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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. With proposed rail expansion, Northwest confronts its clean image. The Pacific Northwest’s sense of itself can sometimes seem green to the point of parody. Now, plans by the energy industry to move increasing amounts of coal and oil through the region by rail, bound for Asia, are pulling at all the threads of that self-portrait. New York Times [Registration Required] Copper may play key role in Alzheimer's disease. New research finds that copper in amounts readily found in our drinking water, the foods we eat and the vitamin supplements we take likely plays a key role in initiating and fueling the abnormal protein build-up and brain inflammation that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Moscow investigates 'pigeon apocalypse.' Amid reports of pigeons dying, falling from the sky and acting like "zombies," the Moscow environmental prosecutor's office has begun an investigation into what some media outlets and bloggers have called a pigeon apocalypse. The Guardian, United Kingdom. Environment Canada to publish summaries of risk assessments for new chemicals. Environment Canada this fall will begin publishing summaries of risk assessments it conducts on certain chemical substances when they are first proposed for domestic use. Bloomberg BNA Suit alleges 'pattern of muzzling' Canada's energy critics. One of Canada's top constitutional lawyers is taking the Conservative government to court over increasing restrictions on who can speak at energy board hearings -- and what they are allowed to say. Vancouver Tyee, British Columbia. Fukushima plant has 300-ton water leak. The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled nuclear power plant said Tuesday that about 300 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from one of the hundreds of storage tanks there — its worst leak yet from such a vessel. Associated Press Climate panel cites near certainty on warming. An international panel of scientists has found with near certainty that human activity is the cause of most of the temperature increases of recent decades, and warns that sea levels could conceivably rise by more than three feet by the end of the century if emissions continue at a runaway pace. New York Times [Registration Required] Keystone XL project could harm wildlife, Interior Department says. The Interior Department has warned that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline could have long-term, damaging effects on wildlife near its route, contradicting the State Department's March draft environmental assessment, which concluded the project would have only a temporary, indirect impact. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] As worries over the power grid rise, a drill will simulate a knockout blow. The electric grid, as government and private experts describe it, is the glass jaw of American industry. If an adversary lands a knockout blow, it could create disruptions of a scale that was only hinted at by Hurricane Sandy and the attacks of Sept. 11. New York Times [Registration Required] 7 dead as heavy rains pummel flooded Philippines. Flood-battered residents of the Philippine capital and surrounding areas appealed for help Tuesday as relentless monsoon rains, which have claimed at least seven lives, submerged more than half of Manila. Agence France-Presse Russia evacuates 19,000 from flooded Far East. Russian authorities have evacuated more than 19,000 people from unprecedented floods that have devastated crops in the country's Far East, officials said Monday, as rescue workers warned of worse to come. Agence France-Presse Fires and hot temperatures worsen air quality in Northern California. The air quality in canyons on the west slope of the Sierra has been in the unhealthy range for all groups range for about a week. But air quality is expected to improve as more of the American Fire is contained and as thunderstorms move in. Sacramento Public Radio, California. Seeping Alberta oil sands spill covers 40 hectares, still leaking. As debate rages south of the 49th Parallel over developments such as the Keystone XL pipeline, bitumen from four underground oil spills is quietly seeping into wetlands and soils in the oil sands in northern Alberta—and has been for at least three months, if not longer. Indian Country Today Media Network Environmental concerns remain over Illinois coal-ash ponds. It has been more than two years since Dynegy shut down its coal-fired Vermilion Power Station, but environmental concerns still remain at the idled facility's coal-ash waste ponds that were built next to the Middle Fork River, just upstream of Kickapoo State Park and other protected lands. Urbana-Champaign News-Gazette, Illinois. Gulf spill sampling questioned. An analysis of water, sediment and seafood samples taken in 2010 during and after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has found higher contamination levels in some cases than previous studies by federal agencies did, casting doubt on some of the earlier sampling methods. New York Times [Registration Required] Big idea for rebuilding Louisiana marshes sparks big bayou brawl. An effort is ramping up to recreate the Mississippi River's natural flows by cutting holes in the levees and using controlled "diversions" of the river to push sediment into waning marshes, while bitter opposition is rising among watermen. Greenwire Young white women still embrace indoor tanning despite cancer risks. Indoor tanning is a great way to get skin cancer – especially if you start young. People who use tanning beds, sunlamps or tanning booths before age 35 are up to 75 percent more likely to develop melanoma. Los Angeles Times [Registration Required] Lyme disease far more common than previously known. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 300,000 Americans are getting Lyme disease every year, and the toll is growing. "It confirms what we've thought for a long time: This is a large problem," Dr. Paul Mead told NPR. National Public Radio More news from today Shortcuts to stories from today about The good news, Avian flu, Climate, Children's health, Air pollution, Cancer, Reproductive disorders, Endocrine disruption, Birth defects, Learning and developmental disabilities, Immune disorders, Environmental justice, Superfund, Water treatment/sewage, Food safety, Integrity of science, Green chemistry. 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