Air trends ‘amplifying’ warming. Reduced air pollution and increased water evaporation appear to be adding to man-made global warming. [News Source]

Tories will neither kill nor live up to Kyoto. Canada's conservative government will not pull out of the international Kyoto agreement on climate change even though it has no intention of meeting the deal's targets. [News Source]

Clean air law enacted. After fighting similar legislation for two years, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed a bill yesterday that will make Maryland one of a handful of states taking steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]

Beijing to ban drivers for blue sky Olympics. Beijing plans to make full use of its authoritarian powers during the Olympics in 2008 by banning more than 2m cars to ensure that one of the world's most polluted cities will have clear skies for at least the two weeks of the games. [News Source]

Paint it green. Homeowners are giving a new look to paints that either promise fewer fumes and toxic compounds, or have been recycled from leftover paint cans. [News Source]

Md. governor signs air pollution bill. Gov. Robert Ehrlich unexpectedly signed into law a bill requiring cleanups at power plants, after saying last year that Maryland did not need such a law. [News Source]

Ehrlich signs stem cell, pollution bills. Maryland Gov. Bob Ehrlich has signed a bill to fund stem-cell research and, in a surprise move, signed legislation to limit air pollution from the state's power plants. [News Source]

Stem cell, clean air measures signed by Ehrlich. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed legislation yesterday intended to impose some of the nation's toughest air pollution standards for coal-fired power plants. [News Source]

Gov. Ehrlich signs healthy air act into law. Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. signed a bill into law this morning requiring dramatic pollution reductions at Maryland power plants, thrilling lawmakers and activists who've pushed the measure for years. [News Source]

Ehrlich signs Healthy Air Act into law. Governor Robert Ehrlich signed a bill to enact the nation’s strongest controls on power plant emissions, which would require the seven dirtiest power plants in Maryland to reduce emissions of the pollutants that cause smog, soot, and mercury contamination of fish. [News Source]

Global warming is oil, air pollution and climate problem. Ecologist and author Stephen Pacala spoke Thursday night about a rise in the sea level that may occur by 2056 if nothing is done about global warming. [News Source]