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| Daily links to top stories in the news about environmental health. Coal fields to coast, a totem pole rallies tribes against exports. Washington state's Lummi Tribe trucked a 22-foot tall totem pole across the West, following the coal trains in a bid to unit tribes against fossil fuel development and export. Daily Climate A mine, a movement and a Mexican town divided. Since Vancouver-based silver and gold mining company Fortuna set up shop in a small town in southern Mexico in 2005, violent attacks have left four local residents dead and many more wounded. Vancouver Tyee, British Columbia. Russian court detains eight more Greenpeace crew. A Russian court on Sunday ordered the detention for two months of eight more crew members of a Greenpeace ship who protested against Arctic oil drilling as part of a probe into alleged piracy. Agence France-Presse Friend or foe? Villagers ponder proposed Pebble mine. The deposit of copper and gold is a potential $300 billion bonanza in Iliamna, Alaska, where good jobs can be scarce. The mine's promise of opportunity sits uneasily, though, in a region that produces half the world's wild red salmon and sustains indigenous Alaska Native cultures. Anchorage Daily News, Alaska. In BP trial, the amount of oil lost is at issue. With billions of dollars in penalties at stake, the civil trial of BP begins its second phase on Monday, which will set the amount of oil that spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon rig explosion that killed 11 workers and soiled hundreds of miles of beaches. New York Times [Registration Required] Golf balls fall short coping with 21st century disasters. Diaper liner, sawdust, golf balls and shredded tires — these are some of the items used to try and contain the oil and nuclear disasters that marked the end of this century’s first decade and the start of the second. Bloomberg News Girls 'go for men with green cars.' Girls go for men with "green" cars rather than those with gas-guzzlers, according to a British survey. More than half of women reckon drivers of expensive sports cars are arrogant, the poll from Motors.co.uk found. Australian Associated Press House Democrats call for hearing on oil, gas spills in Colorado floods. Two House Democrats are urging Congress to investigate oil and gas spills caused by massive flooding in Colorado – a state where the number of oil and gas wells has doubled since 2006, when horizontal drilling and fracking were introduced. Al Jazeera Potential effects of fracking worry Front Range families. Jodee Brekke, a single mom raising three kids outside Denver, had never heard of fracking until she saw a wellpad being cleared a quarter-mile from her home. Concerned that her daughters’“strange rashes” might be related to drilling, she and others questioned officials about the lack of neighborhood consultation. Glenwood Springs Post Independent, Colorado. Typhoon leaves 74 missing in China as Thailand, Vietnam brace for floods. Seventy-four Chinese fishermen were missing on Monday after a typhoon sunk three fishing boats in the South China Sea as Thailand and Vietnam braced for torrential rain and flooding. Reuters New chromium-6 study in Hinkley, Calif., is planned. A new plan to determine how much of the world’s largest chromium-6 contamination site is the result of Pacific Gas & Electric Co. operations and what part comes from nature has circulated among water regulators, the utility, Hinkley residents and their scientific advisers. San Bernardino County Sun, California. In Florida, the front lines of a high-pitched, bite-size war. Mosquito control officials are worried that dengue has established a foothold in Florida. The last outbreak — and the first in the state in about 70 years — was in 2009 and 2010, when dengue fever hit Key West. New York Times [Registration Required] Bee deaths linked to insecticides, Health Canada data show. Early results from government tests on dead bees this spring and summer show levels of controversial pesticides are comparable with those detected last year, when Health Canada declared a link between the seed-coating chemicals and “unusually high” bee deaths, the Star has learned. Toronto Star, Ontario. US scientists work to save the bee population and America’s food. Honey bees are incredibly important to the U.S. food supply, of which about one-third relies on bees for pollination. This week's TechKnow explores the phenomenon known as “colony collapse” and the devastating effects that the loss of honey bees could have on the American food industry. Al Jazeera Thousands of Romanians protest Canadian mine plans. Thousands of people marched Sunday against a Canadian company's plans to open Europe's largest gold mine at Rosia Montana, in what has become one of the longest-running protests in post-communist Romania. Agence France-Presse Will Russians die from what they breathe? The standard of living of many Russians improves every year, which leads to an increase in the number of cars on the roads. This in turn causes deterioration of the environmental situation. The Russians are breathing harmful air, which can lead to irreversible consequences. Pravda, Russia. British Columbia, Alberta move closer to pipeline agreement. B.C. Premier Christy Clark says her province is moving closer to an agreement with Alberta that would lay a path for oil sands bitumen to reach B.C. ports. Globe and Mail, Ontario. Whale Spotter app to help curb strikes by ships. Smartphones, which have already revolutionized world communications, are now on track to save the whales. San Francisco Chronicle, California. 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