You can cut down air pollution risks. Every month, it seems, there's a new study suggesting smog, dust or airborne chemicals can cause death and disease. [News Source]

Ethanol, part two. Not only have politicians been manipulating the cost of domestically produced ethanol, they've been guaranteeing that you can't buy cheaper ethanol from overseas. [News Source]

Unhealthy statistics. Numbers can tell a story, and the numbers show that the quality of Indiana's air and water has been seriously compromised. [News Source]

Cancer in Ashland. The history of industrial pollution of the nation's land, air, and water is by now so well known that the only surprising aspect of the report last week about the cancer cluster in Ashland is that the worst of the poisonous discharges happened so recently. [News Source]

New smoking bans start Monday. New smoking restrictions take effect Monday that ban smoking in some bars and private clubs and extend smoking prohibitions to places that had been exempt from the Utah Indoor Clean Air Act. [News Source]

City must decide what to do with wastewater. How should the city expand its wastewater treatment facility? It's a multimillion-dollar question with an answer that could affect the city for the next 100 years. [News Source]

Concern rising over water quality issues posed by dairies. Opposition to a proposed 7,500-head dairy south of Hermiston is rising among some Eastern Oregon residents, as state agricultural officials weigh whether or not to grant the new operation a permit. [News Source]

Neighbors sue Modine, two other companies over alleged water contamination. The plaintiffs claim that Rohm and Haas, Modine and Huntsman are legally responsible for their brain cancers "because of years of toxic chemical spills that led to contamination with known cancer-causing compounds, including vinyl chloride and trichloroethene." [News Source]

Smelly, unregulated poultry waste irks homeowners. It's spring planting season, and K.F. Meismer of North Carolina knows what that means: The ammonia-laden stench of chicken manure will haunt him for weeks. [News Source]

Lawsuit costly to giant dairy. At the heart of the citizen suit is a debate about big, industrialized farms versus small farms. [News Source]

Report: State’s toxic releases up. Toxic chemical releases by Maine industry appear to be on the upswing after a long decline, according to an EPA report. [News Source]