New York City still under heat emergency.

New York City remains under a heat emergency yesterday with temperatures climbing over 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius), pushing the demand for electricity to record highs for the second day in a row.

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Heat taxes power and patience. Temperatures hit 100 degrees in some parts of the state yesterday, taxing emergency medical crews, slowing public transportation, and forcing the region's power grid to generate a record amount of electricity. [News Source]

Record demand strains grid. The agency that coordinates power distribution across the mid-Atlantic took emergency steps yesterday to try to reduce the demand for electricity, as the third day of a punishing heat wave triggered fears that the grid was being strained to its limit. [News Source]

The black is back. East Hamilton, Ontario residents are seeing red as they find their cars and homes coated with greasy soot -- again. [News Source]

City wants study of air quality. Toronto has thrown another obstacle in the way of the proposed Portlands Energy Centre power plant. [News Source]

Industrialisation: At what cost? With sudden increase in industrialisation in India has led to bigger concerns about the environment. [News Source]

The cost of Bangalore’s boom is apparent in its vanishing lakes. In 10 years, 160 of the 200 lakes in India's high-tech hub have disappeared, and private builders, construction waste and recreation threaten those remaining. [News Source]

Analysis: IFC-China deal to cut back coal. A deal between a major Chinese energy group and the World Bank to supply environmentally friendly fuel is looking all the more attractive. [News Source]

Sulfur dioxide discharge in 2005 hits 25.49 mln tons. China discharged 25.49 million tons of sulfur dioxide in 2005, atop the world's list, said the country's national environmental watchdog Thursday at a news conference. [News Source]

China struggles to control acid rain-causing SO2. China has become the world's top emitter of acid rain-causing sulphur dioxide, environment officials said on Thursday, with more than half of the emissions coming from coal-burning power plants. [News Source]

China’s sulfur dioxide discharge in 2005 hits 25.49 mln tons. China discharged 25.49 million tons of sulfur dioxide in 2005, atop the world's list, said the country's national environmental watchdog Thursday at a news conference. [News Source]