Diesel law could boost Corning. New York will soon be the first state in the nation to require that the diesel vehicles it owns or operates be retrofitted to reduce emissions. [News Source]

S. Korea signs on as supporter of proposed no-emission coal plant (Scranton Times-Tribune)

The South Korean government has agreed to contribute $10 million toward a futuristic coal-fired electric plant that would generate power without putting out air pollution, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.

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Ontario urges U.S. co-operation on air pollution (RedNova) By Wojtek Dabrowski TORONTO (Reuters) - [News Source]

Read our coverage of the dust-up at city hall over the proposed new recycling plant (London Free Press) Don’t hold your breath waiting for fewer smog days even if efforts to control air pollution on both sides of the border are successful. Rising temperatures mean we will experience more smog days with the same amount of pollution, says University of Western Ontario chemistry professor Colin Baird. [News Source]

Local News Cross border pollution a hazard (Thunder Bay Post) Living next to a huge industrial nation can have some severe health consequences. It is estimated that the U.S. exports enough air pollution to kill 2,700 people and sicken another 14,000 Canadians every year. [News Source]

Ontario urges US co-operation on air pollution (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Canadians and Americans are harming each other with air pollution and must work closely to mitigate climate change and reduce environmental damage, politicians from both sides of the border said on Monday. [News Source]

Lessening The Impact Of Climate Change On Health (Medical News Today) Reducing the use of fossil fuels and increasing the use of renewable energy sources can improve health by cutting air pollution and addressing climate change, state the authors of a review published in this week's issue of The Lancet.It is now widely accepted that climate change is occurring due to the combustion of fossil fuels and accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. [click link [News Source]

National Environmental Trust Statement on Supreme Court Decision to Review EPADecision to Ignore Global Warming (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News) Today, the United States Supreme Court announced it would review a U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decision that supported the Environmental Protection Agency's refusal to acknowledge greenhouse gases as air pollution. Following is a statement of John Stanton, vice president for the National Environmental Trust, regarding today's announcement [News Source]

Tulare County suffers sixth straight bad-air day (Visalia Times-Delta) The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District has declared today a Spare the Air day. Today is the sixth straight Spare the Air day forecast by the air district for Tulare County. The pollution index forecast for today is 129, considered unhealthful for sensitive groups such as children, older residents and people with respiratory ailments. [News Source]

Media Advisory - 2006 Shared Air Summit to tackle air pollution, smog and climate change (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance) Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and Environment Minister Laurel Broten will co-host Shared Air Summit 2006. The second annual cross-border event will include business, health, science and government leaders working together to find shared solutions to air quality and global warming issues. [News Source]