Survey says most execs believe Hong Kong will not get rid of its smog. Nearly nine out of 10 Hong Kong executives believe the city is stuck with its notorious smog and almost one half believe air pollution will continue to worsen. [News Source]

Air quality worsens in Malaysia’s Sarawak. Air quality deteriorated on Sunday along coastal areas of Malaysia's side of Borneo island caused mainly by open burning from Indonesia, officials said. [News Source]

Technology to help air quality. Growing air pollution in Athens costs about 211 million euros per year but pollution levels can be significantly reduced for about a quarter of that cost by modernizing industrial plants, scientists say. [News Source]

Green construction. From the proposed Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn to the water filtration plant in the northern Bronx, critics almost always complain not just about the project itself, but about the inconvenience, pollution and noise they will face during its construction. [News Source]

Military wants a more fuel-efficient Humvee. The vehicle, an icon of the military for about two decades since it replaced the World War II-era Jeep, gets as few as 4 miles per gallon in city driving and 8 miles per gallon on the highway. [News Source]

$330m settlement fuels Murphy Oil recovery. Some New Orleans residents will be compensated for damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, which toppled a nearby Murphy Oil storage tank and sent 1 million gallons of oil coursing into nearby canals and homes. [News Source]

World’s greenest school battles to save the planet. After students figured their school's environmental impact, they were propelled to take action and now Hampton School claims to be the world's first carbon neutral school. [News Source]

Should state haul big oil and auto giants to court? A former member of Schwarzennegger's cabinet now argues in a book that the world's oil and automobile industries are perpetrating frauds similar to the tobacco industry. [News Source]

Thick haze chokes Indonesia, Singapore. Thick smoke and haze from land-clearing fires blanketed large areas of Indonesia and neighboring Singapore Monday, causing respiratory distress, traffic accidents and delaying airline flights. [News Source]

Why Beijing is trying to tally the hidden costs of pollution as China’s economy booms. A two-year "green accounting" study indicates the nation's rampant pollution problem is quietly undermining long-term economic growth. [News Source]

MPU taking steps to reduce ozone emissions. The air in Manitowoc County fails to meet federal quality standards consistently because of ozone pollution drifting in from other areas, but sources of ozone still exist in the county. [News Source]