Southern Arizona air not as clean as it used to be.

A little increase in pollution can make a big difference to someone that is sensitive to lung conditions - even in the desert, where air is cleaner than in some cities.

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Colorado regulators weigh pollution rules. As regulators started weighing tougher pollution standards for oil and gas producers in northeastern Colorado, residents of western Colorado asked that those standards be extended statewide in the face of an energy boom. [News Source]

Garfield County residents plea for tougher air regs. Garfield County's booming natural gas industry is creating smog and causing health problems, residents told state health department officials on Friday. [News Source]

EPA last year cut N.E. pollution by 2.6M pounds. The New England Regional Office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Thursday said its enforcement efforts last year helped slash pollution in the region by 2.6 million pounds. [News Source]

Corporate sway hurts health, says RFK Jr. Democrats may be rising in Washington, but one of the nation's leading environmentalists said the Bush administration's corporate ties are still threatening the public. [News Source]

Senate Republicans vie for key enviro panel slot. Virginia Sen. John Warner says he wants to be the ranking Republican on the Senate Environment Committee, setting the stage for a showdown with the current chairman for top status on the panel that next year could weigh mandatory caps on carbon dioxide. [News Source]

Concerns mount over ship engine emissions. Environmentalists are warning that we will live in worse times if ship companies don't abandon dirty bunker fuels and cut engine emissions by 70 to 90 percent. [News Source]

McGuinty’s lump of coal. Whether it was even possible to replace roughly 25 percent of Ontario's power supply in four years is a matter for debate, but the outcome is crystal clear — it won't be happening. [News Source]

A smoggy, choking winter ahead. New Delhi is at risk of losing the air quality gains from its past actions because of rising numbers of vehicles on the roads and its love for diesel as the fuel of choice. [News Source]

Faisal meets Iranian, UAE counterparts in Nairobi. Pakistan's environment minister has met with the head of Iran's energy department to discuss areas for joint environmental cooperation between the two countries and indicated their interest to include forestry, eco-tourism, and pollution. [News Source]

Landfill launches energy facility. Warren County trash is going national with the start-up of a new landfill-gas-to-energy plant. [News Source]