World Bank flags environment in new plan for China. The World Bank unveiled an ambitious plan of lending to China that highlights environmental destruction and social inequality as "critical" challenges for the booming nation. [News Source]

Industrial giant says polluting days over. The traditional scene of sea birds flying over reeds through blue skies in Caofeidian, Hebei Province, will not be ruined with the arrival of China's leading iron and steel producer, local officials have said. [News Source]

China Gets Serious About Air Quality. Industrialization in China has led to a major spike in pollution and the World Bank says emissions are up by 33-percent in just 10 years. [News Source]

Environmental illness cases increasing. Children’s health is being seriously threatened by environmental pollution. [News Source]

Air pollution remains black cloud over Russian cities. Russia's environmental watchdog called Wednesday for European car emission standards to be introduced in a bid to combat high levels of air pollution in major cities. [News Source]

Buzzards Bay wind farm proposed. After years of contentious battles over a wind farm off Nantucket, a new proposal to build wind turbines in Buzzards Bay has pushed the debate in new directions. [News Source]

Sugar-consuming bacteria could produce non-polluting energy: biologists. Bacteria munching through confectionery give off hydrogen gas as they consume high-sugar waste produced by the confectionery industry and the hydrogen could be used to generate clean electricity via a fuel cell, scientists have demonstrated. [News Source]

Sugar-consuming bacteria could produce non-polluting energy. Bacteria consume high-sugar waste produced by the confectionery industry and the hydrogen produced could be used to generate clean electricity via a fuel cell, scientists have demonstrated. [News Source]

Group claims Texas is refusing to curb pollution. Texas is ignoring the rising sea levels and other potential dangers of global warming, and lags far behind other states when it comes to controlling the pollution responsible for climate change, an environmental group charged Tuesday. [News Source]

Environmental group warns Texas about global warming. An environmental advocacy group released a report Wednesday arguing that Texas lags behind other states in developing a plan to reduce greenhouse gases linked to global warming. [News Source]

Feeling the sneeze: more of us seeking relief from allergies. Experts estimate that 40 million to 50 million people in the U.S. — nearly 20 percent of the population — suffer from allergies. Scientists are debating the causes. [News Source]