No-smoking ordinance fails (Terre Haute Tribune Star) Vigo County’s Board of Commissioners did not adopt a proposed public and workplace indoor air pollution ordinance Wednesday as the measure failed to garner a second to bring the issue to a vote. [News Source]

Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Clash in South Asia (Newswise) A new analysis by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has produced surprising results showing how air pollution, global warming-producing greenhouse gases and natural fluctuations in the climate may have a range of significant consequences on the world's most populous region. [News Source]

Health and science news from UC campuses and labs (UC Newswire) Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Clash in South Asia, Scripps Study May 11, SCRIP -- A new analysis by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has produced surprising results showing how air pollution, global warming-producing greenhouse gases and natural fluctuations in the climate may have a range of significant consequences on the world's most populous region. [News Source]

Health and science news from UC campuses and labs (UC Newswire) Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Clash in South Asia, Scripps Study May 11, SCRIP -- A new analysis by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, has produced surprising results showing how air pollution, global warming-producing greenhouse gases and natural fluctuations in the climate may have a range of significant consequences on the world's most populous region. [News Source]

The Prairie Star (Prairie Star) With all the rhetoric bandied about in the media recently concerning air pollution and global warming. It is dismaying that our state and federal officials have not mentioned a looming threat that lies just beyond the doors of our homes. [News Source]

Air pollution chokes up irate residents in Durban (SABC News) Residents in Durban's south industrial basin have appealed to the environmental authorities to block a factory's polluted air emissions. Recently up to a 100 people have been admitted to hospital for respiratory problems. [News Source]

Air pollution chokes up irate residents in Durban (SABC News) Residents in Durban's south industrial basin have appealed to the environmental authorities to block a factory's polluted air emissions. Recently up to a 100 people have been admitted to hospital for respiratory problems. [News Source]

Record air pollution above the Arctic (PhysOrg) Last week Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research observed the highest air pollution on record since measurements began in Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard. Monitoring instruments displayed significantly increased aerosol concentrations compared to those generally found. Aerosols from eastern Europe have been transported into the Arctic atmosphere due to a particular [News Source]

No-smoking ordinance fails (Terre Haute Tribune Star) Vigo County’s Board of Commissioners did not adopt a proposed public and workplace indoor air pollution ordinance Wednesday as the measure failed to garner a second to bring the issue to a vote. [News Source]

Plant’s permit renewal opposed (Knoxville News Sentinal) The United Steelworkers union and some Lonsdale residents are raising concerns about the renewal of an air pollution control permit for the Gerdau Ameristeel plant on Tennessee Avenue. [News Source]