Road to the waterfront starts in tainted soil. Before a development transformation envisioned by borough officials can begin, highly contaminated property where paint pigments were once made must be scrubbed clean. [News Source]

Technology to clean up TCE may be years away. It may take technology that hasn't been developed yet to finish cleaning pollution first discovered at an IBM plant in Binghamton, NY, more than 25 years ago. [News Source]

It’s time to clear the NE Ohio air. Individual actions -- how often you drive, if you spill gasoline or use oil-based paints -- all contribute to our bad air. [News Source]

High court weighs forced pollution control. The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide how tough the government can be on 17,000 industrial plants and when it can force improvements in unhealthy air breathed by 160 million Americans. [News Source]

High court accepts Duke pollution case. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to use a lawsuit against Duke Energy Corp. to consider giving federal regulators and environmentalists more power to force pollution reductions. [News Source]

US court to review Duke Energy clean air ruling. The Supreme Court said Monday it would hear an appeal by environmentalists of a ruling that Duke Energy Corp. did not violate clean air laws by modernizing eight coal-burning power plants in North and South Carolina without obtaining a permit. [News Source]

Supreme Court to decide when best pollution controls required. The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide how tough the government can be on 17,000 industrial plants and when it can force improvements in unhealthy air breathed by 160 million Americans. [News Source]

Supreme Court will hear air pollution case. The Supreme Court said Monday it would consider a landmark air pollution case that tests a Clinton administration strategy of using courts to pursue coal-burning power companies. [News Source]

Lead removal a heavy burden. Tens of thousands of spent bullets and shotgun pellets will have to be removed from an Edmonton shooting range because of worries about possible lead contamination. [News Source]

RP must do part to preserve earth. The Philippines' Environment and Natural Resources Secretary last Friday exhorted on all sectors to combine efforts in addressing the current phenomenal threat of pollution to the country's environment. [News Source]

Aiming to be a fixture in China. For a U.S. maker of water-free urinals, the opportunities -- and the red tape -- are substantial. [News Source]