Researchers put their backpacks into monitoring air.

Researchers around the world are hoping to revolutionize pollution monitoring by linking wireless sensors to create networks that blanket entire cities.

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Low-sulfur diesel clears way for clean air. The same pollutants that blot out views of Mount St. Helens and the Columbia River Gorge spew from every school bus in Clark County. [News Source]

Q-C area faces new air quality regulations. New air quality standards announced by the federal Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, could mean difficult choices for some eastern Iowa counties. [News Source]

Trying to clear the air about air. Illinois' next governor faces a difficult balancing act between the potential conflicts of trying to reduce carbon emissions and preserve open space while spurring job creation and the economy. [News Source]

Court to hear cases involving Clean Air Act. In the next six weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on two key environmental cases and a lawsuit over punitive damages against a company. [News Source]

Smoke worsens in SE Asia, health warning issued. Visibility plunged to 50 metres in parts of Borneo island on Saturday and Singapore recorded its highest pollution reading in nearly a decade as fires in Indonesia sent acrid smoke across Southeast Asia. [News Source]

Heat is on over air pollution. As this week's policy address approaches, the question weighing on the minds of many Hong Kong residents is - hot air or clean air? [News Source]

Malaysia warns Malacca Strait ships as haze worsens. Malaysia on Monday warned ships sailing through Asia's busiest waterway to guard against accidents as a choking smog smothering the region cut visibility. [News Source]

Air quality in 13 areas in the peninsula unhealthy. The Air Pollutant Index in 13 areas in the peninsula dropped to unhealthy levels today. [News Source]

Indonesia’s haze from brush fires continues, but Singapore and Malaysia say skies are clearer. Smoke from brush fires forced officials to cancel flights and drivers to use their headlights in the daytime Sunday in western Indonesia, while the air quality improved in neighboring Singapore and Malaysia. [News Source]

Indonesia’s brush-fire haze continues. Smoke from brush fires forced officials to cancel flights and drivers to use their headlights in the daytime in western Indonesia. [News Source]