Women more vulnerable to smoking effects. Lung cancer now kills more than 72,000 women annually - more than the combined deaths from the two next-most-common cancer killers: tumors of the breast and colon. [News Source]

Early coal plant not worth trade-off. The residents of southwest Georgia's Early County may soon sacrifice clean air and water for the marginal economic benefits of a proposed coal-fired power plant. [News Source]

Nuclear waste industry targets Ohio. Plans to ramp up the nation's nuclear power industry could turn into an economic boon or environmental nightmare for the Buckeye State. [News Source]

Motivating cleanups. Industry lobbyists are pushing for a new law to exempt them from reporting key data in the IRZ, a public register of dangerous substances emitted from industrial companies. [News Source]

NCSD board debates merits of Nipomo pipeline project. For the past five years the NCSD board has been investigating the feasibility of building a pipeline from Santa Maria to Nipomo to pump water into the community, where growth has long been restrained by lack of water. [News Source]

Xcel proposal for ash landfill raises fears. Opponents say a new dump for the industrial waste produced by the Oak Park Heights power plant could pollute groundwater. [News Source]

Garyville refinery expansion approved. Marathon Oil Co.'s board of directors has approved financing for a $3.2 billion expansion of its Garyville refinery and plans to begin construction next year pending permit approval from the state. [News Source]

Another coal plant planned in near Tallahassee. Environmentalists in Leon County and surrounding areas are raising concerns about a proposed coal-fired power plant in Georgia about 80 miles northwest of Tallahassee. [News Source]

Is EPA blocking clean coal technology? Environmentalists and many state officials say that coal gasification is the wave of the future but have been frustrated that the U.S. EPA has created barriers to the technology. [News Source]

Indoor Air Quality (WIAT TV CBS 42 Birmingham) Indoor air pollution...you've probably heard about it. But do you really know what's in the air you breathe inside your own home? Studies have shown indoor air can actually be more unhealthy than the air outside. [News Source]

Uganda: Solutions to Maddening City Traffic Jams (AllAfrica.com) The traffic congestion situation in Kampala City is fast running out of control. It's high time potential solutions to this ever growing problem were found before some of its negative effects such as, air pollution; noise; accidents; lost productive hours etc. do the same. [News Source]