Alexandria to challenge Mirant pollution agreement (WRIC 8) WASHINGTON The city of Alexandria is challenging an agreement between environmental regulators and a power company, saying the agreement will actually allow more air pollution there each summer. [News Source]

Pollution, Greenhouse Gases and Climate Clash in South Asia (U.S. Department of State) A new analysis by atmospheric scientists shows how air pollution, global climate change-producing gases and natural fluctuations in climate impact the world's most populous regions. [News Source]

Tehachapi News (Tehachapi News) The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District is looking for student artwork for its 2007 Clean Air Kids Calendar. The deadline for submissions is Sept. 30. [News Source]

GREEN ARCHITRENDS Green architecture and visual pollution (INQ7.net) WE\'VE ALL HEARD WHAT IS AIR pollution, water pollution, soil pollution, noise pollution, electropollution and industrial pollution. And now we have visual pollution? Is there such a thing? [News Source]

If you think we’re paying dearly for gas, look around. Extraction of oil is devastating to some indigenous groups, who also do not benefit from oil industry profits. [News Source]

Going to court for cleaner air. Ontario's decision to join a U.S. lawsuit seeking to force six major coal-fired generation plants in Ohio and Indiana to install modern pollution-control equipment is welcome -- even if only for its symbolic value. [News Source]

Cleaner air at Monroe. Resumption of Detroit Edison’s drawn-out program to cut air pollution from its Monroe, Mich., power plant should be good news for anyone in the metro Toledo area who breathes. [News Source]

Holding EPA’s feet to the fire. Once again, Connecticut is joining other jurisdictions in taking up the banner of environmental responsibility, filling a vacuum created by the federal government's failed leadership. [News Source]

Prove it — or cool it. Environmentalists on Thursday cheered a decision that could spell the end to a 40-year-old cooling system at a power plant that sucks 226 million gallons of water every day from San Francisco Bay to cool its turbines. [News Source]

Builder to pay $75,000 dust-pollution penalty. Maricopa County walloped Scottsdale builder A.R. Mays Construction with its highest fine yet for dust pollution–$75,000 in penalties for 25 violations at seven construction sites over the past two years. [News Source]

Ethanol plan fuels suspicion. Dover residents are concerned about the safety of a proposed ethanol plant, which would convert tires and wood chips into ethanol. [News Source]