Air Pollution Alert Issued for Lexington (RedNova) By The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky. Jun. 16--Air pollution is expected to rise in Lexington on Saturday, and city officials have asked residents to take steps to reduce the pollution level. The Air Quality Index is forecast to be 82, which qualifies as an air quality advisory day. [News Source]

Fouling and fixing. In the term so dearly loved by economists, all the pollution, health problems, and degradation in quality of life for Montanans are “externalized.” [News Source]

Urgency-and optimism-on global warming. Al Gore has taken up a project on global warming as ambitious as Rachel Carson's project on agricultural chemicals, "Silent Spring." [News Source]

Power plants may share site. A $1 billion, taxpayer-funded power plant that will test pollution-free methods to burn coal could be built next to a similar plant that American Electric Power is planning. [News Source]

‘Millions die annually of environment causes’. Filthy drinking water, mosquitoes and other avoidable menaces kill 13 million people a year, the WHO said. [News Source]

The dirty truth about green fuel. The Bush administration is eager to help agribusiness giants that want to produce the 'green fuel of the future' with their dirty coal-fired power plants. [News Source]

Measures to Reduce Smog From Cows OK’D: Dairy Industry Generally Supports Rules, but Critics Say They Don’t Do Enough (RedNova) By John Holland, The Modesto Bee, Calif. Jun. 16--A regional board on Thursday approved rules aimed at cutting some of the air pollution from large dairy farms. [News Source]

Dairy Farms Ordered to Cut Back on Air Pollution (RedNova) By The Record, Stockton, Calif. Jun. 16--STOCKTON -- San Joaquin Valley dairy farmers must find cleaner ways to do business under a first-of-its-kind rule passed Thursday by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District. [News Source]

Northwestern team develops ‘MRI’ for fuel cells (EurekAlert!) EVANSTON, Ill. -- As gasoline prices top $3 a gallon in major cities, the drive toward increasing energy efficiency and reducing air pollution has accelerated, and the development of fuel cells has become a major focus worldwide. [News Source]

Dairy Pollution Rule Passes; Lawyer Calls It an ‘Empty Gesture’ (RedNova) By Mark Grossi, The Fresno Bee, Calif. Jun. 16--The San Joaquin Valley's air district Thursday passed the most sweeping dairy air pollution rule in the country to clean up smog-making gas from 2.6 million cows. [News Source]

Cleaning up Hamilton’s air should be priority (Stoney Creek News) Hamilton should eliminate urban sprawl, boost funding to its public transit system and impose a city-wide anti-idling bylaw, to improve the city's air pollution, clean air advocates urged. [News Source]