Saving Roy’s lake. Just how important is nature to Canadians? For some, our land defines who we are as a culture. [News Source]

Acid drops. Freak rains may have turned drought-prone areas of India into lakes overnight and flooded parts of Kashmir, but a more freakish downpour drenches one-third of China: acid rain. [News Source]

‘Trade center cough’ A woman's ailments backs the findings that most Trade Center workers suffered respiratory damage. [News Source]

9/11 responders still struggling to breathe easy. A study by doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York has found the health problems suffered by responders and residents are more serious, persistent and widespread than previously thought - and many have no health insurance. [News Source]

Woman’s ailments back findings that most suffered respiratory damage. Five years after responders at the World Trade Center recovered the dead and sorted through the debris for clues, their 9/11-related illnesses are often denied and treatment remains a puzzle. [News Source]

Air quality looking up, say some who track it. Local clean-air experts who track ground-level ozone said last week there are finally reasons to breathe a little easier. [News Source]

New web site gauges air quality, health impact. A new Web site has been designed to track air quality and health impacts much easier. [News Source]

Haze gets in the eyes. Malaysians in all the states are facing the adverse effects of the haze as a result of indiscriminate open burning happening in the country and in a neighbouring country. [News Source]

Ombudsman to probe LTO and emission testing centers. The investigation will look into why the smoke belchers continue to be registered by the LTO despite more stringent anti-pollution measures. [News Source]

Cleaner air possible in HK in 2 years. A prominent Hong Kong thinktank has called on the local government to adopt an air management plan which it says could reverse the city's worsening pollution and bring cleaner air in two years time. [News Source]

Company: Ethanol plant still in early stages. Gulfstream Bioflex Energy LLC is still in the preliminary phase of building the proposed $165 million ethanol plant on U.S. 60 at Porter's Crossing, east of Rogersville, Missouri. [News Source]