Peabody gets EPA approval of air permit for proposed plant (Journal Gazette & Times Courier) ST. LOUIS - Peabody Energy Corp. pressed ahead Wednesday with plans for a $2 billion power plant in southern Illinois after getting the federal government's approval of an air-pollution permit environmentalists might continue to challenge. [News Source]

Small North Texas Towns Excited About Rail Plans (CBS 11 Fort Worth) North Texas planners have long looked at commuter rail as a way to decrease traffic and air pollution. If plans stay on track, Fort Worth's rail will eventually connect Dallas and Fort Worth with smaller towns across north Texas. [News Source]

Landmark deal on greenhouse gas emissions. California will become the first state to impose a cap on all greenhouse gas emissions, including those from industrial plants, under a landmark deal reached Wednesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative Democrats. [News Source]

Gov. reaches landmark deal on greenhouse gas emissions. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and top Democrats in the Legislature agreed today on a bill that would make California the first state to slap strict limits on the emission of greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming. [News Source]

California pact would place cap on emissions. California will impose the first broad cap on greenhouse-gas emissions, in a break with the U.S. government over global warming. The measure mandates a reduction in emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. [News Source]

State on verge of greenhouse gas restrictions. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders agreed on a plan to cut by 25% the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from California electric power plants, refineries and other sources by the year 2020. [News Source]

Bill sends ‘clear message’ that state will fight global warming. Gov. Schwarzenegger and Democratic leaders endorsed landmark legislation Wednesday that could serve as a national model for combating global warming. [News Source]

Agreement reached on global-warming bill. Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Democratic leaders struck an unprecedented agreement aimed at curbing global warming yesterday. [News Source]

Alarm sounds on US population boom. The U.S., now at nearly 300 million people, is the only industrialized country that has experienced strong population growth in the last decade, creating concerns about food, water, and land. [News Source]

Green protesters gather to close ‘Drax the Destroyer’. In Yorkshire, England the largest coal-fired power station in Europe rises from the floodplains like a great beast, belching steam and gas into the air in an unending stream. [News Source]

Supreme Court case challenges Bush stance on global warming. Opening briefs are due before the U.S. Supreme Court today in a case challenging the Bush administration's reluctance to issue regulations to control global warming. [News Source]