Massive cleanup to rid marsh of waste. After years of delays, crews are set to start the largest state-supervised cleanup in Delaware's history, replacing thick layers of plastic rubble and invasive reeds south of New Castle with 28 acres of healthy marsh. [News Source]

The landfill nobody wants. For more than a decade, the Chittenden Solid Waste District has planned to build a regional landfill, but a long legal dispute over where the landfill would be located has kept the project at the preliminary planning stage. [News Source]

Burn season begins.

Burning season begins again with the beginning of October and local fire departments are expecting the smell of burning leaves to fill the air on Monday.

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Tests show dramatic impact of idling engines. Air-quality test results at a Westdale elementary school appear to provide dramatic confirmation of the pollution caused from idling vehicles. [News Source]

State of the Environment Report confirms Chilean activists’ warnings. In spite of efforts by the public and private sectors, Chile is still losing its wealth of natural resources, according to experts commissioned by the government to produce a report on the state of the country's environment. [News Source]

Green push to update air quality standards. Green group Friends of the Earth has voiced grave concern over what it calls Hong Kong's "outdated" air quality objectives, and urged Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen to confront the problem in his policy address next month. [News Source]

Ethanol’s success brings pressure on regulators. The current boom in the ethanol industry has raised concern about whether environmental risks are getting sufficient consideration. [News Source]

Buying into biodiesel. Concerned about the cost and pollution of traditional fuel, city administrator Mark Williams wants to run Forest Acres’ (South Carolina) vehicles off soybean. [News Source]

Air alchemy: Can humidity solve post hurricane drinking water problem? In a country like the United States, the human body's most urgent need is taken for granted. It comes easily out of our faucets, and gallon jugs of it cost less than a dollar. [News Source]

Tough-talking Ambrose promises to regulate oil and gas sector. Environment Minister Rona Ambrose says she will set new national targets for cutting air pollution, and will regulate the oil and gas sector to ensure those targets are met. [News Source]

Industry due for tough love on emissions, Ambrose says. Conservative Environment Minister Rona Ambrose vowed yesterday to get tough with oil producers and auto makers when the government introduces its plan to deal with smog and climate change this fall. [News Source]