Local Digest: State agency issues air pollution alert (The Longview News-Journal) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued a health and air pollution alert today because of high ozone levels in the Tyler-Longview-Marshall area. [News Source]

New Web-Based Air Pollution Monitoring System (PollutionOnline) zone Web, a new internet tool, released in Copenhagen today by the European Environment Agency, offers users the opportunity to monitor and track ground level ozone incidents on a pan-European scale, for the first time [News Source]

Air pollution worsens in the South (Bangkok Post) Air pollution in the southern provinces caused by haze from Indonesian forest fires has worsened as the ravaging blazes continue to spread across the Sumatran and Kalimantan jungles. [News Source]

Hot, sticky weather prompts first warning of the year for poor air quality.

Virginia officials are predicting unhealthy smog levels today in Hampton Roads, the first time this year they are cautioning residents with sensitive respiratory systems to limit their outdoor activity because of polluted air.

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As heat bakes the region, officials take precautions. For the first time since summer 2004, a Code Red day for the region -- when air quality is expected to be unhealthy -- was declared for today by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. [News Source]

Air quality health advisories issued for entire state. State officials today issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for the Hudson Valley and the entire State of New York. [News Source]

Summer’s first sizzle to fizzle? A swampy, stifling heat will continue to blanket New York and Long Island for at least another day, triggering heat and air pollution warnings and forcing people indoors in search of air-conditioned relief. [News Source]

Summer swelter - heat wave brings calls for caution, energy conservation High temperatures reached near 90 in central Maine, but the thermometer crashed through that barrier from Boston to Washington, D.C. [News Source]

Indoor ozone an increasing problem. Ground-level ozone pollution, a problem in summer in many U.S. cities, may contribute to a previously unrecognized form of indoor air pollution. [News Source]

Race to the swift? Not necessarily. Exercise physiologists are planning how athletes will deal with the heat, humidity, and pollution in upcoming races, from use of a chemical that can prevent dehydration to methods for coping with the extreme air pollution in China. [News Source]

Spent potliner conundrum. Trinidad and Tobago acceded to the Basel Convention convention in February 1994, and our obligations under the convention require us to enact domestic legislation. [News Source]