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"Confusion, Fear as Haiti Camps Evacuate for Storm"

"For nearly 10 months, more than 1 million people in Haiti's earthquake camps have been walking a precarious line: Trying to get out and find good homes without losing their tents and the possessions they still have. Now a potential hurricane threatens to upend that careful balance. The Haitian government has called for the voluntary evacuation of all the quake zone's camps ahead of Friday's expected arrival of Tropical Storm Tomas, telling residents to find somewhere else to go."

Source: AP, 11/04/2010

Indonesia Volcano Explodes: Death Toll Reaches 44

"Indonesia's Mount Merapi blasted ash and gas into the sky on Thursday, killing six more people in the latest in a series of eruptions over the past nine days that claimed 44 lives and forced more than 75,000 to flee their homes."

Source: MSNBC, 11/04/2010

"With All Eyes on the Gulf, BP Alaska Facilities Are Still at Risk"

"The extensive pipeline system that moves oil, gas and waste throughout BP's operations in Alaska is plagued by severe corrosion, according to an internal maintenance report generated four weeks ago."

Source: ProPublica, 11/04/2010

"Washington State Nuclear Plant Scores Low in Reliability"

"Energy Northwest's nuclear power plant near Richland, Wash., has been rated as one of two nuclear plants in the nation that are in greatest need of operational and human performance improvement."

Source: McClatchy, 11/04/2010

"Solar-Panel Maker to Close a Factory and Delay Expansion"

"Solyndra, a Silicon Valley solar-panel maker that won half a billion dollars in federal aid to build a state-of-the-art robotic factory, plans to announce on Wednesday that it will shut down an older plant and lay off workers."

Source: NYTimes, 11/04/2010

"Big Oil Spends $69.5 Million on Ads To Get the Congress It Wants"

"It's worth a lot to the oil and coal lobbies to get the Congress they want and the investment seems to be paying off."

Source: Guardian, 11/04/2010

"State Probe Into Acreage Cancer Cluster Ends With No Cause Found"

Florida has ended its investigation of excess childhood brain cancer cases in the unincorporated Palm Beach County community known as The Acreage without finding any environmental cause.

Source: Palm Beach Post, 11/04/2010

Idaho's Rep. Mike Simpson To Take Over Interior Appropriations Panel

"The Republican takeover of the U.S. House makes Rep. Mike Simpson chairman of Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies and the second-ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development."

Source: Idaho Statesman, 11/04/2010

"Woman Loses Bid to Lead Navajos"

"Lynda Lovejoy, a state senator in New Mexico, and her running mate, Earl Tulley, have lost their bid to become the first woman and the first environmental leader to lead the Navajo Nation, the largest American Indian tribe."

Source: NYTimes, 11/04/2010

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