Tiding over heat waves. Almost the entire Northern hemisphere is struggling with the seemingly unending heat wave, and Korea is no exception. [News Source]

A victory for clean air. Earlier this year, Gov. Rod Blagojevich proposed some of the toughest mercury pollution controls for utilities in the nation. Last week, Blagojevich delivered in a big way. [News Source]

Public workshop on pesticides planned. State pesticide regulators will hold a public workshop Tuesday to gather input on reducing air pollution caused by farm and commercial pesticide products. [News Source]

Power industry seeks high-tech solutions to mercury puzzle. This mechanism inside a cavernous building at the Presque Isle Power Plant may help achieve one of the nation's top environmental goals: slashing mercury emissions from incineration of coal to generate electricity. [News Source]

More Detailed Air Pollution Study Would Expand to Misty Way Area (RedNova) By Fraser Sherman, Destin Log, Fla. Aug. 5--Homeowners on Misty Way in Destin may breathe a little easier after Monday night. That's when Destin's City Council is scheduled to discuss expanding an air-quality study at Destin Airport to include monitoring around Misty Way. [News Source]

Anger growing over day-care on tainted site. More than 30 children - some as young as 8 months old - were exposed to toxic mercury vapors at Kiddie Kollege, operating on the polluted site of a former thermometer factory. [News Source]

Cloudy future for some kids (The Press-Enterprise) Babies living in neighborhoods with the worst air pollution face a greater risk of dying from respiratory problems during their first year, UCLA scientists reported this week. [News Source]

6 companies reduce emissions as part of industry challenge.

Six south Phoenix companies have reduced air-pollution emissions by more than 9 tons a year after they joined other companies in a voluntary partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency and Maricopa County.

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Denver metro area could get more time to reduce its smog. Denver-area counties could get an additional two years to meet federal ozone requirements under a rule proposed this week by the Environmental Protection Agency. [News Source]

EPA cites Holcim cement plant for emissions. Emissions from the smokestack at Holcim Inc.'s cement-making plant in Dundee were more visible than permitted by law. [News Source]

Cleanup plan awaits ministry’s ok. A massive cleanup effort in a Preston-area community in Cambridge, Canada, is about to enter the second phase. [News Source]