Work on $86 million lagoon restoration to begin. After nearly 15 years of planning, legal wrangling and securing permits, an $86 million restoration of the San Dieguito Lagoon is to begin this month. [News Source]

Valley sees progress. It has been more than 20 years since dangerous chemicals were first detected in the vast, underground water basin beneath the San Gabriel Valley, and substantial progress is finally being made in cleaning up the toxic mess. [News Source]

S.J. Valley air board members can breathe easy after vote. The San Joaquin Valley is a bowl of air pollution so bad that one of every six Valley children suffers from asthma and other respiratory diseases. The air board has the power to set rules for emissions in order to meet the Valley's overall pollution-control goals. [News Source]

Commute Solutions Month To Decrease Air Pollution (KXAN 36 Austin) With gasoline prices hovering at $3 per gallon, leaving the car at home and sharing a ride has never looked better. The price of gas might have eased a bit, but it's still a big bite in the wallet. [News Source]

City museum joins clean air partnership.

The St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership said Friday that City Museum signed on as a new partner for 2006.

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Planned ethanol plant will take environmental toll. A planned ethanol plant that could create 110 jobs in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, will bring new environmental pressures to the region. [News Source]

Stampeding Calgary. Rapid expansion has given Calgary city the largest footprint in North America. [News Source]

China eyes coalmine killer gas for new energy source. One cubic meter of coal-bed methane is equivalent to 1.13 liters of gasoline, but retails at a less than half the price of gasoline; therefore, about 90 percent of Jincheng City's 1,300 taxis have been refit to burn both compressed coal-bed methane and gasoline. [News Source]

Many car-buyers’ hybrid dreams will be empty. More than half of consumers who plan to buy a new car in the next two years will consider a hybrid, researcher J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday. [News Source]

Oberstar speaks about energy. It's important to diversify the nation's energy supply and increase the security and reliability of energy, according to Congressman Jim Oberstar. [News Source]

Some boat owners with gunky motors sing ethanol blues. Proponents of ethanol see it as a fuel additive that can relieve the nation's energy woes. Pleasure boaters say they need it like a hole in the hull. [News Source]