Estonia impounds Ivory Coast waste ship after finding toxic residue. Estonia has immobilised the ship at the heart of an environmental scandal in Ivory Coast and launched a criminal probe after finding toxic waste on board, prosecutors said Wednesday. [News Source]

Cherokee goes green with new biodiesel pump. Cherokee now has a biodiesel gas pump at its filling station to fuel up Tribal transit and maintenance vehicles as well as buses from the Cherokee Boys Club. [News Source]

Canada left without climate-change plan. Canada has no plan for adapting to the effects of climate change and federal work on a national adaptation strategy has stalled, Environment Commissioner Johanne Gelinas will report today. [News Source]

EPA to monitor air emissions from animal feedlots. Citing the Clean Air Act, the U.S. EPA recently asked animal feedlots to voluntarily report their pollutant emissions. [News Source]

Environment commissioner chides Tories for lack of climate-change plan. Canada has no plan for adapting to the effects of climate change and federal work on a national adaptation strategy has stalled. [News Source]

Greener flight plan unveiled. Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson yesterday unveiled plans to slash the amount of pollution created by the airline industry. [News Source]

In governor’s race, it’s the Democrat under attack over conservation. Arnold Schwarzenegger's battle to outmaneuver Democratic challenger Phil Angelides on the environment has led to an odd role reversal for the two major-party rivals. [News Source]

3 environmental groups urge state to fight warming. Three environmental groups petitioned the Ehrlich administration yesterday to join 10 other states that have created regulations to reduce emissions of global-warming gasses and other pollutants from cars and trucks. [News Source]

Wildfires unleash mercury from Arctic. Increasing temperatures have led to more fires on the northern tundra, with the potential to release an unexpected cache of mercury into the atmosphere. [News Source]

State’s greenhouse gas bill signed. California moved to the front of local government efforts to fight global warming today when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed legislation calling for a reduction of greenhouse gases. [News Source]

Global warming law, challenges and related bills at a glance. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday signed the nation's first statewide cap on greenhouse gas emissions. [News Source]