The synthetic sheen of my hair-gel feels tacky in this humidity, a stark contrast to the stiff denim of my oversized carpenter jeans. I’m leaning against a modified Honda Civic, itching to catch a late screening of *The Fast and the Furious* while the smell of unrefined exhaust lingers in the heavy summer air.
The local power plant looms on the horizon, its grimy towers looking particularly sketchy against the sunset now that the emissions bill has been scrapped. I’ll just distract myself by fiddling with the rigid, molded plastic of a new Bratz doll, tracing the sharp edges of its glittery platform boots.
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The Headlines
In Reversal, Rowland Vetoes Bill to Cut Emissions at 6 Power Plants
The 8.4 Mw southern Peru earthquake shakes coastal Peru with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). A destructive tsunami followed, leaving at least 74 people dead, and 2,687 injured.