1、From NPR news in Washington, Im Lakshmi Singh.A major boost today for the Obama administration, a federal appeals court has endorsed the Environmental Protection Agencys efforts to reign in greenhouse gases. NPRs Elizabeth Shogren reports the courts unanimous opinion could be seen as a victory for P
2、resident Obamas environmental legacy.President Obama took off his pledge in to work with congress to control greenhouse gases. But in the meantime, his EPA got to work on its own strategy for limiting pollution that causes climate change. It cropped rules to curb greenhouse gases from tailpipes of c
3、ars and exhaust acts of new power plants and factories. These rules were based on the agencys finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health, for example, by increasing the number and severity of heat waves. More than a dozen states and industry groups challenge the EPAs authority. But the cour
4、t unanimously ruled that the EPA was just doing its job. Elizabeth Shogren, NPR news, Washington.The number of homes destroyed by Colorados High Park fire is climbing. At least 257 are gone. Hundreds of people are still waiting to return home weeks after a lightning struck and touched a fire that ha
5、s burned through 136 square miles. Its about 55% contained. Fire lines are holding, but Colorado is enduring severe heat, much like other western states, where temperatures are topping 100 degrees.The European Unions top leaders will ask heads of the state at summit this week to give the EU executiv
6、e expanded powers over national fiscal policy. Teri Schultz reports from Brussels the recommendation to be presented Thursday will be contentious since some governments have already announced they wont buy in.European commission president Jose Manuel Barroso says that the debt ridden EU has little c
7、hoice but to accept a deeper integration and the economy isnt the only thing at stake.The crisis is the biggest threat to all that we have achieved through European construction over the last six years. Standing still is not an option.But also three other top policy makers draft the plan. Proposals
8、include the eventual creation of the Eurozone treasury and Euro bonds, a banking union for all EU members and a national budget clearance process by Brussels to keep debt in check. But some parts of the plan are being rejected in advance of its official presentation at the summit. Britain dismisses
9、joining a banking union for example. And Frances are opposed to surrender in so much sovereignty. For NPR new, Im Teri Schulz, in Brussels.Turkeys NATO allies are expressing solidarity today, condemning the Syrian militarys attack on a Turkish jet. Damascus says that its air space was breached howev
10、er Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan says there were no warning signs that the plane was going to be shot down last Friday, the two pilots on board missing and feared dead. Turkey is already at odds with(与争吵) its neighbor for assisting refugees from Syrias uprising.This is NPR.Republicans are go
11、ing to the polls in Utah to decide if longtime incumbent senator Orrin Hatch will run for a seventh term. The states longest serving senator faces a tough challenge from young conservative. As Terry of member station KUER explains.At age 78, Hatch says this would be his last term in the senate if el
12、ected. His challenger is former state senator Dan Liljenquist, a tea party conservative, who was only 2 years old when Hatch was first elected in the senate in 1976. If Hatch is reelected and the Republicans gain majority in the senate, he could be selected to chair the finance committee. Liljenquis
13、t has played Hatchs 36 years in Washington as a weakness. He hopes to capitalize on a national wave of anti-incumbent sentiment that has driven out moderates like Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana. Hatch got a larger percentage of the votes at the Republican state party convention in April. But he ne
14、eds only a simple majority today to move forward. For NPR news, Im Terry, in Salt Lake City.The Canadian military could be called and help prevent an Ontario mall from complete collapsing. One person has been trapped beneath rubbles since part of the building caved in over the weekend. The search wa
15、s suspended delay yesterday. The mayor of Elliot Lake says the emergency teams have been waiting and make sure the building is secure enough to go back in. At least one person was killed in the collapse.Tropical storm Debby has been generating potentially destructive weather over Florida, though its
16、 about 80 miles off shore at last check, some places could see as much as two feet of rain by the time the storm is over. A lot of roads were washed out. Severe flooding is forcing authorities to shut down sections of interstate 10. Thats main highway across Northern Florida.Im Lakshmi Singh, NPR news, Washington.
