Horsehead Corp. fined $110,000 for pollution at Pa. zinc facility. The country's largest zinc producer has been fined $110,000 by the state for violating air pollution regulations. [News Source]

TXU’s emissions claim examined. TXU Corp.'s repeated claim that its 11 new coal plants will reduce air pollution emissions 20 percent is not relevant in terms of Dallas-Fort Worth's summer smog problem [News Source]

2 companies join in local clean air campaign. Two Union County companies are among 52 Charlotte-area businesses that have joined a local campaign to reduce air pollution. [News Source]

Clean Air Act key to Harper’s future. The Harper government will propose a Clean Air Act as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's answer to the question, 'If not Kyoto, what?' [News Source]

PPL cools on fuel-cell energy as government funding dries up. Fuel cells may be the technology of the future, but at PPL Corp., that future is still some time away. [News Source]

Is plant worth the stink? The economics of a proposed ethanol facility would be good for city, but odor would be a negative. [News Source]

Taking aim at America’s costly coal industry. Fifty percent of the electricity used in the United States comes from power plants that burn coal. [News Source]

Ten ways to reduce emissions and slow global warming. With New York City finally ridding itself of the smells that only a nasty heat wave can incubate, and the Bay Area looking at a past heat wave of its own, people are starting to do the math. [News Source]

Upkeep pattern seen in BP woes. BP has spent millions promoting itself as green, innovative company. But a different picture of the oil giant's operations is emerging. [News Source]

Air pollution a growing threat to city. Smog in the Columbia, SC area exceeded federal air pollution standards twice this month, continuing a recent trend that threatens public health and economic growth in the Midlands. [News Source]

9,000 deaths a year caused by diesel fuel. Researchers have identified tiny soot particles from diesel exhausts - 30 times smaller than the width of a human hair - as the chief culprits in 9,000 fatal heart attacks in the UK annually. [News Source]