Illinois and other states sue EPA to lower soot levels, save lives (WQAD Moline) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Illinois and a dozen other states and the District of Columbia are suing the U-S government over air pollution from smokestacks and exhaust pipes. [News Source]

County’s air clean enough for EPA officials. After years of arguing about the source of smog in Muskegon County on hot summer days, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday that the county met federal air quality standards over the past three years. [News Source]

Cars causing cancer in Maryland. Anne Arundel County and Maryland as a whole have far higher levels of cancer-causing toxins in the air than they should. [News Source]

Cleaner diesel engine rules take effect. Federal regulations that take effect Monday mandate cleaner diesel engines in new trucks and school buses, dramatically cutting pollution but raising costs. [News Source]

CDA to prepare environmental report. The Capital Development Authority on recommendation of Pakistan EPA has decided to prepare Environmental Impact Assessment report with every development project. [News Source]

PCB issues notice to factory. India's Kerala State Pollution Control Board has issued notice to the management of English Indian Clays at Veli for violating environmental safeguards and pollution control laws. [News Source]

Bogus data masks China’s pollution woes, state media says. Soaring pollution levels in China may be even worse than thought because local governments bent on economic growth are lying about their progress in meeting environmental goals. [News Source]

Water Cube embodies Green Olympics concept. The National Aquatics Center, or the "Water Cube," fully represents the concept of "Green Olympics," in terms of architecture, outside layer engineering, environmental protection in the areas of material, energy and water resources. [News Source]

China says some officials fake pollution reports. Some local governments in China fake pollution reports and release false statistics, state media on Thursday cited an official with the country's environment watchdog as saying. [News Source]

Pollution target forces Beijing to shut industry. Heavy industry across northern China will be shut down for two months during the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the weeks preceding it, as the government struggles to meet basic air quality standards required from the hosts. [News Source]

Ethanol being added to Ontario gas pumps.

In 2007, all grades of gasoline sold in Ontario will be required to have a minimum of five per cent ethanol as part of the fuel mixture as a way to reduce air pollution.

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