The East River is cleaner now. The water birds say so. Return of bird species to sites on the East River indicates that efforts to clean it are succeeding. [News Source]

Environmentalists include Entergy in ‘dirty dozen’. Environmental advocates released the winners yesterday of the "Dirty Dozen" award, a list of the top 12 polluters in the state, claiming that companies release harmful chemicals into the air and water. [News Source]

‘Awards’ zap state polluters. Environmental advocates Thursday released the winners of the "Dirty Dozen" award, a list of the top 12 polluters in the state, claiming companies release harmful chemicals into the air and water. [News Source]

‘Awards’ zap state polluters. Environmental advocates Thursday released the winners of the "Dirty Dozen" award, a list of the top 12 polluters in New York state, claiming companies release harmful chemicals into the air and water. [News Source]

Pollution control agreement signed. Mountain Cement in Wyoming and two environmental groups reached and signed an agreement to reduce air pollution Wednesday, completing a process that began in 2004. [News Source]

Air quality in Ajax, Pickering truly a mouthful. A woman jogs while a large diesel truck idles at a red light. She is breathing deeply through her mouth bringing oxygen to her lungs, but, oxygen isn’t the only thing she is breathing. [News Source]

Cleaner diesel fuel en route. Effective yesterday, at least 80 percent of the diesel fuel refined in the country must be ultralow-sulfur diesel. [News Source]

City, hospitals, Mac take on Commuter Challenge. Hamilton's largest employer doesn't want more customers. That's why Hamilton Health Sciences will compete against the City of Hamilton and McMaster University in next week's clean-air Commuter Challenge. [News Source]

Children polluted with chemicals. Flame retardants, mercury and lead were just some of the toxic chemicals found in the bodies of children and their parents in a cross-Canada study of pollution in people. [News Source]

Organic food, exercise, but also PCBs. Amy Robertson lives a healthful life, so why does a new report show that her body contains high levels of heavy metals, as compared to fellow Canadians also tested? [News Source]

Teenager diagnosed with blood disorder often caused by environmental poisoning. Patty Donovan was stunned when her daughter Mary was recently diagnosed with a blood disorder that is often caused by environmental poisoning. [News Source]