Coping with air pollution. She doesn’t go outside much — opting instead to stay indoors to avoid the pollen, which can trigger her asthma, an ailment that has afflicted Harriet Grier since she was a child. [News Source]

New rules expand ban on burning. Open burning would be banned from May 1 to Sept. 30 under an expanded, statewide pollution-control plan up for public workshops next week. [News Source]

Burning incense, candles pollute air in churches. Incense and candles release substantial quantities of pollutants that may harm health, a detailed new study of air quality in a Roman Catholic church suggests. [News Source]

Cinergy pollution ruling could sway Supreme Court. The government won a round Thursday in a long-running dispute over how much authority it has to force industrial plants to cut air pollution. [News Source]

Missing all that familiar croaking. Since the early 1980s, frogs have generally become less plentiful than they once were in Ontario and in other parts of Canada. [News Source]

Oil slick threatens coastline. A Canadian delegation visiting the Middle East is calling on Ottawa to help Lebanon clean up its coastline where an oil slick caused by Israeli bombing has destroyed wildlife and fish habitat. [News Source]

City delays CNG decree until supply secured. While the campaign for the use of compressed natural gas is getting noisier in the city, the Jakarta administration has delayed issuing a decree making the use of CNG mandatory for public transportation. [News Source]

One-way plan to combat pollution. One of Norwich's busiest roads could be made one-way because of fears the levels of pollution are affecting the health of families living nearby. [News Source]

Scientists add years to ozone recovery. The atmosphere will take up to 15 years longer than previously expected to recover from pollution and repair its ozone hole over the southern hemisphere, the United Nations' weather organization said Friday. [News Source]

Rice samples found containing engineered protein. Long-grain rice samples from the United States have tested positive for trace amounts of a genetically modified strain not approved for consumption, but it doesn't pose a threat to humans or the environment, federal officials said Friday. [News Source]

World bank plan still favours “clean” fossil fuels. A global energy plan to be released by the World Bank next month risks squandering scarce resources on so-called clean coal technologies and misses bigger investments in renewable energy, but does address gaps in the energy needs of the poor, according to a new analysis by an environmental group. [News Source]