Steel industry selling clean. Forget the image of steel mills belching white smoke. Instead, Nucor Corp's wants to picture steel as a high-tech, eco-friendly industry that's vital to the nation's defense and economy. [News Source]

Grassley opposes regs on ‘just plain dust.’ Sen. Charles Grassley struck out today at the Bush administration's new air-pollution regulations, saying they would put limits on "just plain dust" and potentially have a devastating effect on agriculture. [News Source]

Israel recycles 23% of garbage. The average Israeli produces more than one and a half kilograms of garbage every day, the environment ministry reported on Wednesday. [News Source]

Orissa to fix cost of pollution. With Orissa’s industrialisation set to gain momentum in the coming decade, the state is contemplating to follow West Bengal’s footsteps by putting in place a mechanism of ‘cost of pollution’ to deal with industry-induced hazards. [News Source]

Company must take blame for leak: Walhi. An ammonia gas leak Saturday at state fertilizer company PT Pusri in Palembang, South Sumatra, made residents living near the factory sick, an environmental group says. [News Source]

China to lift ban on private cars on road for more than 15 years. China will scrap its ban on private cars that have been on the road more than 15 years in favor of testing vehicles for road-worthiness, state media said Wednesday. [News Source]

“World’s rubbish dump” pays price for European recycling boom. Household waste from around the world is being shipped to be recycled in a chaotic and haphazard industry that is contributing to the environmental deterioration of China's Pearl River Delta and putting the health of migrant workers in jeopardy. [News Source]

Critics say EU Parliament dilutes pollution rules. The European Parliament approved new rules to curb air pollution on Tuesday, but environmentalists and the European Union's executive arm accused lawmakers of weakening more ambitious proposals. [News Source]

Cantons step up anti-smog campaign. Swiss cantons have announced a package of measures aimed at fighting the country's increasing smog problem. [News Source]

Turning White Van Man green could save lorryloads of cash. White Van Man is to be offered driving lessons in an effort to make him safer and greener on Scotland's roads. The Scottish Executive hopes the scheme will both reduce accidents involving van drivers and cut fuel-use and pollution. [News Source]

Synthetic fuel runs bus, B-52.

Known for setting aviation firsts, Edwards Air Force Base quietly conducted another innovative test - the running of a base transit bus on a synthetic diesel fuel and two engines of a B-52.

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