Putting a bonnet on ship pollution. If tests now underway at railyards in Northern California prove successful, a Rancho Dominguez company could soon be putting an umbrella over foul emissions coming from ships at the Port of Long Beach. [News Source]

Report: evacuation not needed. More than two-thirds of the staff working at the Polk Juvenile Correctional Facility in Polk, FL, reported symptoms related to poor indoor air quality caused by mold. [News Source]

Area companies still producing toxins. According to the Toxics Release Inventory, five of the top 20 are in the New River and Roanoke valleys and the Alleghany Highlands. [News Source]

Colorado mulls pollution controls. Facing the threat of federal sanctions, Colorado health officials are considering tougher air pollution controls statewide on the expanding oil and gas industry. [News Source]

Hospital in Newberg will run clean, green with wind power. The new Providence Newberg Hospital in Oregon might be the first in the nation to operate on pollution-free wind power when it opens Friday, officials said. [News Source]

Ethanol ideas burn bright in California. If cars and trucks that can run largely on ethanol get a toehold in the state, advocates say, the sky's the limit for the market of the fuel additive. [News Source]

Ozone might choke our arteries as well as our cities. Ozone pollution doesn't just choke our cities as smog, it might also be bad for your heart. [News Source]

Residents say CAFO stay away from Van Buren. Residents of Van Buren, IN, want concentrated animal feeding operations to steer clear of their community. [News Source]

Dairy farms face scrutiny. The herd, their smell and the amount of waste they produce are at the center of a controversy produced by concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. [News Source]

Air rule could force change at farms. Hundreds of animal farmers across California will have to change how they do business if officials adopt a new air-pollution regulation next week. [News Source]

Ethanol as economic elixir. The sunrises seem brighter and the mood is jauntier in a rural Illinois village of 2,900 -- ever since ethanol, dreams of American energy independence and an economic shot in the arm came to town. [News Source]