Tasmanian named ‘environmental hero’ (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) A technical officer with the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania's north-west has won an international award. Laurie Porter has been named a 'National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Hero' for his work collecting greenhouse gas data for more than 20 years. [News Source]

Tasmanian named ‘environmental hero’ (ABC via Yahoo! Australia & NZ News) A technical officer with the Cape Grim Baseline Air Pollution Station in Tasmania's north-west has won an international award. [News Source]

Air board attacks cargo pollution (San Jose Mercury News) California's smog-fighting agency Thursday approved a sweeping plan to reduce air pollution caused by the ports, rail lines and roadways that move goods across the state. [News Source]

What’s on in Town (News Today) Hotel Ambassador Pallava: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings at Hotel Premises, Egmore, at 10 am. SRMC and RI: Inauguration of Air Pollution Related Disease Diagnostic Centr e at Hospital Premises, Porur, at 11.30 am. [News Source]