Power plants blasted. Three Northwest Indiana power plants and two others in Indiana are among 50 dirtiest in the country as ranked by the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project. [News Source]

Louisville officials call for Indiana to tighten plant emissions. Environmental officials in Louisville, Ky., have asked Indiana to tighten pollution limits on a coal-fired Duke Energy plant where the utility hopes to boost particulate emissions after installing new pollution-control equipment. [News Source]

Region under air pollution advisory for Sunday, Monday. An air pollution advisory has been issued for Sunday and Monday in Clark, Greene, Miami and Montgomery counties. [News Source]

Study finds Georgia power plant biggest producer of sulfur dioxide. An environmental study cites a North Georgia power plant as the biggest producer of sulfur dioxide gas in the country. [News Source]

Groups: Proposal on emissions too lax. A coalition of Delaware environmental groups called Thursday for tighter restrictions on state power-plant emissions, after terming a recent pollution-control plan inadequate. [News Source]

Hatfield Ferry Power Station tagged as one of ‘dirtiest’. Hatfield's Ferry Power Station in Greene County is one of the nation's "50 Dirtiest Power Plants," according to a report recently released from the Environmental Integrity Project. [News Source]

State seeks test tire burn at paper plant. Despite strong opposition in neighboring Vermont, New York has applied for a federal permit to allow International Paper in Ticonderoga to burn used tires as fuel during a two-week air pollution test. [News Source]

Int’l paper plan to burn tires draws ire. Despite strong opposition in neighboring Vermont, New York state has applied for a federal permit to allow International Paper Co. to burn used tires as fuel during a two week air pollution test. [News Source]

N.Y. moves on test burning of tires at Lake Champlain plant. Despite strong opposition in neighboring Vermont, New York has applied for a federal permit to allow International Paper to burn used tires as fuel during a two-week air pollution test. [News Source]

Onset of a heat wave can catch the body off guard. If only there were a snappy term for the impact a sudden summer scorcher has on the human body. [News Source]

EPA is faulted on regulation of air toxics. EPA has fallen short of regulating hazardous air pollutants as required by the Clean Air Act, the Government Accountability Office says in a report released on July 26. [News Source]