Air pollution reported to Rotorua residents (Scoop.co.nz) Air pollution in Rotorua city is so concerning that test results now have to be reported to local residents. Environment Bay of Plenty will publicise the latest monitoring information in a monthly advertisement in the Daily Post and on the regional council website. [News Source]

86.9% of Population Suffers From Air Pollution (RedNova) According to Al-Qabas newspaper (June 6, 2006), a recently executed survey by the leading Pan-Arab environment magazine "Environment & Development" reveals that 86.9% of the Kuwaiti population considers air pollution as the worst environmental problem in Kuwait. [News Source]

Field Survey: 74.8% of Palestinian Public Believes Air-pollution most serious Environmental Problem (Palestine News Agency) BEIT SAHOUR, June 6, 2006 (WAFA)- A field survey has shown that 74.8% of the Palestinian public believes that air-pollution is the most serious environmental problem. [News Source]

Milwaukee firm to pay fine in air pollution case (The Business Journal of Milwaukee) A Milwaukee metal heat treating company will pay $49,381.70 in penalties and costs to settle allegations that its Milwaukee plant violated state air pollution control laws. [News Source]

Bulgarian Authorities Take Measures Against Air Pollution (RedNova) Text of report in English by Bulgarian news agency BTA website Sofia, 6 June: Concrete measures for overcoming the air pollution problem of Stara Zagora were mapped out at a meeting under President Georgi Purvanov on Tuesday [6 June]. [News Source]

Air quality permit hearing draws critics, backers. Critics and supporters of a floating liquefied natural gas terminal off the Ventura County coast argued their cases Monday during a federal hearing on an air quality permit for the project. [News Source]

Gas leak kills one at facility. One worker died and another was treated at a hospital in Pensacola, FL, after the accidental release of a highly toxic gas at a Santa Rosa County industrial plant Monday. [News Source]

Sparrows Point LNG plant raises fears. Hundreds of residents long accustomed to living alongside factories, chemical plants, landfills and industrial smokestacks filled an Eastern Baltimore County fire hall to fight a proposed LNG plant that they said poses a worse threat than anything their communities have faced. [News Source]

Dead lake comes back to life, at least for now. A crystalline Adirondack lake once held up as an example of a “dead” lake devastated by acid rain has now become a symbol of nature’s ability to heal itself once pollutants are curbed. [News Source]

Spare the Air season opens. As summer brings increasingly hot temperatures and stagnant air, ground-level ozone, or smog, will become a serious problem. [News Source]

More ozone forecast for this week. The first weekend of June brought the first widespread air-quality problems of the year to the Metroplex. [News Source]