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As forecast the remnants of ex-hurricane Bertha is crossing the UK bringing heavy and strong, gusty winds. The low pressure system moved in from the southwest overnight on Saturday into Sunday bringing up to 40 mm of rain to parts of south Wales and winds gusting in excess of 50 mph around the coasts of southwest England.

The two time Oscar-winner urges people who feel powerless about the problem to stop feeling guilty and to use their voices to call for solutions that are already available.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a legal settlement with T.C. Dunham Paint Company of Yonkers, New York, resolving alleged violations of federal hazardous waste law. EPA inspections revealed the company had generated hazardous wastes that were improperly labeled and stored in Yonkers. As part of the agreement announced, T.C. Dunham Paint Company will come into compliance with all federal hazardous waste laws and pay a $90,000 penalty.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final greenhouse gas (GHG) Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) construction permit to the Invenergy Thermal Development LLC, Ector County Energy Center, Ector County, Texas. The company plans to construct a new simple-cycle power generation facility.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its determination that no further action is needed to address the capping of two closed landfills at the Cinnaminson Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in the townships of Cinnaminson and Delran, New Jersey. The site, which covers approximately 400 acres, includes residential and industrial properties and the two landfills. As a result of historic operations throughout the site, the groundwater and soil were contaminated with volatile organic compounds and heavy metals, which can have serious health effects. The EPA will require that the groundwater associated with the landfills continues to be monitored and treated, if necessary.

Aviation is one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon pollution, rising three to five percent a year.

China says the death toll from Sunday's powerful earthquake in the southwestern province of Yunnan has risen sharply to 589.

GMO corn on the island of Kauai. In Hawai'i' County, farmers and the local government are fending off the biotech industry from opening up the Big Island to expanding genetically engineered farming practices and experimentation.