County officials await EPA decision. Tuscarawas County commissioners could learn by 2 this afternoon what course of action the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency will take in dealing with odor problems from Countywide Recycling and Disposal Facility at East Sparta. [News Source]

Air quality report off to the city. The Williams Lake Air Quality Roundtable presented its airshed management plan to the city and Cariboo Regional District last week, which included 28 recommendations which apply to all sectors of the community. [News Source]

More than half of Chinese cities suffer from air pollution (AFP via Yahoo! News)

More than half of China’s cities are suffering from air pollution and over one-third of them have no centralized sewage treatment facilities, state media reported.

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U.S. gets closer to pollution-buying system.

With the California Legislature’s vote last week to impose caps on greenhouse gases, the prospect that American industries will soon join those of other countries in buying and selling climate change allowances took on a sudden element of realism.

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Pending federal rule may threaten bodies of water. A pending federal rule could open Lake Ontario to the risk of new invasive species, the nutrient pollution that feeds seasonal algae blooms and the bacteria that can make swimmers sick. [News Source]

Toxic nation, toxic families. For some, ignorance is bliss. But a small group of Canadians swallowed their fears and had their blood tested to find out just how many environmental toxins are flowing through their veins. [News Source]

Change in land use, smell of money bring flats to industrial area. New flats in Chandigarh are coming up right beside a chemical and pesticide factory in the Dera Bassi focal industrial area. [News Source]

Water scarcity and garbage dominate hearing against Porvorim project. Fears of water scarcity, depletion of groundwater, garbage and sewage disposal were strongly raised today at an Environmental Public Hearing against the upcoming ‘Devashri Gardens’, a residential-cum-commercial project at Porvorim. [News Source]

Is it goodbye to Delhi’s cycle rickshaws? Thought to be 'inhuman' and outdated, rickshaws are the on verge of being banned. Opponents of ban tout its environmental-friendly qualities. [News Source]

Experts urge EU to ratchet up air pollution standards. Experts have called on the European Union to toughen proposals on curbing two forms of air pollution linked to thousands of premature deaths per year. [News Source]

Turn all Britain’s homes into mini-power stations. Every home in the country should be turned into a mini-power station, producing its own electricity from a combination of wind, solar and other non-polluting energy sources, say scientists. [News Source]