Government forfeiting duty to enforce air-quality laws. For the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, this fall is apparently time to continue its vacation from responsibility for the air pollution created by industrial-sized hog factory farms in Iowa. [News Source]

Plant nears permit. Tire Energy Corp., a Henry County company that burns tires to generate steam energy, has completed its third round of air pollution tests. [News Source]

ROUND-THE-CLOCK MONITORING BY UH CONTRIBUTES TO AIR QUALITY STUDY (Earth Observatory) University of Houston scientists are joining more than 200 researchers from 60 institutions in the Texas Air Quality Study-II (TexAQS-II), to help alleviate the negative impact of air pollution on public health and economic development. [News Source]

Air Pollution Linked to Lung Cancer (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) MONDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- A study of Texas residents suggests that tiny metallic bits of air pollution could account for some cases of lung cancer. [News Source]

Phillipine company still needs to build acid mine drainage system.

The Rapu Rapu mine has to ensure that an effective control against polluting acid mine drainage (AMD) is in place before government can lift its suspension to ensure that it will not bring adverse effects on human, aquatic life, and the environment.

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Blunder as one air clean-up bid sabotaged by another. One set of efforts to clean up city air has been sabotaged by another, meaning that millions of pounds has been spent on making almost no progress in removing a common pollutant, a Yorkshire-led team of investigators has discovered. [News Source]

Cow power plan runs on barnyard byproduct. Dallas ethanol firm sees rich opportunities in ranch waste. [News Source]

Swedes moving fast on biogas. Here in Sweden's fifth-largest city, the road to the future is fuelled by biogas. [News Source]

Biomass-fueled plants planned for Oregon. Biomass projects planned for Central and Eastern Oregon could mean a high demand in the future for small trees and the woody leftovers from sawmills. [News Source]

Dallas launches survey of city’s trees. Dallas, with its endless highways and strip malls, has begun to realize the impact trees have on air quality, health, climate change and economics. [News Source]

Cement plant revives idea of burning tires. Resurrecting old plans, the Kosmos Cement plant argues that burning tires relieves already-clogged landfills, while neighbors voice fears about toxic emissions. [News Source]