Clean air initiative announces new partners (Houston Chronicle) A group trying to reduce air pollution along the Interstate 35 corridor and in the central United States said today that 18 new partners and communities have joined the initiative started by the Environmental Protection Agency and an environmental nonprofit. [News Source]

Clean air initiative announces new partners (Houston Chronicle) A group trying to reduce air pollution along the Interstate 35 corridor and in the central United States said today that 18 new partners and communities have joined the initiative started by the Environmental Protection Agency and an environmental nonprofit. [News Source]

Clean air initiative announces 18 new partners, communities (The Daily Comet) A group trying to reduce air pollution along the Interstate 35 corridor and in the central United States said Tuesday that 18 new partners and communities have joined the initiative started by the Environmental Protection Agency and an environmental nonprofit. [News Source]

Clean air initiative announces 18 new partners, communities (KRIS-TV Corpus Christi) DALLAS -- A group trying to reduce air pollution along the Interstate 35 said Tuesday that 18 new partners and communities have joined the initiative started by the Environmental... [News Source]

EDITORIAL: Clearing the Air (RedNova) By Bangor Daily News, Maine Jun. 20--The recent news that nine southern and coastal counties with a history of air pollution problems are now in compliance with federal ozone standards is positive for the health -- physical and economic -- of Mainers. [News Source]

Pinellas County recieve clean bus award (Tampa Bay’s 10) Largo, Florida - Pinellas County Schools is one of 37 school districts around the country to receive Clean School Bus USA grants to reduce both children's exposure to diesel exhaust and the amount of air pollution created by diesel school buses. [News Source]

No absestos found near Grace plant. Federal regulators have found no evidence of asbestos contamination after testing dozens of sites within two miles of the former W. R. Grace & Co./ Zonolite plant here. [News Source]

Model home illustrates lead safety. Hands-on education for residents is critical to Rochester's goal of eliminating lead poisoning by 2010, local health, environmental and community advocates said Monday during a grand opening of a model "Healthy Home" at 700 W. Main St. [News Source]

Mohave facility won’t be reopened. After months of negotiations with Indian tribes and the world's largest coal company, Southern California Edison Co. said it couldn't find a profitable way to reopen its heavily polluting Mohave power plant on the California-Nevada border. [News Source]

Watchdog blasts nuclear plan. Ontario's decision to exempt new nuclear reactors from the province's environmental bill of rights is wrongheaded, warns Environment Commissioner Gord Miller. [News Source]

Jordanian, PA, Israeli researchers monitor children’s blood. A unique research project on the levels of lead pollutants in the blood of children in Gaza, Israel, the West Bank and Jordan has been published, showing that non-leaded gasoline has improved the situation. [News Source]