Critics: Bill limits pollution controls. Public-health advocates are sounding the alarm over a Senate bill that they say would weaken Arizona's regulations on the emission of hazardous air pollutants. [News Source]

Think your home is Earth-friendly? Government and business deserve their share of the blame for harming the planet. But have you considered your own contributions? [News Source]

Hospital’s toxic fumes. Two workers got sick from noxious fumes in their office at the Metropolitospital Center on in New York - where hundreds of patients receive ultrasound tests. [News Source]

No easy fix for $25B problem. Hundreds of towns and cities across the country, including many in New York, have lost public drinking water wells to MTBE pollution. Most have yet to see a penny. [News Source]

Lifton bill would speed TCE test results. State legislation proposed by Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-125th, last week would reduce the turnaround time for the results of trichloroethylene (TCE) testing in homes. [News Source]

MTBE joke backfired in court. Jokes made by Shell Oil engineers in the 1980s about problems associated with MTBE helped lawyers convince a jury that several oil companies knew MTBE posed a threat to drinking water years before it went into widespread use. [News Source]

Coal makes a comeback. With the skyrocketing cost of oil and new pollution controls, coal is on the rebound in Ohio. Mines are being reopened and new miners are being hired. [News Source]

Western China tries to balance environment, development. China's regions and provinces are seeking to lure investors with a new range of "green" projects in a bid to move away from the environmentally degrading industrial developments of the past. [News Source]

China punishes officials for lake pollution. China has punished eight officials for polluting a chain of once thriving lakes near Beijing, pushing a drive for greener growth, state media said on Friday. [News Source]

Beijing air quality reaches hazardous level five. Air pollution in Beijing hit hazardous levels for the second day running on Monday, amid warnings from the state meteorological bureau of sandstorms to engulf north China in the coming days. [News Source]

Rain likely to disperse days-long air pollution in Beijing. Light rain on Tuesday is expected to disperse the four-day heavy air pollution in Beijing, according to the local meteorological station. [News Source]