Acting for the earth. The issue of the health of the earth is always urgent and affects our present and future. [News Source]

Polluted planet needs help from wind. Unless mankind decides to crawl back into the caves from whence it came, the world's people will always need plenty of energy [News Source]

Chemicals released in EPA tanker mishap deemed safe. The EPA is reporting that volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds emitted during a chemical release from an East Palo Alto tanker last week are likely not harmful, though city officials aren't ready to deem the chemicals safe. [News Source]

Pollution tampering: Pipe exec gets a year in jail. Judge hands down heavy penalty for tampering with pollution gear. [News Source]

DEC to test more Endicott, Vestal sites. Five more homes in Endicott, NY will require systems to divert intruding chemical vapors from an undetermined source, and air in several dozen more will be retested. [News Source]

Jail time for man accused of manipulating environmental test. Manipulating an environmental test at a Provo iron plant is a crime that will put one man in federal prison. [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]

Government launches ‘idle free zone’ campaign. The idle free zone campaign, launched last week by the Canadian government, encourages motorists in Newfoundland and Labrador to turn off their vehicle while waiting in areas like drive-throughs. [News Source]

Smog in Beijing: ‘doctors tell you not to go outside.’ Environmentalists fear pollution levels in China could more than quadruple within 15 years if it does not curb its rapid growth in energy consumption and cool its love affair with the car. [News Source]

Heavily polluting factories to be demolished. A deadline has been set for the demolition of dozens of heavily polluting factories in the urban area of Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, according to the city's newly released plan to build an eco-city. [News Source]

Effects of chemical waste on health and environment. As conditions worsen, and the UNEP cautions, Kenya has begun to take a closer look at it's environmental health. [News Source]