Blue Skyways partners to bring cleaner air (Enviornmental News Link) DALLAS, TX (06/30/06) -- A consortium dedicated to significantly reducing air pollution in the central United States met at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to discuss over $90 million in clean diesel and renewable energy projects. [News Source]

Air Pollution Increases School Absences From Illness. (WebMD) That haze hanging over your city isn't just depressing and foul. The pollution may also be affecting your child's health -- and schoolwork. [News Source]

Tramont to pay fine in air pollution case (The Business Journal of Milwaukee) Tramont Corp. has agreed to pay $90,000 in forfeitures and costs to settle charges that its Riverwest Milwaukee plant violated state air pollution control laws. [News Source]

State air experts to discuss problems in Columbia.

State air experts will be in Columbia this week to discuss air quality in South Carolina.

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Group targets pollution from diesel exhausts. In an effort to help reduce diesel pollution, the North End Outreach Network organized a "soot patrol" to monitor emissions from diesel vehicles and machinery in neighborhood "hot spots." [News Source]

Court orders EPA to control toxics emissions. EPA has failed to regulate hazardous air pollutants from smaller facilities and from some commercial and consumer products as required by the Clean Air Act, a federal court ruled this month. [News Source]

Reliance shows how waste can generate wealth. While striving to be the pre-eminent player in every sector it ventures in, Reliance Industries has come out with a report that suggests that corporate social responsibility, whether through efficient energy use or waste recycling, is set to be a growth mantra. [News Source]

Days of cheap flights must end. Moves to cut pollution by ending cheap flights and putting a swingeing tax on gas-guzzling cars are being spearheaded by South Suffolk's MP. [News Source]

Up on the roof, gardens will be soon growing. Green roofs are being encouraged to help slow storm-water runoff, cool the city and reduce air pollution. [News Source]

Biofuels industry battles to make its case. Unless the Texas biofuels industry can convince state officials its vegetable-based diesel fuel won't foul the state's air, it risks being forced from the huge Texas diesel market. [News Source]

Tories plan tax rise on air travel. David Cameron's transport policy review team will propose a radical programme for steep tax rises on air travel and gas-guzzling cars offset by cuts in council tax, VAT and national insurance. [News Source]