Some 570 hot spots detected in Sumatra. Haze from forest fires in Indonesia have affected at least eight provinces in country, as well as areas of Singapore, Malaysia, and southern Thailand. [News Source]

It’s getting unhealthy! More areas in Malaysia are getting unhealthy as the haze from Indonesia takes its toll in the last 24 hours. [News Source]

Green Olympics: a pledge to honor for Beijing. Many new constructions or renovations relating to the Games have adopted "green technologies" or highlighted a thrifty use of resources. [News Source]

China battles auto addiction. On a recent "Car Free Day" in Beijing, the capital of China was clogged with vehicles and the sky a drab shade of gray. [News Source]

Record amount of ozone lost over Antarctica. The ozone hole over the South Pole has expanded to a near-record size despite a 19-year global ban on chlorofluorocarbons. [News Source]

Wells Fargo going green. Bay Area banking giant Wells Fargo & Co.plans to buy wind-power certificates to offset 40 percent of its electricity consumption over a three-year period. [News Source]

Windmills standing tall as symbols of grassroots antipollution efforts. The two windmills in Hokkaido Prefecture symbolize grassroots crusades all over Japan against pollution generated by industrial facilities and nuclear power plants. [News Source]

Powerful impression. Hull, Massachusetts' wind turbine has been a model for small communities, businesses and universities who are looking for cheaper, cleaner forms of energy. [News Source]

Greens should reconsider ethanol: Labchuk. The federal Green Party's support of ethanol as an alternative fuel is a mistake, said Sharon Labchuk, the party's P.E.I. leader, on Tuesday. [News Source]

A big bet on natural gas. Two companies have overcome formidable regulatory hurdles to build three new liquefied natural gas terminals on Lousiana's Sabine River channel that will double the nation’s capacity to import natural gas by 2011. [News Source]

Survey finds little confidence on Hong Kong smog.

Hong Kong’s chronic pollution problem is unlikely to get any better under current government efforts, a media report said, citing a survey of business and political leaders.

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