Clean Air Act a dirty ‘disgrace’.

Canadian Tories’ clean-air plan appears doomed, with opposition parties ganging up to condemn it as a “national disgrace” that reneges on international commitments and panders to big polluters.

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Emission rules begin in 2010. Canada's new environment plan has disappointed critics by failing to set immediate limits on large industrial polluters. [News Source]

Opposition emitting a lot of hot air. Canada's House of Commons was whipped into a froth of righteous indignation yesterday after the Conservatives released their Clean Air Act. [News Source]

Ambrose defends Clean Air Act. Canada's Environment Minister Rona Ambrose rejected criticism on Thursday that her government is stalling on action to address climate change and air pollution. [News Source]

Malaysia calls for haze-fighting fund at ASEAN talks. Malaysia called Friday on its Southeast Asia partners to share the burden of fighting choking haze gripping the region by setting up a common fighting fund. [News Source]

Haze creates regional human-environment crisis. The unhealthy air quality due to the haze caused by forest fires in Kalimantan since last August has indeed caused breathing difficulties and sore eyes to many. [News Source]

Singapore air quality worsens after unhealthy week. Singapore's air quality worsened Friday as the morning pollution index reached unhealthy levels because of illegal fires in neighbouring Indonesia. [News Source]

Indonesians prepare for holiday amid thick smoke haze. Indonesians on Borneo and Sumatra islands braved acrid, polluting smoke haze and more disruption to air travel Friday as they prepared for a religious holiday. [News Source]

Beijing chief to target air pollution. Chief Beijing Olympic organiser Liu Qi says more effort needs to be made to clean up the air pollution in the city. [News Source]

Chernobyl, Dominican town rank among most polluted locations . Chernobyl and the town of Bajos de Haina in the DR, a Caribbean nation known for its eco-tourism, share something in common: They both feature on a list of the world's 10 worst polluted places. [News Source]

Canada plans to regulate greenhouse gases by 2010. Canada plans to establish limits on greenhouse gases and other pollutants starting in 2010 after consulting with industry, and won't impose mandatory caps on greenhouse emissions until as late as 2025. [News Source]