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"E.P.A. Moves to Curtail Greenhouse Gas Emissions" [1]

"Unwilling to wait for Congress to act, the Obama administration announced on Wednesday that it was moving forward on new rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from hundreds of power plants and large industrial facilities."

Source: NYTimes [2], 10/01/2009

"Laundry Waste Water Harming Puget Sound, Study Says" [3]

"Dirty water from residential washing machines is a significant source of a toxin polluting Puget Sound, according to a study released Tuesday."

Source: Tacoma News Tribune [4], 09/30/2009

"Virginia Beach to Control Sewage Overflows Under Costly Settlement" [5]

"Hampton Roads Sanitation District, based in Virginia Beach, has agreed to pay a $900,000 civil fine and to take action to reduce alleged sanitary sewer overflows from its collection system and nine sewage treatment plants that have polluted the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries."

Source: ENS [6], 09/30/2009

"New Brunswick Power to Close Coal-Fired Plant and Strip Mine" [7]

"New Brunswick Power announced today that the company will close its coal-fired Grand Lake generating station when its operating license expires in June 2010."

Source: ENS [8], 09/30/2009

"Judge Rejects U.S. Management Plan for California Desert" [9]

"Bureau of Land Management's proposal for the West Mojave 'does not contain a reasonable range of alternatives' to limit off-road-vehicle routes in the sensitive habitat, the ruling states."

Source: LA Times [10], 09/30/2009

"Nanomaterials Under Study by the E.P.A." [11]

"The Environmental Protection Agency detailed its plans on Tuesday for research into the possible health and environmental risks of nanomaterials, tiny substances that are finding growing use in products like sunscreens and industrial adhesives."

Source: NYTimes [12], 09/30/2009

"We Call This Cancer Alley" [13]

A new generation of urban, blue-collar environmentalists is waging war over "environmental justice" in the dense, polluted Latino neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

Source: LA Times [14], 09/30/2009

"America’s National Parks Face Challenges" [15]

"This fall may prove to be a watershed moment for the parks," as a six-part PBS series by Ken Burns highlights their glories and their problems -- air pollution, a changing climate, and needed upkeep among them.

Source: Christian Science Monitor [16], 09/30/2009

"'Sea of Devastation': Samoans Flee Deadly Tsunami" [17]

"Victims of the tsunami that swept across the South Pacific had only minutes to escape the deadly waves and in some cases didn't receive alerts of danger, despite years of work to upgrade early-warning systems across the region."

Source: Wall St. Journal [18], 09/30/2009

"Senators' Climate Draft Mirrors House Bill, With Some Exceptions" [19]

"An early version of Senate climate legislation obtained today by E&E confirms that Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) largely plan to follow the path their Democratic colleagues pursued in the House-passed climate bill."

Source: Greenwire [20], 09/30/2009

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