China’s growing air pollution reaches American skies (North County Times) MOUNT TAMALPAIS STATE PARK -- On a mountaintop overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Steven Cliff collects evidence of an industrial revolution taking place thousands of miles away. [News Source]

The next Washington. We face challenges with traffic, housing costs, loss of farms and forests, and the decline of streams and the Chesapeake Bay. [News Source]

Cooling down with current technology, can-do attitude. It's time to shake off negative attitudes, roll up our sleeves and get to work. [News Source]

Be proactive about sun protection. With the full brunt of summer's oppressive heat upon us, health concerns are greater than ever. [News Source]

Let cameras map emissions. Who could possibly object to better methods of collecting data on air emissions? The U.S. senator who chairs the committee that handles environmental issues has, and that's disturbing. [News Source]

Cleaner is better. Louisville Metro Air Pollution Control District is rightly concerned that Cinergy's pledge to add $100 million in pollution controls at its Gallagher power plant will fall short. [News Source]

Energy choices. Three decades of chronic underinvestment in power infrastructure is seriously stressing the system's capacity, pushing up prices, threatening national security, and disrupting the economy. America needs to power up, but how? [News Source]

Plummeting frog numbers should make us concerned about air, water quality. With all that is going on in the world these days — war, terrorism, famine, tsunamis, earthquakes, taxes, elections, referendums, you name it — it seems almost silly to be concerned about the fate of frogs. [News Source]

Students say construction destroying pond. A few months ago, the pond at Freedom High School was teeming with life as a thriving habitat for egrets, turtles, fish, worms and burrowing owls. [News Source]

Gas stations repeatedly cited for air pollution. Most drivers filling up at a gas station lately probably focus on the pump's fast-rising money counter. But the pump is doing more than selling gasoline – it's fighting air pollution. [News Source]

Understand impacts humans have on RMNP. Rocky Mountain National Park has been the focus of studies that indicate the park could be at risk. [News Source]