GAO Report Faults Voluntary Programs To Cut Air Pollution (Washington Post) The Bush administration's voluntary programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by industry have yet to deliver promised results, according to a report issued yesterday by the Government Accountability Office. [News Source]

GAO Report Faults Voluntary Programs To Cut Air Pollution (Washington Post) The Bush administration's voluntary programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by industry have yet to deliver promised results, according to a report issued yesterday by the Government Accountability Office. [News Source]

‘Clair’ To Spread Clean Air Message Across Region (NBC 17 Raleigh) RALEIGH, N.C. -- A character modeled after a 10-year-old Chapel Hill student soon will be teaching youngsters across the region about the dangers of air pollution. [News Source]

Honda plans to tame smoky, ill-mannered diesels. Last week, Honda said it's developing what will be the ``world's cleanest diesel engine'' for use in cars, minivans and sport-utility vehicles. [News Source]

State school buses faulted on emissions. Despite "above average" efforts to reduce soot emissions from school buses, Arizona still scored a D in a recent national study on school bus pollution. [News Source]

Those big school buses could make your kid sick. Utah's school buses are some of the oldest and most polluting in the country, which may lead to increased childhood asthma, a new report shows. [News Source]

Utah earns ‘D’ on report for school bus pollution. The average Utah school bus releases 19.6 pounds of soot into the air each year — 150 percent more pollution per mile than a tractor-trailer truck — potentially putting children's health at risk. [News Source]

State’s school buses old, polluting. Colorado's public school buses are some of the oldest in the country and rank third-worst for emitting pollutants and particulate matter. [News Source]

Aging school bus fleet earns low marks. A national report released Wednesday gave Arkansas poor grades for smog and its efforts to curb school bus exhaust, which on average releases nearly three times more soot pollution per mile than a big rig. [News Source]

KC takes driver’s seat on bus fumes. Not many of the students pouring out of Northeast High School on Wednesday seemed to notice the exhaust from the school buses they were boarding. [News Source]

New fuel facility complete. A $40 million diesel-fuel processing complex that has saved more than 100 jobs in Southwestern Indiana will be officially unveiled at a ribbon cutting in Mount Vernon, Ind., on June 8. [News Source]