Air Quality Deteriorates (FOX 12 Idaho) Boise, ID - The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued a yellow air quality alert for the Treasure Valley Sunday. That means all outdoor burning is prohibited in both Ada and Canyon Counties. The DEQ blames the higher levels of air pollution on stagnant air and smoke. [News Source]

Air Quality Deteriorates (FOX 12 Idaho) Boise, ID - The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality issued a yellow air quality alert for the Treasure Valley Sunday. That means all outdoor burning is prohibited in both Ada and Canyon Counties. The DEQ blames the higher levels of air pollution on stagnant air and smoke. [News Source]

Burning may be the best option. Friends of the Earth's unequivocal opposition to the idea of building an incinerator to get rid of Suffolk, England's waste does seem rather wide of the mark. [News Source]

Roadblock to cleaner cars. Despite California's landmark action on global warming and heightened awareness nationwide, the Bush administration has continued to obstruct solutions to climate change. [News Source]

DEC spills the beans. The New York State Spills Hotline receives about 16,000 reports a year, for spills that range from something as small as a puddle of gasoline in the road to major industrial accidents. [News Source]

Online database provides information on hazardous materials accidents. Most people don't issue a press release when they accidentally spill oil, sewage or other hazardous materials into the environment, but the public has easy access to the information. [News Source]

Vermonters rally against planned IP tire burn. A group of activists rallied over the weekend to oppose a paper company's plan to burn tires to power its mill in upstate New York. [News Source]

Duke case could bring changes. Duke Energy Corp. and environmental groups are scheduled to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday about how to interpret the federal Clean Air Act, a case that could force utilities to add modern pollution controls to older power plants. [News Source]

Air knows no boundaries. Canada's Conservative government's new green plan could lay the groundwork for a new "clean air" treaty with the U.S., Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn said. [News Source]

Kalam backs new solar-powered fridge, an Indian brainchild. The SolarChill aims at making the process of refrigeration accessible even to the remotest parts of the world and hence helps several social causes like the vaccination projects of the WHO and UNICEF. [News Source]

Climate negotiators eye 2008 elections. Delegates preparing for a global conference on climate are watching the turn of U.S. election seasons as much as the rise in temperatures in their effort to cool planetary warming. [News Source]