Residents suffering under toxic air pollution. Pietermaritzburg residents were plagued over the past weekend by an acrid smell which settled over the city, reaching its peak late on Sunday. [News Source]

Alarm sounded over dangers of burning rubbish. The fire at the Tagarades landfill in Greece, which continued to smolder for a sixth day yesterday, is emitting dangerous levels of harmful gases, scientists warned. [News Source]

Oil transfer green-light sparks a furious response. Campaigners against ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Forth have expressed anger and dismay at the decision by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to approve oil spill contingency plans. [News Source]

Scramble to save lives as heatwave hits Europe. European governments scrambled to save lives in record high temperatures on Wednesday to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic heatwave of 2003 that killed 15,000 people in France and 2,000 in Britain. [News Source]

Switzerland swelters under heatwave. Meteorologists say Wednesday was the hottest day of the year in Switerland with temperatures climbing above 34 degrees Celsius and with dangerous ozone levels also rising. [News Source]

Labour under fire on ‘green’ bid. Labour has been accused of giving the impression it is trying to tackle climate change by pledging to look at offering everyone "carbon allowances". [News Source]

Pollute less and you could cash in, Britons told. Britons could soon be making money out of a greener lifestyle under a government proposal for personal carbon emissions allowances. [News Source]

Scramble to save lives as heatwave hits Europe. European governments scrambled to save lives in record high temperatures on Wednesday to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic heatwave of 2003 that killed 15,000 people in France and 2,000 in Britain. [News Source]

Are the skies turning green? Two planes are proof that the aviation industry has been forced to react to the green lobby, which has been targeting the air travel sector as the one of the most damaging sources of CO2 emissions and poor fuel economy. [News Source]

Greenhouse pollution drops in China, India thanks to low-tech fixes. A new UNEP report reveals that that pollution could be slashed 25 percent in developing nations using simple low-tech innovations. [News Source]

Getting religious on air pollution. Burning incense during holiday masses does briefly expose worshippers to high levels of unhealthy particulate matter, which is associated with respiratory, pulmonary, and cardiovascular disease. [News Source]