Prop 1B vital for port, say leaders.

A $19.9 billion infrastructure bond on the ballot Nov. 7 seeks to address the problems of poor air quality in Los Angeles County, California, but experts say it’s only a start.

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Wood-burning rules kick in. A seasonal air rule on wood-burning devices starts up again Wednesday. The San Joaquin Valley, California Air Pollution Control District can ban burning on nights when the air is loaded with soot and particle pollution. [News Source]

EPA extends comment period on Navajo power plant project. The EPA is giving people another two weeks to comment on a draft air permit for a $2.5 million power plant that would be built on the Navajo Nation south of Farmington, New Mexico. [News Source]

Westchester considers law mandating reduced-emissions leaf blowers. Westchester County, New York Executive Andrew Spano is proposing to force landscapers to switch within two years to new leaf blowers that meet stricter pollution-emission standards. [News Source]

Good water, bad water. As streams and waterways became polluted, it now cost households more money to have potable piped water. [News Source]

Kentucky has new stake in power plant. Kentucky missed out on an experimental near-zero-emissions power plant called FutureGen, but a Kentucky company will announce today that it's buying a piece of the action. [News Source]

GenPower biomass plan appears dead. An agreement between a local Kennebec, Maine landowner and a Belmont company to manufacture wood pellets has effectively ended a Massachusetts company's controversial plan to build a biomass energy plant in town. [News Source]

Sprague to open biofuel facility in S. Portland. A new biofuels facility set to open in December on the South Portland waterfront will help boost the use of blended petroleum for heating and transportation in southern Maine, the project's owner said Monday. [News Source]

Investors push Canadian firms on carbon disclosure. Major investors are pushing Canadian companies for more disclosure on greenhouse gas emissions to gauge the financial risks, but have yet to start avoiding stocks due to poor public information. [News Source]

E.ON U.S. will join climate effort. E.ON U.S., the parent company of LG&E and Kentucky Utilities, will announce today that it plans to spend $25 million to join an industry-government partnership to build a power plant that won't contribute to global warming. [News Source]

Air-travel taxes to solve climate-change crisis? Environmentalists in Belgium are calling for increased air taxes to curb the number of cheap flights, but the airline industry says this would be counterproductive. [News Source]