Fwd: Daily Grist: California ship-emissions rule struck down, national parks full of toxic chemicals, and more

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>California must seek permission to implement ship-emissions rule, court says

>A federal appeals court on Wednesday struck down a California rule aimed

>at reducing smog-causing emissions from ships in the Los Angeles area. The

>state had argued that it had the authority to implement the rule without

>seeking permission from the U.S. EPA since it was simply regulating the

>fuel used in older, more-polluting auxiliary diesel engines that provide

>onboard electricity and wasn't dictating emissions requirements. The

>appeals court disagreed, ruling that California must seek a waiver from

>the EPA in order to implement the rule. A similar waiver for a state law

>reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from cars and trucks was recently denied.

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>sources: Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Reuters

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>TODAY'S NEWS

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>National parks chock full o' chemicals, says study

>Our prized natural places are hardly pristine, according to a six-year

>federal study. Researchers looked at the air, water, soil, lichen, conifer

>needles, and fish in 20 U.S. national parks and monuments. They found a

>total of some 70 contaminants, from near as well as far, including local

>pesticide residue mingling with mercury wafted in from overseas. At eight

>parks, fish were too full o' chemicals to be safe for human consumption,

>and researchers also found feminized male fish in some places. So

>remember, children: Guns don't hurt parks -- people hurt parks.

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>sources: Associated Press, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Seattle Times,

>The Coloradoan

>see also, in Grist: Ammonium drifts into national parks, National parks

>aren't breathing easy

>see also, in Grist: An interview with Tom Kiernan of the National Parks

>Conservation Association

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