Leaders oppose dust rule revision. Changes to a rule that helps reduce dust emissions from mines in Soledad Canyon, California face opposition from city officials who will testify at an upcoming hearing on the matter. [News Source]

Valley air cleaner — up to a point. San Joaquin Valley basin meets federal standards for one pollutant, but remains out of compliance on many others. [News Source]

EPA says Central Valley air now meets soot standards. The agency says soot levels in the Central Valley have fallen and no new cleanup is needed. Activists and others are skeptical. [News Source]

Plan could clean up Calif. ports. The agency that regulates the global shipping industry is considering whether to strengthen outdated emissions standards for cargo vessels. [News Source]

Solution to port pollution sought. An international agency is working on a plan that could toughen what it calls outdated emissions standards for cargo vessels that visit the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. [News Source]

EPA: Valley air meets standards for dust, soot. Northern San Joaquin Valley residents are breathing a little easier these days -- a fact the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged Thursday. [News Source]

Plan may ease air pollution at ports.

Even before the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unveiled an ambitious clean-air plan last week, an international agency that regulates the global shipping industry was considering whether to strengthen outdated emissions standards for cargo vessels — a move that could significantly improve air quality.

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Not all cars pollute Kern’s air equally. According to a study of Bakersfield, California's air released in June, not all cars pollute equally. [News Source]

Tougher clean air plan could ease pollution at California ports. The agency that regulates the global shipping industry is considering whether to strengthen outdated emissions standards for cargo vessels. [News Source]

Ozone season is in full swing. Unlike Sunday’s ozone-action advisory, which resulted from a level orange forecast, Independence Day ozone levels in Jacksonville, Arkensas were rated free of health risks to people known for vulnerabilities to potential ozone exposure. [News Source]

EPA sues East Kentucky Power. The federal government has sued East Kentucky Power Cooperative, alleging that the cooperative has been operating two generators without participating in a federal pollution control program designed to reduce acid rain. [News Source]