My Nova is more fuel-efficient than your T-Bird (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune) You can look up annual fuel costs, safety ratings and air-pollution information on cars dating back to model year 1985 at www.fueleconomy.gov. The site also features a side-by-side comparison tool and a place to calculate and keep track of your actual car's fuel economy. [News Source]

Earth Day: 36 years on, plenty of concerns remain. As the 36th annual Earth Day arrives this weekend, talk of the need for renewable energy to fuel the economy remains as alive as it was in 1970. [News Source]

RTA confirms price tag on tunnel filters (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) The Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) has backed Premier Morris Iemma's claim that it would cost about a billion dollars to filter air pollution from four traffic tunnels in Sydney. [News Source]

Law, Property Rights, and Air Pollution (Ludwig von Mises Institute) Law is a set of commands; the principles of tort or criminal law, which we shall be dealing with, are negative commands or prohibitions, on the order of "thou shalt not" do actions X, Y, or Z. [News Source]

Finland refuses to intervene in Uruguay-Argentina paper dispute. Finland said on Thursday it would not intervene in a dispute between Argentina and Uruguay over two paper mills being built by a Finnish and a Spanish company. [News Source]

Victorian pollution to blame. Decreased rainfall across Australia's Goulburn catchment is caused by drifting pollution. [News Source]

Bandung’s dark clouds pollute human blood. A cloud that is troubling research activities at the Bosscha Observatory in Bandung, West Java is more than just an indication of imminent rain in northern Bandung, as it contains not only condensed vapor but also concentrated pollutants suspended in the atmosphere. [News Source]

Stench from cattle ship drives Beirutis indoors. Bad odors have spread around Achrafieh, Downtown Beirut, Ras Beirut, and other nearby areas because the ship, carrying 7000 cattle, docked too close to shore. [News Source]

Smaller cities becoming pollution hotspots. Newer and smaller cities in India are scaling the pollution peak and are more polluted than even some of the metros, reveals a Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) report released by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in New Delhi on Wednesday. [News Source]

Pasig chocolate factory closed. Philippines plant fails sulfur dioxide standard for clean air. [News Source]

Fil-Am starts LIFE, vows to plant 1 million trees. LIFE, an institute with only five staff members, is now all set to plant a million trees, spelling the difference for the Philippines rapidly disappearing forests. [News Source]