Los Angeles, Long Beach ports unite on proposal to fight air pollution (USA Today) The neighboring seaports of Los Angeles and Long Beach announced Wednesday a proposal to crack down on the diesel-powered ships, trucks and trains that are polluting the air over the USA's trade gateway to Asia. [News Source]

Nation’s Two Largest Ports Debut Plan to Target Air Pollution Health Risks; Landmark Clean Air Action Plan Tackles (RedNova) Taking an unprecedented joint action to improve [News Source]

EPA to test water, air at polluted site in city. The EPA, at the request of state officials, is planning a series of water and air tests to help determine the extent of the pollution and its possible risks to people. [News Source]

EPA to stabilize contaminated sludge at former tanning site. A project aimed at stabilizing contaminated sludge at the former Mid-America Tanning Company site is scheduled to begin next month. [News Source]

‘Megasite’ opponents fear worse pollution. Opponents to a proposed "megasite" being touted for an automobile manufacturing plant in West Tennessee pleaded with the Tennessee Valley Authority on Wednesday to consider the environmental impact of any development. [News Source]

Talk of drilling deal may be too late. Florida’s congressional delegation wants a compromise to ban drilling close to shore, but finds itself with little leverage. [News Source]

Group prods Edison to buy former waste site. When it was abandoned by Chemical Insecticide Corp., the five-acre site in the middle of Edison's Vineyard Village was a foul-smelling mess, one of the most polluted sites in the state. [News Source]

Group claims Sherwin-Williams hid lead-paint danger for decades. Community organizations criticized Sherwin-Williams yesterday for continuing to include lead in their paint after they learned of the dangers of lead-poisoning. [News Source]

A green thumb down. A 30-year run of improvement in Connecticut's environment – marked most often by slow, steady progress – may have hit the wall. [News Source]

Nation’s Two Largest Ports Debut Plan to Target Air Pollution Health Risks (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES & LONG BEACH, Calif.----June 28, 2006--Taking an unprecedented joint action to improve air quality in the South Coast Air Basin, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach today introduced the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan, a sweeping plan aimed at significantly reducing the health risks posed by air pollution from port-related ships, trains, trucks, terminal equipment and [News Source]

Developers Sue Over Pollution Fees (CBS 13 Sacramento) A group of builders sued regional air regulators to halt a rule requiring developers to pay air pollution fees. [News Source]