Northwestern Team Develops ‘MRI’ For Fuel Cells (Science Daily) 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. Now a research team led by a Northwestern University materials scientist has produced the first three-dimensional images of the interior of a fuel cell -- providing a new tool for the [News Source]

Factory air. That new car smell you savor is really an airborne soup of chemicals that could prove hazardous to your health. [News Source]

Hawaiian sanctuary. President Bush, whose environmental policies have often been misguided and even destructive, is suddenly a hero to those who want to preserve a spectacular ocean sanctuary in the Hawaiian Islands. [News Source]

Many prices of a Tar Heel mainstay. Some industries, no matter how much we need or value their products, simply come with ethical strings attached. [News Source]

Top goal: Protect ocean ecosystem. More and more coastal waters are in poor condition due to pollutant-laden runoff from the land and deposition of contaminants from the air. [News Source]

Factory air. That new car smell you savor is really an airborne soup of chemicals that could prove hazardous to your health. [News Source]

An EPA review of Halaco right. Cautious optimism is the most appropriate reaction to news that the federal Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the Halaco Engineering Co. site at Ormond Beach in Oxnard. [News Source]

City native to receive award for work in pollution control. Bob Stevens grew up in Charleston when chemical plants with belching pipes and smokestacks stretched the length of the Kanawha Valley. [News Source]

Regional traffic plan a turn for the better. That growing cloud of air pollution that hangs over North Texas every summer may hint at a brighter horizon for some motorists: less time waiting at intersections just to make a right or left turn. [News Source]

EPA trying to clear the air. The Ohio EPA is using multiple strategies to eliminate fine-particle pollution and improve air quality. [News Source]

Parks not immune to growth. An Associated Press review finds the national parks are facing unprecedented pressures inside and outside their borders from population growth, homeland security concerns and Americans’ insatiable desires for conveniences. [News Source]