The ozone and heart connection (Deccan Herald) It has been known that air pollution exasperates cardiovascular diseases. However, the exact link has not been established. Studies carried out over the past few years point the fingers at ozone in the polluted air. [News Source]

Save the Dunes opposes states plan to ease ozone regulations (Chesterton Tribune) The Save the Dunes Council said possible new sources of air pollution and the threat of additional sprawl are among the reasons why the state should be rejected in its attempt to reclassify the air quality in Lake and Porter counties. [News Source]

Air Pollution Health Watch On For Fourth Straight Day (The Chattanoogan) For the fourth straight day, an air pollution health watch for ozone has been declared. Officials of the Air Pollution Control Bureau had a watch on for Saturday, Sunday and Monday, and another is called for on Tuesday. [News Source]

Air Pollution Warning (CBS 2 New York)

Air pollution levels were elevated in the city and its northern suburbs on Monday, a state agency warned.

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Air Pollution Alert For NYC, Northern Suburbs (WNBC) NEW YORK -- Air pollution levels were elevated in the city and its northern suburbs on Monday, a state agency warned. The Department of Environmental Conservation issued an alert at midday that ozone levels were high in New York City and in Rockland and Westchester counties. [News Source]

Path now clear for cleaner mowers. If pushing a lawn mower was as hard as pushing for new rules to control its toxic emissions, grass might never get cut. [News Source]

Atlanta firm could clean up on dirty coal. An Atlanta company that few have ever heard of, CoalTek Inc., thinks it may have found a way for some power companies to not only hold down their costs but substantially reduce pollution as well. [News Source]

Program works toward greener golf courses. Golf courses are among the biggest water users in the country, and they use a lot of pesticides and fertilizers. But thousands of golf courses are working to become certified as environmentally-friendly. [News Source]

Developers in incinerator row ‘confident’. Developers say they are "quietly confident" of getting plans for a huge incinerator that will dominate the Hull, England skyline for miles around passed by local authorities. [News Source]

New Ohio air quality law draws mixed reviews. A controversial state law that changes how the Ohio EPA issues permits and how state requirements dovetail with the federal Clean Air Act takes effect in August. [News Source]

Plant’s emissions worry residents. Fear and frustration are what residents on the village’s south side are expressing due to concerns over what is described as obnoxious emissions from the Aluminum One plant. [News Source]