Industry can be green, profitable. The continued spewing out of vast amounts of carbon dioxide from human activity into the earth's atmosphere continues to create challenges in addition to climate change. [News Source]

Cleaner air? Two state administrative judges last week dealt a stunning blow to plans by TXU Corp. to build 11 new coal-fired plants in Texas. [News Source]

Air pollution. If tougher proposed clean-air standards for fine-particulate matter were the law of the land today, Evansville wouldn't be having this debate about when to issue air pollution alerts. [News Source]

Residents head home after toxic spill in Kent. More than 24 hours after a railroad tank car spewed smelly toxic vapors across central Kent County, state officials reopened roads and told residents they could return home. [News Source]

Kilns being pressed to cut emissions. Kiln experts and engineers say installing new pollution control technology at three Midlothian kilns should be part of any plan to bring Dallas-Fort Worth into compliance with federal ozone standards. [News Source]

Poultry growers seen snubbing regulations. Delmarva Peninsula poultry growers have largely snubbed a government settlement offer for air pollution violations by big livestock, dairy and poultry farms. [News Source]

Pollution reduces Hong Kong’s appeal to investors: survey. Worsening pollution will sharply reduce Hong Kong's appeal to foreign investors, and most business leaders know people who are thinking of escaping the city due to the dirty air, a survey has said. [News Source]

California Builders Fight Air Pollution Fee (New York Times) LATHROP, Calif. Developers and air quality regulators are locked in a legal battle over new construction fees for the California Central Valley intended to reduce the region?s chronic smog problem. [News Source]

Western Lime will pay $45,000 to settle air pollution lawsuit.

A Green Bay business agreed to pay $45,000 to settle a lawsuit over air pollution violations, Wisconsin Attorney General Peg Lautenschlager announced Thursday.

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Pollution predictions: Forecasting air quality often ‘hit and miss’. Levels of harmful, fine particle pollution in the air around Evansville never quite reached the forecast levels of concern Friday. [News Source]

Urban Exercise Has Its Hazards (HealthCentral.com) SATURDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Your intentions may be good, but exercising outdoors in a city may be riskier than you think, one expert says. Outdoor activity can cause serious damage to a person's health because of elevated air pollution levels. [News Source]