement agreement will be released to the public on Monday."

Source: AP [18], 10/05/2015

"Week Ahead: House To Vote on Crude Oil Ban" [19]

"House lawmakers will cast a vote on lifting the 40-year-old ban on crude oil exports, the next step in an expanding debate over the issue."

Source: The Hill [20], 10/05/2015

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