In appreciation of RFTA (Aspen Daily News) Heartfelt thanks to RFTA CEO Dan Blankenship on behalf of all of us concerned about the noise pollution and air pollution in Aspen. We applaud the decision to purchase three more hybrid buses instead of diesel-engine buses. [News Source]

Overcrowded Kingdom (Arab News) JEDDAH, 17 October 2006 — On a typical Ramadan day, Saudi streets, roads, bridges and alleyways are full of cars, trucks and buses driven by impatient drivers that add to the noise and air pollution. [News Source]

Gas leak affects 500 people near Bhopal. In Madhya Pradesh 500 people complained of burning eyes and nausea on Sunday after allegedly inhaling toxic gas, the source of which remains unknown, district administration officials said. [News Source]

Students lead crackdown against crackers. Students of Ryan International School have started a project against crackers. Some will monitor the pollution level, others will be following the fire accidents and remaining will check out with hospitals about burn cases caused by crackers under the project. [News Source]

Dirty air with us for some time, says Tsang. There is no quick fix for Hong Kong's worsening air pollution, Chief Executive Donald Tsang Yam-kuen said Sunday in defending his latest policy address, which sent his popularity ratings crashing last week to an all-time low. [News Source]

Smog hits airport visibility in Malaysia. Thick smog from land-clearing fires in Indonesia sharply reduced visibility at major airports in Malaysia, officials said Monday, as Singapore -- shrouded in haze -- maintained a health alert. [News Source]

Indonesian brush fires cause health warnings. Brush fires on Indonesia's Borneo and Sumatra islands caused flight cancelations and health warnings Monday, prompting appeals for the central government to intensify measures against the haze. [News Source]

U.S. coal plant boom poses big questions. A building boom that would add scores of new coal-fired power plants to the nation's power grid is creating a new dilemma for politicians, environmentalists and utility companies across the United States. [News Source]

Opposition doubts ‘clean air’ legislation will pass. Opposition parties warned that Prime Minister Stephen Harper's highly anticipated "clean air" legislation has little chance of going anywhere in the minority House of Commons once it is tabled this week. [News Source]

Climate-change “skeptics” hopeful Harper accepts their view. Canada's top climate-change 'skeptics' say they're encouraged by a recent statement raising questions about global-warming science by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, whose government will table legislation to reduce smog and greenhouse gasses. [News Source]

Beware of dogs and smog. Children with asthma experience worse symptoms from air pollution when they share a home with a dog compared to children who do not, according to a new study from USC Keck School of Medicine researchers. [News Source]