Report faults EPA on clean air regulation (Muzi) The government is failing to reduce health risks from toxic air pollution as required by law, congressional investigators said Wednesday. The Environmental Protection Agency has not met 30 percent of the Clean Air Act's requirements and regularly misses deadlines, they said. [News Source]

EPA slow to finish rules on air toxins. The EPA has taken years longer than Congress intended to regulate toxic air pollutants, says a new report. [News Source]

EPA seen lax on pollution enforcement. The Environmental Protection Agency has dragged its feet and failed to enact dozens of requirements mandated by the Clean Air Act of 1990. [News Source]

Study: EPA missed deadline on toxic pollutants. The Environmental Protection Agency took years longer than Congress intended to regulate toxic air pollutants, and major parts of the program remain incomplete, according to an audit by congressional investigators. [News Source]

Smog alert. After breathing relatively easy this summer, Ottawa is now trapped under a hazy pall of smog expected to leave us gasping through the weekend. [News Source]

Green SOS after Lebanon oil spill. Lebanon's greens yesterday launched an international appeal for help to combat an environmental crisis caused by a huge oil spill south of Beirut. [News Source]

Fuel oil and fumes spill from power plant bombed by Israelis. Israel's bombing of a power plant on Beirut's southern outskirts has spawned an environmental disaster, sending thousands of tons of heavy fuel oil into the Mediterranean and spreading dangerous fumes into the air. [News Source]

Blast at Chinese chemical plant kills 12. An explosion at a chemical plant in eastern China killed at least 12 people Friday and prompted the evacuation of 7,000 others, state media and officials said. [News Source]

Country attends regional talk on air quality . The regional Conference on Better Air Quality in Sub Sahara African cities will be on Friday and Angola will be represented by the Urbanisation and Environment deputy minister, Graciano Domingos. [News Source]

New diesel set to lessen Cape’s ‘brown haze.’ One of Cape Town's major environmental problems is its notorious "brown haze" smog, caused mostly by the emissions of diesel vehicles. [News Source]

How much are ‘green’ features worth? Sure, everyone wants to save the environment. But how much will you pay to be green? Mattamy Homes is trying to answer that question with a public experiment. [News Source]