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| | | Obama to introduce sweeping new controls on ozone emissions. The Obama administration is expected to release on Wednesday a contentious and long-delayed environmental regulation to curb emissions of ozone, a smog-causing pollutant linked to asthma, heart disease and premature death. New York Times | | US government data sharpens focus on crude-oil train routes. A ProPublica analysis of federal government data adds new details to what's known about the routes taken by trains carrying crude oil. Local governments are often unaware of the potential dangers they face. ProPublica | | Supreme Court to hear challenge to rules on mercury from power plants. The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a major challenge to the limits set by the Obama administration on emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants from coal-fired power plants. It is the latest effort by industry groups to roll back regulations that would reduce emissions like mercury, soot, sulfur, smog and carbon dioxide. New York Times | | Ontario moves toward curbing pesticide blamed for bee deaths. Ontario is moving closer to curbing a class of pesticides blamed for massive bee kills that endanger the pollination of crops and the environment. But farmers are infuriated by the move announced Tuesday by Agriculture Minister Jeff Leal to reduce the number of acres planted with neonicotinoid-coated corn and soybean seeds by 2017. Toronto Star, Ontario | | Kids' asthma, wheezing and bronchitis can be linked to unventilated gas stoves, Oregon researchers say. As home cooks fire up their stoves for Thanksgiving, Oregon State University researchers would like parents who own gas stoves to keep this in mind: Using gas kitchen stoves without proper ventilation could be hazardous to children's respiratory health. Portland Oregonian, Oregon | | Canada reaches out to thalidomide victims. Federal Health Minister Rona Ambrose says she is prepared to meet with a group seeking long-term compensation for victims of the drug thalidomide. Nearly 100 victims, almost all in their early 50s, are still suffering the crippling effects of a federally approved drug their mothers took in the early 1960s. Globe and Mail, Ontario | | Report sets out path to fracking in Maryland. Capping three years of study, the O'Malley administration declared Tuesday that hydraulic fracturing for natural gas can be done safely in western Maryland, but only after tightening regulations to reduce air and water pollution and protect residents from well contamination, noise and other disruption associated with an anticipated drilling boom. Baltimore Sun, Maryland | | Canadian protesters defy authorities over Trans Mountain pipeline. A proposed pipeline expansion that would transport tar sands oil through a park in British Columbia has unified Canadians from all walks of life in their opposition to the project — which they said does not respect public opinion and could endanger both land and sea. Al Jazeera America | | 26 killed in state-owned coal mine fire in Northeast China. A coal mine fire killed 26 workers and injured 50 others in Northeast China's Liaoning province early Wednesday, according to the state-owned Liaoning Fuxin Coal Corporation. China Daily | | Beijing considers permanent odd-even ban on vehicles after success of 'Apec blue'. The Beijing municipal government will discuss permanently banning vehicles from the roads on alternating days based on their number plates, to reduce traffic and air pollution, after a relatively successful test drive earlier this month. South China Morning Post, China | | Filipino farmers protest government research on genetically modified rice. Jon Sarmiento, a farmer in the Cavite province in southern Manila, plants a variety of fruits and vegetables, but his main crop, rice, is under threat. He claims that approval by the Philippine government of the genetically modified 'golden rice' that is fortified with beta-carotene could ruin his livelihood. Inter Press Service | | Duke Energy dumping 12 million tons of coal ash near Sanford trailer park. Until this week, residents of a small trailer park off Colon Road in Sanford didn't know the old brick mine across the street could soon be a dump for millions of tons of potentially toxic coal ash. Durham Independent Weekly, North Carolina | | Oregon food label measure headed for recount. Statewide vote totals released Monday show an Oregon ballot measure that would require labeling of genetically modified foods was losing by a mere 809 votes and will go to an automatic recount. Portland KATU, Oregon | | Missouri approves 10,000-hog farm despite opposition from neighbors. Opponents of a proposed large hog-breeding operation are considering their next step after the state approved an operating permit. Associated Press | | Judge rejects settlement in Kentucky coal mining case. Kentucky environmental regulators are so understaffed they can no longer effectively enforce clean-water rules, Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip J. Shepherd ruled on Monday in a high-profile coal mining case. Louisville Courier-Journal, Kentucky | | Inhofe enjoys support to lead environment panel. Republican senators who believe that climate change is happening appear to have no qualms about Sen. James Inhofe's rise to the chairmanship of the Environment and Public Works Committee. He will, however, underscore the party's divisions about the science around warming. E&E Daily | | Source of lead contamination found flying under the radar. It's a dangerous toxic for children that is essentially undetectable - lead. Over the past several decades it was banned from paint, plumbing and automobile fuel. However, the one place where lead still flies high, is in aviation fuel - specifically the fuel used in small aircrafts. New Orleans WDSU TV, Louisiana | | Chemicals in sunscreen, aftershave may affect male fertility. A new study suggests chemicals in sunscreen may impair men's ability to father children, government scientists say, but other experts question whether the chemicals wound up in men's urine from sunscreen or through another route. Reuters | | How America's Thanksgiving turkeys got so huge. Thanksgiving, the most food-focused of American holidays, provides a hearty occasion for this reminder: The dominant fruits, vegetables, and animals in modern farming are products of highly unnatural selection. Quartz | | | More news from today - Costs of responding to Ebola adding up
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