Home for trash is top-rate. Denton landfill will offer more than solid waste services as the landfill currently has the highest ratings in the state of Texas. [News Source]

No cancer risk in Felton air: study: Cumulative effects could impact children. Monitoring by the state DNREC of air toxics indicates no increase risk of cancer, but a slightly elevated risk to children for non-cancer diseases, such as asthma. [News Source]

DEP secretary sees mercury contamination as ‘life issue.’ Calling mercury pollution a “life issue,” Pennsylvania’s top environmental official Tuesday implored citizens to get behind a push for more stringent emission regulations. [News Source]

DEP appointment troubles activists. The state has tapped a lobbyist with the New Jersey Builders Association to be a top environmental regulator, an appointment that worries some activist groups. [News Source]

DEP appointment troubles activists. The state has tapped a lobbyist with the New Jersey Builders Association to be a top environmental regulator, an appointment that worries some activist groups. [News Source]

Well Spent: Emission concerns are what drive vehicle tests. About 11 percent of cars tested each year fail the test, according to the Department of Ecology. Why the state keeps testing gets a little tricky. [News Source]

N. Ind. under pollution warning. Indiana environmental officials urged northern Indiana residents to car pool and avoid using wood-burning stoves today because of stagnant weather conditions forecast to create high levels of airborne particles. [News Source]

IDEM announces Air Quality Action Day. The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has forecast an Air Quality Action Day for St. Joseph and Elkhart counties. [News Source]

Feedlot proposal in council’s hands. A South Bend, Indiana county ordinance that would place new regulations on big livestock feedlots moved forward Tuesday, but it can't stop the controversial dairy proposal that prompted its creation. [News Source]

Ohio Senate OKs bill that angers environmentalists. The Ohio Senate passed a bill Tuesday requiring more specific rules for air pollution permits, despite loud protests from environmental groups that the measure will make it more difficult to control new sources of air pollution and will damage the health of Ohioans. [News Source]

Gabig proposes tax credit to cut pollution. Proposed legislation could help clean the air by offering a tax credit to encourage owners of pre-2007 diesel trucks to retrofit their vehicles with new catalytic converters. [News Source]