Seminole site may not be safe. Environmental officials aren't sure the arsenic-polluted site for a proposed new elementary school in Seminole County, FL is safe for students, despite their report that seems to give the go-ahead to build. [News Source]

Plant’s restart not near. Southern California Edison Co. said Thursday it had given up an effort to quickly restart its giant Mohave power plant, which was shut down Jan. 1 for failing to comply with pollution standards. [News Source]

Air-quality agencies begin summer driving-reduction program. Summer is fast approaching, a time for higher temperatures and, unfortunately, rising ozone levels in the Valley. [News Source]

Grant to help cut Gaston bus pollution. Gaston County Schools has received an $81,000 grant to make its buses more environmentally friendly. [News Source]

Clean air bill clears House committee. A bill that would place stringent pollution controls on Maryland power plants cleared a key hurdle in the House yesterday. [News Source]

Contamination at new dump could haunt city. The City of Iqaluit plans to build its new dump this year on a site that’s believed to be contaminated, likely by waste buried by the U.S. military during the 1950s. [News Source]

Govt cool to Angul pollution. On the issue of environmental pollution, the outrage among the people against three sponge iron units in the district is mounting owing to the lackadaisical attitude of the district authorities. [News Source]

Urgent calls for garbage management in Gansu. Villagers in Dingyuan Town, Lanzhou, China have had enough of almost non-existent garbage management systems. [News Source]

China says to spend US$1 billion to clean up river. China is to spend more than US$1 billion to clean up a river where a toxic spill last year cut off water for millions. [News Source]

Acid rain pollutes Korea. North-East Asia including the Korean Peninsula would be the most damaged area from acid rain in the 21st century, a researcher warned. [News Source]

Air over Antarctica is warming, scientists say. In the winter sky over Antarctica, scientists have detected a vast cap of steadily warming air, in the first sign that record levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere may be trapping heat above the ice sheets of the South Pole. [News Source]