Five-year plan targets air pollution (China Daily) Beijing is mapping out strategies to reduce the amount of air pollution in the capital city over the next five years in its 11th five-year (2005-10) environmental protection plan. [News Source]

Jersey Journal Update (The Jersey Journal) PSE&G, feds reach agreement on Jersey City plant The federal government and a subsidiary of New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group today settled a complaint that the company failed to install air pollution controls at two coal-fired power plants in New Jersey, including one in Jersey City that some activists say is the dirtiest in the state. [News Source]

PSEG Fossil, federal government, reach air pollution settlement (phillyburbs.com) WASHINGTON - The federal government and a subsidiary of New Jersey-based Public Service Enterprise Group on Thursday settled a complaint that the company failed to install air pollution controls at two coal-fired power plants in New Jersey. [News Source]

Supreme Court hears first global warming case.

The US Supreme Court considered its first global warming case on Wednesday, in a matter that pits environmental groups against the US agency meant to shield Americans from pollution.

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SC notice to Centre, GAIL for developing gaseous fuel infra (Outlook India) The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre and the Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL), the state-run gas utility, on the progress in developing the infrastructure for gaseous fuel in seven cities where air pollution is above critical limit. [News Source]

US Supreme Court appears divided over global warming. The nine-member US Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday as it took up the debate over global warming, with rival lawyers arguing whether some greenhouse gas emissions should be regulated. [News Source]

Court hears global warming case. The Supreme Court yesterday cautiously confronted for the first time the issue of global warming, hearing a challenge to the Bush administration's refusal to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases in new vehicles. [News Source]

High court takes up global warming. The nine Supreme Court justices disagreed along familiar lines when they confronted the issue of global warming in the first case on climate change to reach the high court. [News Source]

Justices hear climate debate. The Supreme Court appeared closely divided Wednesday over an environmental challenge to the Bush administration's refusal to regulate the greenhouse gases that are believed to cause global warming. [News Source]

Court considers role of U.S. in regulating emissions. The Supreme Court entered the debate over global warming Wednesday, as Chief Justice John Roberts and fellow conservatives questioned whether states' environmental problems truly would be helped if the U.S. government changed its decision. [News Source]

High court hears global warming case. The highly charged debate on global warming reached the US Supreme Court yesterday, prompting the justices to question the impact of auto and truck emissions on the environment. [News Source]