Removal of toxic waste barrels begins. As teams started digging up and transporting toxic waste barrels in Tuzla, near Istanbul, Environment Minister Pepe said there were multiple violators. [News Source]

“Yellow blanket” covers Beijing overnight. Most Beijingers woke up on Monday to find, to their surprise, that a "yellow blanket" has covered up everything in the open air: from window sills, cars and the ground to every single leaf on the trees. [News Source]

Industry crafting return to canals. Britain's Black Country canal network was once the hub of its economy. It may be set for a comeback, as people look for new ways of getting heavy transport off the roads. [News Source]

The oil rush. Within a decade, all unconventional sources of petroleum will account for some 35 percent of world oil supply, up from 10 percent in 1990, say oil consultants at Cambridge Energy Research Associates. [News Source]

More tests likely for clean air rule. Louisville's new program to reduce air pollution has survived its first serious challenge. But political leaders and others said a struggle over how to best control toxic chemicals is not over. [News Source]

EPA seeks to reduce reporting on toxics. As the U.S. EPA touts data showing that pollution is dropping nationwide, it's also proposing to sharply reduce the amount of information about some toxic chemicals that companies would have to make public. [News Source]

Visions of the future. A convergence of forces ranging from environmental concerns to worsening congestion and rising gas prices have pushed designers towards concepts that not only draw on alternative fuels but push the boundaries of what we think of as a car. [News Source]

Take it back. Auto makers around the world are under growing pressure to make cars that guzzle less gas and emit fewer pollutants. But in Europe, the industry also is tackling what to do with the millions of cars already on the road and headed for the scrap heap. [News Source]

Refinery to blame for grime and illness over the years, residents say. Residents of this area of the Navajo Reservation are living with air pollution, spills, noise, dust and health problems in their remote corner of the West's oil and gas boom that has taken off as energy prices have soared. [News Source]

Cal/EPA Secretary outlines air quality benefits of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Strategic Growth Plan (Enviornmental News Link) SACRAMENTO, CA (03/08/06) – California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) Secretary Alan C. Lloyd, Ph.D., has predicted air quality measures funded by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Strategic Growth Plan will eliminate 360,000 tons of air pollution over the next 15 years. [News Source]

Jakarta’s green battlefield at centre of fight for open space (AFP via Yahoo! News) Standing on the sun-kissed bleachers overlooking a Dutch-era soccer field in Indonesia's teeming capital of Jakarta, Jesuit priest and long-time Jakarta resident Adolf Heuken is angry. [News Source]