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"EPA Sues VF's North Face Over 'Pesticide' Shoes"

"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency filed a complaint against VF Corp, owner of the North Face brand, on Tuesday, claiming that more than 70 styles of shoes advertised as bacteria-killing by the company had not been registered with the agency."

Source: Reuters, 09/23/2009

"Genetically Engineered Sugar Beet Approval Illegal, Judge Rules"

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture's deregulation of genetically engineered RoundUp Ready sugar beets in 2004 was unlawful, a federal court in California ruled Monday."

Source: ENS, 09/23/2009

Plug-in Maker Gets $529-Million Loan from Obama Administration

"In its latest bid to help finance the car of tomorrow, the Obama administration said it would lend more than $500 million to Irvine-based Fisker Automotive Inc. to develop a pair of plug-in hybrids."

Source: LA Times, 09/23/2009

"Deadly Acid Poses a Safety Issue for Sunoco"

"Sunoco's use of deadly hydrofluoric acid at its Philadelphia refinery has come under scrutiny after a March accident that sent 13 contract workers to the hospital."

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, 09/23/2009

"White House Rolls Out Auto Fuel Economy, Emissions Standard"

"The Obama administration ... released details of its national suite of auto standards that would mandate increased fuel economy and impose the first-ever greenhouse gas standard on the nation's cars and trucks."

Source: Greenwire, 09/23/2009

"Murkowski CO2 Amendment Could Have Broad Reach"

"A possible amendment from Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has the potential to handcuff U.S. EPA from exercising its full regulatory power [over greenhouse gases], a scenario that has sent shockwaves through the environmental community."

Source: ClimateWire, 09/23/2009

PG&E Leaves Chamber of Commerce Over Climate Issue

"Pacific Gas & Electric, the big California utility, has pulled out of the United States Chamber of Commerce over what its chairman, Peter Darbee, termed 'fundamental differences' over the climate change issue."

Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2009

"Floodwaters Begin To Recede in the Southeast"

Residents in Georgia and Alabama returned to waterlogged homes after flooding caused by torrential rains caused at least nine deaths.

Source: AP, 09/23/2009

"Big Polluters Told to Report Emissions"

"The Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that it would require the nation’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases to start tracking their emission levels on Jan. 1 and report them to the government."

Source: NYTimes, 09/23/2009

"China and U.S. Try To Jumpstart U.N. Climate Talks"

"China laid out a plan to curb carbon emissions by 2020 and U.S. President Barack Obama called on all nations to act now to tackle global warming, as world leaders tried to inject momentum into climate change talks."

Source: Reuters, 09/23/2009

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