EPA’s ‘Green Vehicle Guide’. If you are considering purchasing a vehicle and are interested in the most fuel-efficient and cleanest-running vehicle that meets your needs, the EPA's Green Vehicle Guide Web site can help you choose. [News Source]

The value of urban forests. Urban trees definitely beautify our cities and homes, but environmentally, they also have many benefits. They clean the air of pollutants such as ozone, sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. [News Source]

Lost in haze? The regional problem is multi-dimensional with global ramifications. Indonesia needs to clear vast stretches of peat land for farming - but burning the land to do it is the tradeoff. [News Source]

Impact from watershed’s population growth may overtake gains in Bay cleanup. The Chesapeake Bay watershed population is growing significantly faster than a decade ago, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data, a finding that means states in the region may need to undertake even greater nutrient and sediment control actions to meet Bay cleanup goals. [News Source]

Proposition 87. The bill would tax oil drilled in California to directly fund renewable energy projects. [News Source]

Bunge agrees to $13.9M clean air settlement. Bunge North America said Thursday that it has reached a settlement in a federal complaint concerning emissions at 12 U.S. soybean processing plants and corn mills. [News Source]

Firm will try to cut chemical. The Nakanishi Manufacturing Corp. has asked for state permission to try a new technology that could eliminate the use of a cancer-causing chemical called trichloroethylene that the plant emits into the air. [News Source]

Poor weekend air quality expected. Authorities issued a health advisory warning through the weekend as wildfires sent clouds of smoke wafting throughout the region. [News Source]

Ozone pollution still a problem in N. Ky. Northern Kentucky may soon have the dubious distinction of being the only part of the state that doesn't meet federal standards for ozone pollution. [News Source]

Green paint.

While the scent of something new may be appealing to some, the source is potentially dangerous chemicals being released into the air.

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Calcutta HC unhappy over WB govt’s failure to file affidavit (New Kerala) Kolkata, Oct 27: The Calcutta High Court today expressed dissatisfaction over the West Bengal government's failure to file an affidavit for over a year in response to a petition on air pollution caused by heavily loaded lorries moving through the metropolis at night. [News Source]