Air pollution warning issued (Green Bay Press-Gazette) Air pollution will be particularly bad Wednesday, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. [News Source]

Plan aims to reduce pollution at busy L.A. and Long Beach ports.

A $2 billion plan to dramatically reduce pollution at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach calls for replacing an aging fleet of diesel trucks and improving emission standards in the harbor areas.

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MID to add wood as energy source. Burning wood for energy sounds like a winter strategy, but the Modesto Irrigation District will be buying electricity made from burning wood to cool homes in the summer. [News Source]

DNR issues air quality watch for Winnebago, surrounding counties. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is issuing an air quality watch for 26 counties in the area of the state generally south and east of a line from Green Bay to Wisconsin Dells effective November 8, 2006. [News Source]

Environmentalists disappointed minister a no-show. More than 100 people packed a hall in British Columbia to hear Canada's environmental minister, Rona Ambrose, speak on the recently proposed Clean Air Act, only to learn at the last minute she wouldn’t be there. [News Source]

Hidd pollution alert sounded. Urgent measures are needed to combat a rising pollution problem in Hidd, Bahrain a Muharraq municipal councillor says. [News Source]

Recycling e-waste with care. Ash Recyclers of Bangalore, India offers to pick up any obsolete electronic equipment and even pays for it as part of its effort to reduce more hazardous methods of recycling electronic waste. [News Source]

Poor garbage disposal facilities plague city. Bangalore, India is still faced with the problem of garbage clearance. Two scientific landfills that were to accommodate all the garbage are yet to start functioning fully. [News Source]

Multinational corporations exposed for sewage discharge in China. The Citizens and Environment Research Center in China recently released a list of at least 33 multinational corporations that have violated environmental protection regulations and become major sources of water pollution. [News Source]

Public transport slows Beijing car-free days - NGO. Car-free days could help cut smog ahead of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, but tight public transport capacity has made such efforts difficult so far, experts said. [News Source]

Air pollution affecting competitiveness, warns IMF. The poor air quality in Hong Kong and around the Pearl River Delta is not only a regional problem, but a global concern that could undermine the SAR's competitiveness, the International Monetary Fund has warned. [News Source]