Are we caught up in the hubris of global warming? Unless we do something soon -- the time frame varies, but 10 years is frequently cited -- it'll be too late to reverse a warming trend that will be catastrophic for the Earth and its inhabitants. [News Source]

Warming debate can’t go on forever. Though evidence continues to mount that human-induced global warming has had a marked and dangerous impact upon the planet, there is no reason to believe that the United States will do anything about the pollution it inflicts upon the atmosphere. [News Source]

Time running out for ash removal in Oxnard. City of Oxnard officials have 252,000 reasons to make sure every grain of the hazardous material is trucked off their land by Tuesday. [News Source]

Keeping the dust down. Wyoming's energy industries must remain vigilant to keep dust and air emissions in check, or face federal corrective actions that would seriously jeopardize the state's ambitions to expand energy development. [News Source]

Mercury: tougher pollution limits? Pennsylvania is pushing to remove more air-borne mercury from coal-fired power plants, but legislators may block the effort. [News Source]

Activists set quarry opposition into stone. A cadre of Redhawk residents joined with their allies Friday to celebrate a "grassroots boots" campaign that gathered about 2,100 signatures from homeowners who oppose plans to open a granite mine south of Temecula, California. [News Source]

Smog in bay area air violated federal standard. Smog in Bay Area air violated the federal public health standard Thursday despite a surge in public transit use on an unusual free-fare day. [News Source]

Keeping the dust down. Wyoming's energy industries must remain vigilant to keep dust and air emissions in check, or face federal corrective actions. [News Source]

Air quality improving. Five additional Michigan counties are meeting federal ground-level ozone attainment requirements. [News Source]

Inco says it will reduce air pollution. Nickel producer Inco Ltd. is investing $115 million to cut sulphur dioxide emissions from Sudbury operations 34 per cent. [News Source]

Oil boom threatens city’s water Almost a century after becoming the site of China's first land-based oil well in 1907, northwest China's Yan'an City is facing a water crisis caused by its booming oil industry. [News Source]