Air quality control decision results in mixed reviews.

The Colorado Air Quality Control Commission’s decision to adopt a statewide regulation controlling ozone-causing emissions from oil and gas operations elicited mixed reviews from industry, activists and elected officials.

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Biodiesel refinery in Denver drawing criticism. Neighbors of a $1 million refinery which has been operating since at least September without a required state air pollution permit are fighting the plant. [News Source]

Texas considers California emissions standards. The guys at Eddie's Auto Electric Shop worry how a proposed bill on tighter emissions standards might affect their business. [News Source]

Allen County freed of smog designation by U.S. EPA. Allen County is one of three Ohio counties that can breathe a little easier: it convinced federal regulators that its smog problem is a thing of the past. [News Source]

Air quality violates new EPA standards. Jefferson and Shelby counties in Alabama are poised to violate yet another air pollution standard, failing a new rule on tiny particles the first day it was law. [News Source]

States sue EPA over soot standards. The New York Attorney General's office has joined in a multi-state lawsuit against the federal government for failing to mandate lower levels of disease-causing soot in the air. [News Source]

Australian firefighters dig in ahead of feared flare-up. Thousands of Australian firefighters on Wednesday bolstered the defences of several vulnerable towns, fearing a flare-up of blazes that have raged for nearly three weeks. [News Source]

Haze takes further toll on city air. Bushfire smoke is having its greatest impact on Melbourne, Australia's air quality since records began but not enough to seriously endanger health, air-quality and respiratory experts say. [News Source]

Clean but not safe. While chemicals in household cleaners keep the home germ-free, many contribute to ailments and pollution. [News Source]

Mining firm objects to pollution film up for Indonesian award. US gold mining giant Newmont Mining Corp. has objected to a documentary nominated for Indonesia's top film award which it says interferes with a controversial pollution trial. [News Source]

Weather’s latest punch: an air pollution advisory (The Columbian) Take a cold-air inversion. Mix in widespread power failures, prompting residents to stoke up their old wood stoves and fireplaces. Now, slather on a heaping helping of commuter and shopping-related automobile fumes. [News Source]