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TOXICS: Kids' Halloween makeup laced with heavy metals — study

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Heavy metals taint a variety of children's makeup products, according to a study published yesterday by the Breast Cancer Fund.

PESTICIDES: EPA postpones meeting on herbicide cancer risks

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A U.S. EPA science advisory panel will postpone a three-day meeting scheduled for next week on the potential cancer risks of the weed killer glyphosate, the agency said today.

AUTOS: Emission rules force carmakers to use larger engines

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A slew of European carmakers are reversing course and enlarging the size of their engines in a move to meet European emissions tests.

COAL: Alpha sells Ky. mine post-bankruptcy

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Former coal giant Alpha Natural Resources Inc. has sold multiple coal holdings in eastern Kentucky to a Texas company.

SOLAR: SunEdison says it is under federal investigation

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The Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting a formal investigation of SunEdison Inc. after the solar giant filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

NUCLEAR POWER: Westinghouse aims to restart fuel plant after uranium buildup

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After a buildup of uranium was found in May at the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel plant near Columbia, S.C., officials are now saying the problem has been resolved.

ELECTRICITY: Technology could stop jellyfish shutdowns at power plants

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Swarms of jellyfish can shut down power plants by blocking cooling-water intakes. Now, officials are developing an early warning tool to alert power plants.

BIOFUELS: Record corn crop harvest predicted

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U.S. farmers will harvest a record corn crop this year, the Department of Agriculture said, helping to fuel increased production of ethanol.

MARYLAND: Black neighborhoods support climate action — survey

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Baltimore and Prince George's County residents ranked trash, pests, vacant housing and aggressive policing as top issues of concern in their neighborhoods in a door-to-door survey conducted this spring — but they were also more likely to report experiencing health and environmental harms related to climate change than Marylanders as a whole.

RENEWABLE ENERGY: Politics, not price, hampers Caribbean clean power — panel

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The residence of the governor-general of St. Lucia is being fitted for solar panels, a move that could technically violate the Caribbean nation's regulations, but no one seems to mind.

TECHNOLOGY: Removing carbon from the air an 'unjust' gamble — paper

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Negative-emission technologies such as carbon-sucking synthetic trees are an "unjust and high-stakes gamble" that is threatening to spike global temperatures to catastrophic levels, according to a paper in the journal Science yesterday.

PIPELINES: Top Okla. court upholds ruling against company in explosion

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The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a power line construction company to the tune of $30 million in a judgment over a 2010 pipeline explosion in Texas.

OREGON STANDOFF: Shawna Cox feared 'death trap,' encouraged Finicum to 'gun it'

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Shawna Cox, a defendant in the ongoing Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation case, claimed yesterday that she did not immediately emerge from a truck during arrests because she was afraid law enforcement officers would shoot her.

SUPREME COURT: Losing 'water wars' trial could cost Ga. $18B — documents

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The upcoming "water wars" trial between Florida and Georgia could cost the Peach State's economy $18 billion if Florida wins, according to court documents.

CALIFORNIA: Climate concerns prompt suit over Warriors arena

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Several prominent California environmental groups have joined a lawsuit against a planned basketball arena in San Francisco, arguing it could set a precedent for enforcement of climate laws in the state.

CLEAN WATER RULE: 31 states urge Supreme Court to end jurisdiction fight

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Thirty-one states led by Ohio are asking the Supreme Court to resolve the "jurisdictional quagmire" of legal challenges over the Obama administration's contentious Clean Water Rule.

MINING: Weekend gold prospectors head for the hills

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There's a new generation of gold miners in New England who are crowding out the old-timers. They can be found wading knee-deep in streams and rivers on weekends in places like Plymouth, Vt., and Bath, N.H.

PUBLIC LANDS: BLM makes 2 expensive deals in desert tortoise reserve

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The Bureau of Land Management is finalizing an expensive deal with two Washington County developers in Utah to acquire parcels in a desert tortoise conservation zone.

MINING: Forest Service moves to halt Wash. exploration

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The Obama administration yesterday moved to ban mining in Washington state's Methow River Valley, following an outcry over a proposal from a Canadian company.

HURRICANE MATTHEW: Historic N.C. town floods; residents warned of toxins

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As North Carolina's death toll from Hurricane Matthew climbed to 22, the Tar River flooded the historic black town of Princeville yesterday.
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