Fighting Pollution Pa.: Join the chorus for cleaner air. Rather than reduce pollution sources, the Bush administration has weakened regulations. Some states, such as New Jersey, have fought back with stricter state rules. Pennsylvania should join them. [News Source]

Soon we’ll pay the true price of air travel. Scarcely audible amid the storm of financial scandal last week was the sound of Labour overshooting its target on greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Some wait with delight, others with dread for new divvying up of San Joaquin River water. In a historic legal settlement expected this month, environmentalists, farmers and federal water officials say they will unveil an agreement to release billions of gallons of water back into the San Joaquin. [News Source]

Where we grow next. Before the first shovelful of dirt is turned for a new development near Phoenix, a plan must be in place to prevent it from becoming yet another poorly planned subdivision gobbling up water and contributing to already polluted local air. [News Source]

Port legislation proves contentious. Legislation has been introduced that would force ports to demand more pollution control as a condition of lease renewals for terminals, warehouses and shipping interests in California. [News Source]

Doctors voice opposition to landfill plan. Eleven physicians signaled their opposition to the expansion of the hazardous waste landfill at Pottstown, saying the risk is not worth the benefits. [News Source]

Cargill to use landfill gases. Plans are slowly moving forward nearly a year after Hall County agreed to sell its landfill gases to a local manufacturer as a natural energy source. [News Source]

Bold bid to clear the air. Enticed by a state grant and money from the local timber mill, Darrington residents have been replacing their polluting wood stoves with cleaner alternatives - mostly propane or wood-pellet stoves. [News Source]

Mohave won’t be back online for about 4 years. Mohave Generating Station will not resume operating for approximately four years while owner Southern California Edison installs $1.1 billion in pollution control equipment. [News Source]

So. Calif. Edison drops plan to rapidly restart Mohave plant. Southern California Edison has abandoned an effort to rapidly restart the coal-fired Mohave Generating Station in Laughlin, Nev. after failing to cut a new deal with environmentalists. [News Source]

Bus pollutants to be reduced. Even though Gaston County's 237 school buses use a fuel mixed with vegetable oil, they still spew tons of pollutants into the air while driving a total of 11,500 miles each day. [News Source]