Squeezing maximum mileage out of every gallon of fuel. With gasoline prices now hovering around $3 a gallon and the cost of filling the tank of an average sized vehicle cresting $50, many businesses and consumers here are seeking ways to squeeze additional miles out of each gallon of fuel they burn. [News Source]

Air quality forces one man to move. After a particularly bad summer for air quality one local man says he can't stay in Boise any longer. [News Source]

State Rep. Anderson urges regulators to slow permit process on coal-fired plants. State Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson challenged state regulators Thursday to slow down the permitting process on coal-fired power plants and consider more cutting-edge pollution controls. [News Source]

TCEQ executive director supports TXU permit. Glenn Shankle, head of the state's chief environmental agency, says TXU should win an air quality permit to build its huge Oak Grove coal-fired power plant, despite a recommendation last month by administrative law judges to deny the permit. [News Source]

Field of dreams. One farmer not satisfied to merely lament his past culpability as a successful farmer has set about working for a solution. [News Source]

Pahang DOE issues 53 compound notices for open burning. The Pahang state Department of Environment (DOE) has issued 53 compound notices since January to companies and individuals found to have conducted open burning. [News Source]

Clean environment or economic growth. The State Environmental Protection Administration (SEPA) has finally found the culprit behind blood poisoning that has caused 179 villagers to be hospitalized in Northwest China's Gansu Province. [News Source]

China’s neoliberal dynasty. As the country's economy surges forward, however, so does the pileup of pollution and other social contradictions. [News Source]

UN expert urges full probe in toxic ship’s waste. A United Nations human rights investigator on Thursday called for Ivory Coast to fully probe toxic waste unloaded by a ship, saying it should lead to prosecutions of those responsible and compensation for victims. [News Source]

Ivory Coast pollution worse than thought. Up to 14 open-air sites in Ivory Coast's port city of Abidjan have been contaminated by toxic waste, and four trucks that transported the waste are missing, U.N. officials said Friday. [News Source]

Ivorian mob attacks minister in toxic waste protest. Demonstrators in Ivory Coast protesting against the dumping of toxic waste in the economic capital Abidjan on Friday attacked and beat up Transport Minister Innocent Kobenan Anaky, an aide said. [News Source]