Solid waste committee hears environmental concerns. MI residents sound the alarm about pollution from leachate technology at local landfill. [News Source]

UN to hear from coalfield residents. Three West Virginia coalfield residents, whose lives have been impacted by mountain top removal, will be just three of the Appalachian voices to be heard this May in New York City. [News Source]

Gasoline distributors push ethanol as replacement for MTBE-laced fuel. Gas stations in Monroe County, PA may start selling corn-based fuel as part of a government initiative to avoid ground water contamination and improve air quality. [News Source]

Data show Rockland’s air worse than that in surrounding areas. Preliminary data from a temporary DEC air monitor placed in Rockland in the summer of 2005 show that the PM 2.5 daily pollution average in Rockland exceeded the daily average in surrounding areas. [News Source]

Hospital plan draws jeers and cheers. Negative effects on traffic and air quality could come to this city by way of a proposed Palo Alto Medical Foundation campus. [News Source]

US EPA proposal seeks to ease pollution rules. The US Environmental Protection Agency wants to ease toxic air pollution standards to allow US oil refineries, chemical plants and other industries to boost emissions. [News Source]

A drive for cleaner air. New technology makes quick work of measuring levels of carbon monoxide and smog emitted by Jerusalem's 140,000 automobiles. [News Source]

NHRC seeks report on illegal stone quarrying in Andhra. The National Human Rights Commission of India has requested an investigation of difficulties being experienced by locals due to stone quarrying. [News Source]

Tax on chopsticks shows environmental concern. A new five percent tax on disposable wooden chopsticks is a sure sign that the Chinese government is now ready to address growing charges that its rapid economic development is impacting the global environment. [News Source]

Ankara’s Kyoto doubts make for tough environment chapter. Turkey's reservations about signing the Kyoto Protocol will possibly toughen environmental chapter negotiations with the European Union. [News Source]

California takes aim at greenhouse gases. With a global warming summit coming to the Bay Area, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday embraced a task force report on how to cool the problem, and majority Democratic lawmakers introduced legislation to implement its suggestions. [News Source]