Kipp Surrenders State Emissions Permit (WISC Channel3000.com via Yahoo! News) Members of a neighborhood group on Madison's East Side who were fighting Madison-Kipp Corp., over alleged air pollution said that their two-year battle is now over. [News Source]

Controversy swirls around Cape Wind Project. The Cape Wind Project aims to build 130 wind turbines on a 24 square-mile area of Nantucket Sound and would be the nation's first offshore wind farm. [News Source]

Smoking can give infants hay fever. Environmental tobacco smoke drastically increases an infant's risk for developing allergic rhinitis by age 1. [News Source]

Smoke gives kids hay fever. Exposure to tobacco smoke in the home dramatically increases a baby's chances of developing hay fever by its first birthday, a new study from the University of Cincinnati shows. [News Source]

Web site pinpoints toxic sites statewide. In the latest merging of technology and environmental oversight, CA officials have posted a massive statewide internet database with information about contaminated properties. [News Source]

Options complicate suburban commute. Under Oregon's Employee Commute Options program, businesses with more than 50 employees must create a plan that has the potential to reduce employee auto trips by 10 percent in three years. [News Source]

Experts fret over 2010 Valley smog deadline. California's San Joaquin Valley faces what might be an impossible air-quality hurdle: meeting a new smog standard in four years. [News Source]

Valley watch may get results. Evansville-based environmental group Valley Watch is involved in a lawsuit that may force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take a look at some of its air pollution standards for the first time in 10 years. [News Source]

Scrub work grows heavy. Installing ductwork for home heating and air conditioning is a matter of sheet metal, some straps and an aching back or two, but when you're adding it to Duke Energy's Marshall power plant on Lake Norman, then you bring out the big rig. [News Source]

US ads praise carbon dioxide. A little girl blows away dandelion fluff as an announcer says, "Carbon dioxide: they call it pollution; we call it life", in an advertisement targeting global warming "alarmists", especially Al Gore. [News Source]

EPA science adviser. George Gray, sworn in as the U.S. EPA’s newest science adviser on January 25, will push his plan to highlight uncertainty analysis in the agency’s risk assessments. [News Source]