Air Pollution: Securing Wi-Fi Networks Is No Walk In the Park (Government Enterprise) The day is quickly approaching when during a leisurely stroll through the park you will see throngs of people sending e-mail, surfing the Net and making online business transactions. Others will be launching their Web browsers from the backs of taxis, on cafe terraces and from marina docks. [News Source]

EPA: Toxic pollution in New York falls 9 percent. The amount of toxic chemicals released into the air and water overall fell in 2004, the most recent year for which figures are available, the EPA said in its annual Toxics Release Inventory. [News Source]

Debris burning bill OK’d. House lawmakers on Wednesday gave preliminary approval, 116-28, to a bill that forces the Board of Environmental Protection to adopt new rules on burning construction and demolition debris. [News Source]

More smog than expected from Escondido power plant possible. San Diego Gas & Electric is asking the local Air Pollution Control District for an exception to rules governing nitrogen oxide emissions while its turbines are starting up. [News Source]

Council delays decision on Valero suit. Mayor Bill White's first attempt to sue an industrial plant for violating air pollution laws has been put on hold amid concerns over whether it is the right way for the city to clean up Houston's air. [News Source]

State won’t push plant on cleaner coal burning. Kentucky's chief environmental official has rejected recommendations that would greatly reduce pollution from a large coal-burning power plant proposed for Muhlenberg County — instead opting for just two changes. [News Source]

Kentucky official OK’s Peabody plant. One of the nation's largest coal companies has the state's approval to build and operate a massive power plant in western Kentucky. [News Source]

Environmentalists decry decision on coal-fired power plant. One of the nation's largest coal companies has the state's approval to build and operate a massive power plant in western Kentucky. [News Source]

Proposed western Kentucky power plant to limit emissions. A coal-fired power plant proposed for western Kentucky can be built but it will have to strictly limit air pollution. [News Source]

Beck Aluminum faces EPA charges. Beck Aluminum Corp. faces federal legal action for alleged clean-air violations at an aluminum recovery plant at 6560 Juniata Ave. in Cleveland. [News Source]

Bay shore to get air cleanup. A FirstEnergy Corp. coal-fired power plant in Oregon, OH is gearing up for improvements that should result in less air pollution. [News Source]