Officials: ethanol proposal beneficial.

Like them or hate them, ethanol plants are coming, Pennsylvania officials say, and new technology has reduced the problems that plagued the production process decades ago.

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Homeowners not heeding clean air message. Air pollution in Ashburton hit all-time highs this winter, raising concerns from Environment Canterbury that homeowners are not heeding the clean air message. [News Source]

Corporation to keep a tab on pollution. The Thiruvananthapuram Corporation is planning to install five automatic ambient air quality monitoring stations at different locations in the city to keep a strict tab on pollution. [News Source]

Govt and PTD fight over two stroke rickshaw replacement. The Punjab government’s plan to make the provincial capital a pollution free zone by replacing the current public transport vehicles with CNG vehicles by the year 2007 has become a question mark for the district government. [News Source]

Better port management crucial to curb pollution. Port management should be overhauled to curb environmental pollution as seaport industries are growing in Viet Nam, scientists have warned. [News Source]

BMTA guilty of pollution charge, department cleared. The Central Administrative Court has found the state-run Bangkok Mass Transit Authority guilty of letting smoke-belching buses operate on city streets, but acquitted the Pollution Control Department of negligence charges. [News Source]

Bus fumes verdict may be appealed. A charity foundation is planning to appeal a recent Central Administrative Court decision ruling that the Pollution Control Department was not directly responsible for the increase in toxic fumes emitted from city buses. [News Source]

Environmentalists skeptical of technology. As Jakarta's air quality seems little improved, environmentalists are becoming hostile to science and technology, or at least ambivalent about it. [News Source]

HK feels pressure over pollution. Concerned scientists and public policy experts in Hong Kong have formed a group to pressure the government into taking action over air quality. [News Source]

China agency says pollution worsening amid economic boom. China's pollution problem has worsened this year as the demands of the surging economy continue to challenge anti-pollution efforts, state media reported Wednesday. [News Source]

Residents fear effects of toxic waste. Despite complaints by residents of the Shongweni and Hillcrest areas that gases emitted by a local toxic waste site are causing health problems, an air quality control assessor has denied that the emissions pose a health risk. [News Source]